Abdul Malik () is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' Abd'', ''

al- (, also romanized as ''el-'', ''il-'', and ''l-'' as pronounced in some varieties of Arabic), is the definite article in the Arabic language: a particle (''ḥarf'') whose function is to render the noun on which it is prefixed definite. For ex ...

'' and ''

Malik Malik (; ; ; variously Romanized ''Mallik'', ''Melik'', ''Malka'', ''Malek'', ''Maleek'', ''Malick'', ''Mallick'', ''Melekh'') is the Semitic term translating to "king", recorded in East Semitic and Arabic, and as mlk in Northwest Semitic d ...

''. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instance 'King' meaning 'King of Kings' as in Jesus Christ and in Islam, ''Al-Malik'' being one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam () are 99 names that each contain Attributes of God in Islam, which are implied by the respective names. These names usually denote his praise, gratitude, commendation, glorification, magnification, perfect attributes, ...

, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Malik, Malek or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. There is a distinct but related name, Abdul Maalik (), meaning "servant of the Owner", referring to the Qur'anic name ''Mālik-ul-Mulk''. The two names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration, and some of the names below are instance of the latter one. It may refer to: Allah's Servant which is called in urdu (Allah ka banda), a similar name like this is Abdullah.

Political and military figures

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam (; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 until his death in October 705. A member of the first generation of born Muslims, his early life in ...

(646–705), 5th Umayyad

Caliph A caliphate ( ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with Khalifa, the title of caliph (; , ), a person considered a political–religious successor to the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of ...

, ruling from Damascus * Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan (718–778), Umayyad elder statesman, general, and governor of Seville. * Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (died 812), Abbasid prince and general * Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir) (died 961), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia) * Abd al-Malik II (Samanid emir) (fl. 999), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia) * Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (died 1008), general and vizier of the Caliphate of Cordoba, and governor of Seville and Saragossa *

Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid Abu Malik Abd al-Wahid () (died 1339) (also known as ''Abomelique'') was a son of the Marinid sultan of Morocco, Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman. Although he had lost an eye, Malik was a capable military commander and served as governor of Algeciras an ...

(died 1339) son of

Marinid The Marinid dynasty ( ) was a Berber Muslim dynasty that controlled present-day Morocco from the mid-13th to the 15th century and intermittently controlled other parts of North Africa (Algeria and Tunisia) and of the southern Iberian Peninsula ...

Sultan of Morocco

Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman Abu Al-Hasan 'Ali ibn 'Othman ( – 24 May 1351), () was a sultan of the Marinid dynasty who reigned in Morocco between 1331 and 1348. In 1333 he captured Gibraltar from the Castilians, although a later attempt to take Tarifa in 1339 ended in f ...

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I (), often simply Abd al-Malik or Mulay Abdelmalek, (b. 1541 – d. 4 August 1578) was the Saadian Sultan of Morocco from 1576 until his death right after the Battle of al-Kasr al-Kabir against Portugal in 1578. Biogr ...

(died 1578), Sultan of Saadi Dynasty in Morocco *

Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II ibn Zidan (), also known as Abd el-Malik II (? – 10 March 1631) was the Sultan of Morocco from 1627 to 1631. Life After the expeditions of Isaac de Razilly to Morocco, he signed a Franco-Moroccan Treaty (1631), Fr ...

(reigned 1627–1631), Sultan of Morocco * Abdalmalik of Morocco (1696–1729), Sultan of Morocco *

Anwar Abdul Malik Haji Hajji (; sometimes spelled Hajjeh, Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. Etymology ''Hajji'' is derived from the Arabic ' ...

(1898–1998), Malaysian politician *

Abdul Malek Ukil Abdul Malek Ukil (; 1 October 192417 October 1987) was the president of Bangladesh Awami League, speaker of parliament, home minister, health minister, a member of parliament for many years and a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. He was ...

(1924–1987), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician * Abdul Malik (Sergeant), Ghanaian military officer *

Abdulmalik Dehamshe Abdulmalik Dehamshe (, ; born 4 March 1943) is an Israeli Arab former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the United Arab List between 1996 and 2006. He was also leader of the party. Biography Born in Kafr Kanna during the Man ...

(born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician * Abdelmalek Droukdel (1970–2020), Algerian al-Qaeda leader *

Abdul Malik Pahlawan Abdul Malik Pahlawan is an Afghan Uzbek warlord and politician based in Faryab Province in northern Afghanistan. He is the head of the Afghanistan Liberation Party and was heavily involved in the factional fighting that consumed Afghanistan t ...

, Afghan militia leader who led his forces for both the Taliban and Northern Alliance *

Abdul-Malik al-Houthi Abdul-Malik Badr al-Din al-Houthi (born 22 May 1979) is a Yemeni politician and religious leader who is the second leader of the Houthis (Ansar Allah), an organization principally made up of Zaydi Shia Muslims, since 2004. His brothers, Yahi ...

