Al-Awwam bin Mohammad bin Yusuf Al-Zajaj (Arabic: العوام بن محمد بن يوسف الزَجاج), known as Abu al-Bahlul (Arabic: ابو البهلول، Father of Al-Bahlul)[1] was a Shiite member of the Abdul Qays tribe in Bahrain who overthrew Ismaili Qarmatian rule of the islands around 1058.[2]
He was the founder of Al-Awamiyah, a village in the Qatif region which was named after him.