Abdul Qadir

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Abdul Qadir
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
MeaningServant of (the Powerful) Allah

Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir (Arabic: عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir 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. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abdal. The second part can be transliterated Qader, Kadir, Qadir, Kader, Gadir or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

There is a related but much less common name, Abdul Qadeer (Arabic: عبد القدیر), with a similar meaning. The two may become confused when transliterated, and a few of the names below may be instances of the latter name.

Notable people with the name include:

Men[]

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From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent[]

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In religion[]

  • Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
  • Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died 1801 or 1804), Moroccan religious scholar
  • Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808–1883), commonly known as Emir Abdelkader, Algerian Sufi saint and military leader
  • Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
  • Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021), Scottish Sufi
  • Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (born 1935), Pakistani Sunni scholar and jurist
  • Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji founder of Atba-i-Malak Vakil
  • Abdolqader Zahedi, Kurdish-Iranian Sunni religious teacher and politician

Military figures and activists[]

  • Abdelkader Perez (fl. 1723–1737), Moroccan Admiral and ambassador to England
  • Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907–1948), Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter
  • Abdulkadir Yahya Ali, Somali peace activist[3]
  • Abdelkader Guerroudj (fl. 1957), Algerian communist active in the liberation war
  • Abdul Qadir (1944–2014), Afghan military officer during the Saur Revolution and Minister of Defense during the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
  • Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) (ca. 1951–2002), military leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
  • Abdelkader Belliraj (born 1957), Moroccan-Belgian found guilty of terrorist offences
  • Abdelkader Mokhtari, Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
  • Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician

Detainees[]

Other[]

  • Abdul Qadeer Khan (born 1936), Pakistani nuclear scientist
  • Abdulkadir Ahmed (born 1940), Nigerian banker
  • Abdul Qadir (banker), Pakistani banker
  • Abdul Kader Kamli, Arab IT expert
  • Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, otherwise Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi wanted by the FBI
  • Abdi Wali Abdulqadir Muse, probable correct name of Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (born ca. 1992), Somali imprisoned for piracy

Women[]

References[]

  1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
  3. ^ "Commemoration of a Somali Peace Activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali". Hiiraan Online. July 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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