(born 1979), Yemeni rebel *

Abdolmalek Rigi Abdolmalek Rigi ( ; also spelt ''Abdul-Malek Rigi'' or ''Abdulmalik Rigi'') () ( – 20 June 2010) was an Iranian Baloch militant who was the leader of Jundallah, a Sunni Islamist militant group based in the Sistan and Balochistan Province in ...

(ca. 1983–2010), Iranian Sunni militant * Abdul Malik (born 1983), Prince of Brunei

Sportspeople

Abdul Malik (athlete) Abdul Majeed Malik (, born 29 April 1937) is a Pakistani sprinter who won two international and four national gold medals, three international and four national silver medals, and one international bronze medal for Pakistan. He competed in the ...

(born 1939), Pakistani sprinter * Abdul Malik Mydin (born 1975), Malaysian swimmer * Abdelmalek Cherrad (born 1981), Algerian footballer * Abdelmalek Djeghbala (born 1983), Algerian footballer *

Abdelmalek Ziaya Abdelmalek Ziaya (born 23 January 1984) is an Algerian former footballer. Career ES Sétif Ziaya was born in Guelma. He played regularly in ES Sétif's first team, and was a fixture in the club's 2006–07 Arab Champions League triumph, scoring ...

(born 1984), Algerian footballer * Abdelmalek Mokdad (born 1985), Algerian footballer * Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (born 1980), Egyptian footballer *

Abdul-Malik Abu Abdul-Malik Abu (born September 16, 1995), is an American professional basketball player for Twarde Pierniki Toruń of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). High school career Abu first attended Marblehead High School in Marblehead, Massachusetts ...

(born 1995), American

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League * Abdul Malik (cricketer) (born 1998), Afghan cricketer

Scholars

*Abd al-Malik ibn Quraib

Al-Asmaʿi Al-Asmaʿi (, ''ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Aṣmaʿī ''; –828/833), or Asmai was an Arab philologist and one of three leading Arabic grammarians of the Basra school. At the court of the Abbasid caliph, Hārūn al-Rashīd, as polymath a ...

(ca. 740–828), Iraqi scholar *Abu Manşūr 'Abd ul-Malik ibn Mahommed ibn Isma'īl, known as

Tha'ālibī Abū Manṣūr ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Thaʿālibī () (961–1038), was a writer famous for his anthologies and collections of epigrams. As a writer of prose and verse in his own right, distinction between his and the ...

(961–1038), Persian-Arabic philologist and writer *Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik

ibn Zuhr Abū Marwān ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr (), traditionally known by his Latinized name Avenzoar (; 1094–1162), was an Arab physician, surgeon, and poet. He was born at Seville in medieval Andalusia (present-day Spain), was a contemporary of A ...

(1091–1161), Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist and teacher in Al-Andalus *

Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi ‘Ala al-Din ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd-al-Malik Husam al-Din al-Muttaqi al-Hindi (Arabic: علاء الدين علي بن عبدالملك حسام الدبن المتقي الهندي) (1472 - 1567 CE/888 - 975 AH) was a Sunni Islamic scholar who is k ...

(1472–1567),

Sunni Muslim Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Musli ...

scholar * Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (1908–1981), Indonesian Muslim scholar

Imams

* Abdul Malik Mujahid (born 1951), Pakistani-American

imam Imam (; , '; : , ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Islam, Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a prayer leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Salah, Islamic prayers, serve as community leaders, ...

* Johari Abdul-Malik, American imam

Other

* Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi, early narrator of hadith *

Abd al-Malik Nuri Abd al-Malik Nuri (, 1921-1998 CE) was an Iraqi novelist and writer active during the Iraqi cultural scene of the 20th century known for both his fiction and non-fiction writings, as well as participating in the revival of Iraqi literature in hi ...

, Iraqi novelist and fiction writer (1921–1998) *

Ahmed Abdul-Malik Ahmed Abdul-Malik (born Jonathan Tim Jr.; January 30, 1927 – October 2, 1993) was an American jazz double bassist and oud player. Abdul-Malik is remembered for integrating Middle Eastern and North African music styles in his jazz music.Kelsey ...

(1927–1993), Sudanese-American jazz musician * Abdul Malik (physician) (1929–2023), Bangladeshi professor and cardiologist, founder of National Heart Foundation *Abdul Malik, name used by

Michael X Michael X (17 August 1933 – 16 May 1975), born Michael de Freitas, was a Trinidad and Tobago-born self-styled black revolutionary, convicted murderer, and civil rights activist in 1960s London. He was also known as Michael Abdul Malik and A ...

(1933–1975), Trinidadian black revolutionary * Abdul Malik Jaber, Palestinian businessman * Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik (1967–1996), Singaporean murderer * Abdulmalik Mohammed (born 1973), Kenyan suspected of hotel bombing *

Abd al Malik (rapper) Abd al Malik, born Régis Fayette-Mikano is a French rapper and spoken word artist of Congolese origin. He has also authored books in French, and directed a film adaptation of one of his books. Musical career In NAP: New African Poets Talente ...

(born 1975), Congolese-French rapper * Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat (1975–2003), Palestinian suicide bomber * Abdul Malik Usman (died 2008), Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore * Nebila Abdulmelik (born 1987), Ethiopian activist

References

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