Abdullah

"The first lesson she must learn is that there is no escape. Then we will train her to race. (Mr. Patel: But we need to know exactly how far she can run before tiring.) Yes, yes. We have an odometer. (Mr. Patel: She may resist.) She must learn that she's powerless and we are powerful. Let's begin now."

- Abdullah before training Duma

Abdullah, also known by his British moniker Abdallah, is the main antagonist of Disney's 1989 film, Cheetah. He is the leader of Mr. Patel and Nigel. He wants to use Duma for racing against greyhounds. He is the one who killed Duma's mother.

He was portrayed by Paul Onsongo, who also played Sidi Bombay from Mountains of the Moon.

Personality
Abdullah is shown to be sneaky, cunning, greedy, arrogant, abusive, traitorous, argumentative, opprobrious, and somewhat cruel. He is very savage, murderous, bloodthirsty, and sanguinary, so he loves to hunt and poach animals for sport.

Appearance
Abdullah is a medium-sized man with a black beard and wears a green shirt, black pants, and a black coat with a white scarf.

History
Abdullah is first seen planning to capture Duma with Mr. Patel and Nigel. When the trio go to the Johnsons' house, Mr. Patel sneaks into the house to steal Ted's cheetah whistle. After he got the whistle, they capture Duma.

Abdullah decides to train her for running fast. When the Johnson family go to Mr. Patel's store, Ted recognizes the shoe marks on Abdullah's shoe and realizes that he killed Duma's mother and realizes that Mr. Patel has captured her, because of his mentioning of Duma being lost. He also realizes that Mr. Patel has stolen his whistle.

When Ted and Susan try to rescue Duma, they get caught by the trio. However, Morogo sets them free from the cage and go after them to Nairobi Downs.

When Abdullah tries to prevent her from winning, Ted snatches the whistle from the Racetrack cop and blows the whistle and makes Duma go faster and reach the finish line. While Abdullah tries to escape from Duma, she tackles him and Abdullah gets arrested.

Quotes
"Good. That skin will bring me much money."

- Abdullah scheming to skin Duma if she loses the dog race

"She's ours!"

- Abdullah as he captures Duma

"If we take this road, we should be at my camp by nightfall."

- Abdullah

"Well, cheetah... you got some more work to do today. Are you going to be a naughty girl?"

- Abdullah to Duma

"That's the point. If she's angry and she's hungry, then she chases the rabbit better. Like some food, cat? Too bad. You gotta earn it."

- Abdullah teasing Duma with some meat after Mr. Patel tells him that Duma can't eat through the cage

"Come here, cat."

- Abdullah after Duma fails the next test

"The authorities have long wanted me. These children know too much."

- Abdullah after capturing Ted and Susan trying to free Duma

"What do we do with them meanwhile? (Nigel: A cage, of course.) Yes. Good. Then we leave for Nairobi immediately."

- Abdullah to Nigel before caging Ted and Susan "I must get my tools."

- Abdullah getting his tools before they go to Nairobi "Yes, for them."

- Abdullah's last line

Trivia

 * He is very similar to the following villains:
 * Shaw from Open Season: Both are hunters who have no respect for animals or the law and want to kill the heroes.
 * Percival C. McLeach from The Rescuers Down Under: They are psychotic hunters who seek to kill the main characters at any cost, but McLeach is far worse than Abdullah.
 * Despite "Abdullah" being a Turkish name, Saudi Arabia kind of fits him better.