'Abd al-Wahid
ʻAbd al-Wāḥid (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الواحد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Wāḥid, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2] It means "servant of the One".
It may refer to:
Political people
- Shaykh Abdul Wahid, 17th-century Mughal general
- Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, 17th-century Moroccan ambassador
- Abdul-Wahid I, Almohad Caliph (died 1224), caliph of Morocco
- Abdul Wahed Bokainagari (1976–1968), Bengali politician
- Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar (1935–1970), Saudi political activist
- Abdul Waheed Kakar (born 1937), chief of Pakistan army
- Abdulwahid Bidin (1925 — 1999), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
- Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (born 1954), Iranian politician
- Abdul Wahid al Nur (born 1968), Sudanese rebel leader
- Abdul Wahid Baba Jan, Afghan soldier and politician
- Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (born 1957), Malaysian politician
- Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye (born 1953), Chadian insurgent leader
- Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs, (d. 1221) Almohad governor of Ifriqiya
- Raes Abdul Wahed, Afghan Taliban commander
Athletes
- Abdul Wahid Durrani (1917 – 2008), Pakistani footballer
- Abdul-Wahid Aziz (1931 – 1982), Iraqi weightlifter
- 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 Waheed (field hockey), player in Pakistan's 1960 Olympic hockey team
- Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi (born 1969), Moroccan judoka
Others
- Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid (died 793), Iraqi Sufi saint
- Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185), Moroccan historian
- Abdul Wahid Khan (died 1949), Indian classical singer
- Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943), Egyptian architect
- Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official) (born 1947), Indian IT expert
- Abdelwahid Bouabdallah (born 1953), Algerian businessman
- Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born 1954), Danish imam
- Abdul Wahid (Bagram detainee) (died 2003), Afghan beaten to death in US custody
- Abdul Wahid Nazari (born 1953), Afghan film director
- Abdul Wahid Aresar (1949 – 2015), 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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