Fazal

Fazal also spelled Fazl, (Arabic: فضل ‎‎) is a given name meaning bounty. It may refer to:

• Abul Fazal Muhammad Ahsanuddin Chowdhury or A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, the ninth President of the People's Republic of Bangladesh
• Abul Fazal (writer) (1903–1983), modern Bangladeshi author and novelist
• Abul fazal in muhgal empire or Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak (1551–1602), the vizier of the great Mughal emperor Akbar
• Ali Fazal (born 1986), Indian actor in movies and on stage
• Anwar Fazal (born 1941), grassroots environmental activist
• Azra Fazal Peechoho or Azra Peechoho (born 1953), politician and physician in Sindh, Pakistan
• Faiz Fazal, full name Faiz Yakub Fazal, (born 1985), Indian cricketer
• Fazal Akbar (born 1903), became the sixth Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Fazal Ali (1886–1959), governor of Assam and Orissa and a judge
• Fazal Ali Qureshi, Islamic scholar and the leading Naqshbandi shaikh of colonial India in the early twentieth century
• Fazal Dad Khan (1929–1999), Pakistani politician born in Dagai
• Fazal Dad Khan Dagai (1929–1999), activist of the Pakistan freedom movement
• Fazal Din VC (1921–1945), Punjabi Muslim recipient of the Victoria Cross
• Fazal Haq Khaliqyar (1934–2004), Afghan politician, briefly Chairman of the Council of Ministers
• Fazal Haq Mujahid (born 1954), Mujahideen commander during the Soviet war in Afghanistan
• Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904–1982), the fifth President of Pakistan
• Fazal Inayat-Khan (1942–1990), also known as Frank Kevlin, son of Hidayat Inayat Khan, grandson of Hazrat Inayat Khan
• Fazal Mahmood (1927–2005), Pakistani cricketer
• Fazal Mohammad, citizen of Afghanistan and formerly a Taliban militia commander
• Fazal Mohammad (Kandahar Provincial Council 2005), elected to the Kandahar Provincial Council
• Fazal Nawaz Jung (1894–1964), Hyderabadi politician and financier
• Fazal Niyazai, Afghan cricketer
• Fazl ur Rahman, several people
• Fazal Shah, member of National Assembly from Khairpur District, Sindh, Pakistan
• Fazal Shah Sayyad (1827–1890), Punjabi poet known for his qissas (long poems) on tragic romances
• Fazal Sheikh (born 1965), American photographer
• Fazal-e-Haq or Fazle Haq, high-raking general in the Pakistan Army
• Mohammed Fazal (born 1922), the Governor of Maharashtra 2002–2004
• Muhammad Fazal Khan Changwi (1868–1938), writer of numerous books on Islam
• Said Fazal Akbar, the first Governor of Kunar province in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001
• Sohail Fazal (born 1967), former Pakistani cricketer who played two ODIs in 1989
• Zahid Fazal (born 1973), former Pakistani cricketer

See also

• Fazal Ali Commission
• Fazal Katchh
• Fazal Mosque
• Fazal-e-amal
• Tando Fazal
• Faisal
• Fazuul