ʻAbd al-Wāḥid (

ALA-LC romanization ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by ...

of ) 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 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. It means "servant of the One". It may refer to:

Political people

* Shaykh Abdul Wahid, 17th-century Mughal general *

Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud Abd al-Wahid bin Mas'ud bin Mohammed Anun () was the principal secretary to the Moroccan Emperor Mulay Ahmad al-Mansur and ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1600, whose primary task was to promote the establishment of an ...

, 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 * Abdulwahid Bidin (1925–1999), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines * Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (born 1954), Iranian politician *

Abdul Wahid al Nur Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; , ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, meaning "the"). It ...

(born 1968), Sudanese rebel leader *

Abdul Wahid Baba Jan Baba Jan Zahid, (also known as "General Babajan") is a former senior security official of Afghanistan. He was a general of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, but during the collapse of Najib's government, he entered Kabul with Ahmad Shah Ma ...

, Afghan soldier and politician *

Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut Mohd Abdul Wahid bin Endut (born 29 September 1957) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kuala Terengganu constituency in Terengganu (2009 to 2013) the Member of the State Assembly of Terengganu for the seat of Wakaf Mempelam ...

(born 1957), Malaysian politician * Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye (born 1953), Chadian insurgent leader *

Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs al-Hintati (, d. 25 February 1221), or simply Abd al-Wahid, was the Almohad governor of Ifriqiya from 1207 to 1221 and the father of the first Hafsid sultan Abu Zakariya Yahya. Life Abd al-Wahid belonged t ...

, (d. 1221) Almohad governor of Ifriqiya * Raes Abdul Wahed, Afghan Taliban commander * Abdul Wahid (politician) (1960-2024), Indonesian politician * Sarwa Abdulwahid (born 1970) Iraqi politician from Kurdistan

Athletes

Abdul Wahid Durrani Abdul Wahid Khan Durrani (Urdu, Pashto: ; 30 June 1917 – 24 February 2008) was a Pakistani international footballer and manager. He was the second captain of the Pakistan national football team after the goalkeeper Osman Jan. Playing career ...

(1917–2008), Pakistani footballer * Abdul-Wahid Aziz (1931–1982), Iraqi weightlifter *

Tariq Abdul-Wahad Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines and San Jose State Spartans. In 1997, the Sacra ...

(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 Abdelouahad Abdessamad (Arabic: عبد الواحد عبد الصمد; born 24 February 1982) is a Moroccan football defender. He currently plays for Raja Casablanca. Abdessamad played in the CAF Champions League 2002 The 2002 CAF Champions L ...

(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 'Abd al-Wahid ibn Zaid (Arabic عبد الواحد بن زید) also known as Abdul Wahid bin Zayd, has been quoted in ''Fazail-e-Sadaqat'' as great early Sufi Sheikh. He is also reported to have received education from Imam Abu Hanifah, befor ...

(died 793), Iraqi Sufi saint *

Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn ʿAlī al-Tamīmī al-Marrākushī (; born 7 July 1185 in Marrakech, died 1250) was a Moroccan historian who lived during the Almohad period. Abdelwahid was born in Marrakech in 1185 during the reign of Yaqub al-Mansur, ...

(born 1185), Moroccan historian *

Abdul Wahid Khan Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan (1871–1949) was an Indian subcontinental singer from the Kirana gharana. He died in 1949 in Saharanpur, India.

(died 1949), Indian classical singer *

Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (, born 7 August 1943) is an Egyptian architect who designed over 15 mosques in Saudi Arabia and is considered by many as the foremost contemporary authority in Islamic architecture. For designing in traditional styles, he ...

(born 1943), Egyptian architect * Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official) (born 1947), Indian IT expert * Abdelwahid Bouabdallah (born 1953), Algerian businessman *

Abdul Wahid Pedersen Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born Reino Arild Pedersen in 1954) is a Danish Imam. Personal life Pedersen was born in Sweden, and his mother is Finnish. Pedersen embraced Islam in 1982 after a long search through different world religions. He was bro ...

(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 Abdul Wahid Arisar () (11 October 1949 – 3 May 2015) was a notable scholar, writer, researcher and Sindhi politician who was one of the heads of the Jeay Sindh Qaumi Mahaz (JSQM), a political party in Sindh. It was reported that there were ...

(1949–2015), Sindhi writer

References

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