Talk:Abd al-Ilah

Arabic spelling

Was this guy's name really spelled عبد الإله instead of عبد الله ?? AnonMoos 03:10, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

The name was عبدالله , the servant of Allah, عبد means servant, and الله is "Allah". Allah is actually al-ilah. "al" means "the", and "ilah" or "ilaha" means "god". So "al-ilaha" means "the One and Only God". With use the "i" or "alif" in Arabic was dropped, and "al-ilah" became "Allah". Hence the alternative way of spelling "Abd_ullah" would have been acceptable if instead of Allah we were using al-ilaha.

--peacedove 10:54, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

No sir

No, Abdullah is عبدللہ. Mustaqbal 09:55, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I don't think so. The definite article always loses its vowel when in the middle of a sentence and followed by a word ending in a vowel, but the written 'alif letter remains. In بسم الله , the 'alif of ism disappears (very unusually), but the 'alif of Allah remains (as always)... AnonMoos (talk) 16:49, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

His name was definitely was spelled عبد الإله - if you google search him you'll see that's how he always comes up. Just an unusual name. Mccapra (talk) 17:09, 9 January 2017 (UTC)

Mixed Up?

I feel the "Notes" section should become the "References" section. Then rename the "Notes" to "Bibliography" section for the books sourced and references. Adamdaley (talk) 11:05, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

It's okay to put the citations under a "Notes" heading and the books utilised under "References" (or "Bibliography"). The two main things I think are that Churchill is listed under References and appears not to be cited and therefore should be under a "Further reading" heading until or unless it is cited, plus the "External references" appear to be the sources cited under Notes, and should be transferred there. I can take care of that... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 11:43, 15 September 2011 (UTC)

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Homosexuality

In his book Closet Queens, about gay 20th century British politicians, historian and biographer Michael Bloch mentions Abd al-Ilah (whom he calls Prince Abdulilah) on pages 157 as being homosexual and a close friend of Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton. Bloch says after al_Ilah was killed, "the revolutionaries discovered intimate letters from Lennox-Boyd among the Prince's papers, which they released to the world's press." Unfortunately he doesn't give any more details and having looked online I can't find any reference of those letters, which would surely be notorious. On page 159, Bloch says that Lennox-Boyd and Henry Channon organised a memorial service for their friend, the Prince, in 1958.

Bloch, Michael (2015). Closet Queens. Little, Brown. ISBN 1408704129 - 89.36.70.96 (talk) 09:34, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Ok add it. He was a marmite miner yeah but at least it is sourced. Ezz upp (talk) 09:35, 7 March 2021 (UTC)

Done. Thanks. No need to be disrespectful, though. 89.36.70.96 (talk) 09:54, 7 March 2021 (UTC)