title: Al-Katib
text: # Al-Katib
  
  Al-Katib or al-Katib (Arabic: الكاتب) is an Arabic surname that denotes a relationship to a Katib. Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Abd al-Hamid al-Katib (died 749), Medieval Arabic-language writer
  * Al-Hasan al-Katib (d. 11th century), Egyptian Sufi saint
  * Ibrahim ibn Wahb al-Katib (10th-century), scholar of the Abbasid Caliphate
  * Marjan al-Katib al-Islami (17th century), Iranian calligrapher
  * Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib (died after 905), senior official and commander of the Abbasid Caliphate
  * Yunus al-Katib al-Mughanni (8th-century), Persian-language poet
  