Abdul Wahid
Abdul Wahid (Arabic: عبد الواحد ) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Wahid. The name means "servant of the One", Al-Wāhid being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]
The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Waahid, Abdul Wahed. Abdel Wahid, Abdelouahad (French transliteration) and others, all being subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
- Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid (died 793), Iraqi Sufi Saint
- Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185), Moroccan historian
- Abdul-Wahid I, Almohad Caliph (died 1224), Caliph of Morocco
- Abdul Wahid Khan (died 1949), Indian classical singer
- Abdul Wahid Durrani (1917 - 2008), Pakistani footballer
- Abdulwahid Bidin (1925 — 1999), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- Abdul-Wahid Aziz (1931 – 1982). Iraqi weightlifter
- Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar (1935 - 1970), Saudi political activist
- Abdul Waheed Kakar (born 1937), chief of Pakistan army
- Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943), Egyptian architect
- Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official) (born 1947), Indian IT expert
- Abdelwahid Bouabdallah (born 1953), Algerian businessman
- Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye (born 1953), Chadian insurgent leader
- Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (born 1954), Iranian politician
- Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born 1954), Danish imam
- Abdul Wahid al Nur (born 1968), Sudanese rebel leader
- Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi (born 1969), Moroccan judoka
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born 1974), French basketball player
- Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed (born 1977), Egyptian footballer
- Abdul-Wahed Mohammed (born 1977), Libyan futsal player
- Mohamed Abdel Wahed (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
- Abdelouahad Abdessamad (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
- Hussein Abdul-Wahed (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
- Abdul Wahid (Bagram detainee) (died 2003), Afghan beaten to death in US custody
- Abdul Waheed (field hockey), player in Pakistan's 1960 Olympic Hockey team
- Abdul Wahid Baba Jan, Afghan soldier and politician
- Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut, Malaysian politician
- Abdul Wahid Nazari, Afghan film director
- Raes Abdul Wahed, Afghan Taliban commander
- Abdul Wahid Aresar, Sindhi writer
References
- ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
- ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
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