The name Abu al-Qasim or Abu'l-Qasim ( ar, أبو القاسم), meaning ''father of Qasim'', is a kunya or attributive name of
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God (or '' Allah'') as it was revealed to Muhammad, the ...
ic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...
, describing him as father to his son Qasim ibn Muhammad. Since then the name has been used by the following:
People
* Al-Mustakfi, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the
Caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of Baghdad from September 944 to 946.
* Al-Muti, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim al-Fadl'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 28 January 946 to 5 August 974.
* Al-Muqtadi also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 2 April 1075 to 3 February 1094.
* Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi (died 982), Kalbid emir of Sicily
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Abu al-Qasim Kashani
Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324) was a Persian historian from the Abu Tahir family, who was active during the late Ilkhanate era. He is notable for claiming that the vizier of the Ilkhanate, Rashid al-Din Hamadani, had stolen credit for the ...
(died after 1324), Persian historian active in the late
Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm ...
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol ( arz, أمل ابو القاسم دنقل, ; 1940 – 21 May 1983) was an Egyptian poet whose poems were influenced by Greek mythology, then pre-Islamic and Islamic imagery to modernize Arabic poetry. He was born in Al Qal ...
(1940–1983), Egyptian poet
* Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), Tunisian poet
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Abu'l-Qásim Faizi
Abu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí (1906–1980) was a Persian Baháʼí. He studied at the American University of Beirut where he was good friends with Munib Shahid.
He married Gloria ʻAláʼí in 1939. Together they pioneered to Iraq and Bahrai ...
(1906–1980), Persian Bahá'í
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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential ...
(1899–1992), Twelver Shi'a Islamic grand ayatollah (marja)
* Abolqasem Najm (1892–1981), Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat
* Abolqasem Lahouti (1887–1957), Persian poet
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( fa, سید ابوالقاسم کاشانی ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja.
Early life
His father, Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed Mostafa ...
(1882–1962), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric
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Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq
Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq ( bn, আবুল কাশেম ফজলুল হক, ur, ; 26October 1873 — 27 April 1962), popularly known as Sher-e-Bangla (''Lion of Bengal''), was a British Indian and Pakistani lawyer and writer who present ...
(1873—1962), Bengali politician
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Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani
Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani () or, in full, Abu al-Qasim ibn Ahmad ibn Ali ibn Ibrahim az-Zayyani (1734/35–1833) was a Moroccan historian, geographer, poet and statesman from the Berber Zayane tribe in Morocco. He undertook diplomatic missions ...
(1734/35–1833), Berber historian, geographer, poet and statesman from Morocco
* At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim (twelfth century), Fatimid Imām
* Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi (died 1151), leader of the opposition against the Almoravid dynasty in Al-Garb Al-Andalus
*Abu Al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Umar Al-Zamakhshari (1074 or 1075–1143 or 1144), Muslim scholar
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Abu'l-Qasim ibn Hammud ibn al-Hajar
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Abu'l-Qasim ibn Hammud ibn al-Hajar ( ar, أبو القاسم بن حمود بن الحجر, Abū al-Qāsim ibn Ḥammūd ibn al-Ḥajar) was a senior official or Qaid (, Arabic for 'commander') of the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, and a leader o ...
(fl. 1167-1185), leader of the Sicilian Muslim community, Norman Kingdom of Sicily
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Abu'l-Qasim (Seljuq governor of Nicaea)
Abu'l-Qasim ( tr, Ebu'l-Kasım) was the Seljuk governor of Nicaea, the Seljuk capital, from 1084 to his death in 1092.
Life
He was appointed to the post by Suleiman ibn Qutulmish, and after the latter's death in 1086, declared himself sultan. H ...
(ruled 1084–1092)
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Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (or Abbad I; 984 – 25 January 1042) () was the eponymous founder of the Abbadid dynasty; he was the first independent Muslim ruler of Seville in Al-Andalus (ruled 1023–1042), dying in 1042.
The qadi (r ...
(ruled 1023–1042), founder and eponym of the Abbadid dynasty in Al-Andalus
*Abu al-Qasim
Ferdowsi
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, death_date = 1019 or 1025 (87 years old)
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(940–1020), Persian poet
*Abu al-Qasim
al-Zahrawi
Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari ( ar, أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي; 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi (), Latinised as Albucasis (from Arabic ''Abū al-Qāsim''), was ...
(936–1013), or Abulcasis, Arab surgeon and physician who lived in Al-Andalus
* Abolghasem Alidoust, Iranian legal scholar
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( fa, سید ابوالقاسم کاشانی ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja.
Early life
His father, Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed Mostafa ...
(1882–1962), Iranian politician and ayatollah
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Abolghasem Khazali
Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی, 21 March 1925 – 16 September 2015) was a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ...
(1925–2015), Iranian politician and cleric
* Abolghasem Mozaffari (born 1967), Iranian military person
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Abolghasem Orouji
Abolghasem Orouji ( fa, ابوالقاسم عروجی; born 2 December 1989) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is currently a member of Giti Pasand in the Iranian Futsal Super League.
Honours
Country
* AFC Futsal Championship
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(born 1989), Iranian futsal player
* Abolghasem Sakhdari ( 1948), Iranian wrestler
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Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh
Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh ( fa, ابوالقاسم سرحدیزاده; – July 14, 2020) was an Iranian (1945–2020), Iranian politician
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Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi
Ayatollah Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی), born in 1935, in Hoseynabad, Yazd, is a Shia cleric and member of the Assembly of Experts. He was also one of the representatives of the city of Yazd in the first an ...
(born 1935), Iranian Shia cleric
* Abu Kasim Adamu, Nigeria botanist and academics professor