Abdelrahman or Abd al-Rahman or Abdul Rahman or Abdurrahman or Abdrrahman ( or occasionally ;
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''ʿAbd ar-Raḥman'') is a male Arabic Muslim 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 '' Rahman''. The name means "servant of the most gracious", ''ar-Rahman'' 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 ''u''. Because the letter ''R'' is a sun letter, the letter ''l'' of the ''al-'' is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to ''Abd al-Rahman'', the usual pronunciation corresponds to ''Abd ar-Rahman''. Alternative transliterations include Abd ar-Rahman, Abdulrahman, Abdur Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Abidur Rahman, Abdrrahman, and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. Certain transliterations tend to be associated with certain areas, for example, Abdirahman in Somalia, Abderrahmane in French-speaking North Africa, or Abdelrahman in Egypt.
Notable people with the name include:
Early Islamic era
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Awf
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAwf (; born ʿAbd Amr ibn ʿAwf; ) was one of the companions of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. One of the wealthiest among the companions, he is known for being one of the ten to whom Paradise was promised.
Background ...
Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi
Al-Ḥurr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al- Thaqafi () was an early Umayyad governor who ruled the Muslim province of Al-Andalus from between 716 and 718. He was the third successor to Musa bin Nusair, the North African governor who had directed the co ...
(deposed 718), Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
* Abd al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi (died 732), Arab leader in the Battle of Tours
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir al-Lakhmi
Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathīr al-Lakhmī () was the penultimate Umayyad
The Umayyad Caliphate or Umayyad Empire (, ; ) was the second caliphate established after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and was ruled by the Umayyad dynasty. U ...
(fl. 746) Umayyad governor of Al Andalus
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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Uqba
Abd ar-Rahman ibn Uqba () was the Wali, or governor, of Septimania, an Upper March (administrative division of the Emirate of Córdoba) that substituted Umar ibn Umar in 755. During his governing, Narbonne was lost by conquest to the Franks
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(fl. 755), governor of Septimania
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥabīb al-Fihrī () (died 755) was an Arab noble of the Fihrid family, and ruler of Ifriqiya (North Africa) from 745 through 755 AD.
Background
Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib was a great-grandson of Uqba ibn Nafi al-Fihri ...
(died 755), ruler of Ifriqiya
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Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri
Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri () was an Umayyad governor of Narbonne in Septimania and the governor of al-Andalus from 747 to 756, ruling independently following the collapse of the Umayyad#Umayyad Caliphs at Damascus, Umayyad Caliphate in 750 ...
(711–759), governor of al-Andalus
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Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i
Abū ʿAmr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAmr al-Awzāʿī (; 707–774) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, and the chief representative and eponym of the Awza'i school of Islamic jurisprudence.
Biography
Awzāʿī was of Sindhi or ...
(707–774), Arab lawyer
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Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam
Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustam () was a Persian ''imam'' and the founder of Rustamid dynasty, which existed in Algeria from about 776 or 778 CE to 908 CE. He was also the founder of Tiaret.
History
Origin
Abd al-Rahman was probably born in Iraq. H ...
(729–784), founder of the
Rustamid dynasty
The Rustamid dynasty () (or ''Rustumids'', ''Rostemids'') was an Ibadi dynasty of Persian origin which ruled a state that was centered in present-day Algeria. The dynasty governed as a Muslim theocracy for a century and a half from its capital Ta ...
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Abd al-Rahman I
Abd al-Rahman ibn Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (; 7 March 731 – 30 September 788), commonly known as Abd al-Rahman I, was the founder and first emir of the Emirate of Córdoba, ruling from 756 to 788. He established the Umayyad dynasty in al-Andalus, ...
(731–788), Umayyad emir in Córdoba, founded Umayyad dynasty
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Abd al-Rahman II
Abd ar-Rahman II (; 792–852) was the fourth ''Umayyad'' Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death in 852. A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts.
Abd ar-Rahman was born in Toledo ...
(788–852), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
* Abd al-Rahman III (890–961), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
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Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti
Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, () also known as Daarood, Dawud or Da'ud (), is the semi-legendary common ancestor of the Somalis, Somali Darod clan and the Harla people.
According to local tradition, Abdirahman descended from Aqil ibn Abi T ...
, traditionally held to be the common ancestor of the Somali Darod clan
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Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi
ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Ṣūfī (; 7 December 90325 May 986) was a Persian astronomer. His work '' '' ("''The Book of Fixed Stars''"), written in 964, included both textual descriptions and illustrations. The Persian polymath Al-Biruni wrote th ...
Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson
Abdhur Rahman Slade Hopkinson ( Slade Hopkinson; 1934 – 1993) was a Guyana-born poet, playwright, actor and teacher.
Early life
Slade Hopkinson was born in the town New Amsterdam, Guyana; his father was a barrister, and his mother, a nurse. Sla ...
(1934–1993), Guyanese actor and Muslim convert
* Abder Isker (1920–2010), French-Algerian TV director
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Abderrahmane Sissako
Abderrahmane Sissako (; born 13 October 1961) is a Mauritanian-born Malian film director and producer. His film '' Waiting for Happiness'' (''Heremakono'') was screened at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival official selection under Un Certain Regard, ...
Abdul Rahman Saleh (prosecutor)
Abdul Rahman Saleh (born 1 April 1941 in Pekalongan) is an Indonesian politician who served as Attorney General of Indonesia for the period 2004–2007. He graduated from Gadjah Mada University.
External links
Profile at TokohIndonesiaProfile at ...
(born 1941), Attorney General of Indonesia
* Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya (born 1950), Turkish judge
* Abdul Rahman al-Lahim (born 1971), Saudi human rights lawyer
* A.F.M. Abdur Rahman (born 1951), judge of the High court division of Supreme Court of Bangladesh
* Ghabdraxman of Astrakhan (died 1545), Khan of Astrakhan, part of modern-day Russia, 1534–1538
* `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad (died 1825), Emir of Harar, modern-day Ethiopia
* Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (1762–1829), prince from the Imamate of Futa Jallon in modern-day Guinea who was made a slave in the United States
Afghanistan
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Abdur Rahman Khan
Abdur Rahman Khan (Pashto: ) (between 1840 and 1844 – 1 October 1901) also known by his epithet, The Iron Amir, was Amir of Afghanistan from 1880 to his death in 1901. He is known for perpetrating the Hazara genocide, but also uniting the ...
(1842–1901), Emir of Afghanistan
* Abdul Rahman (Afghan minister) (1953–2002), murdered Afghan minister of aviation and tourism
Shaykh Abdur Rahman
Shaykh Abdur Rahman, also known as Abdur Rahman Shaykh, (died 30 March 2007) was the leader and the administrative head of the banned terrorism, terrorist organization Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (''Awakened Muslim Masses of Bangladesh'').
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Abdurrahman Wahid
Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; né ad-Dakhil, 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islam in Indonesia, Islamic Kyai, religious leader who served as the fourth president of Indone ...
Abdel Rahman Shalgham
Abdel Rahman Shalgam (Arabic: عبد الرحمن شلقم; born 22 January 1949) is a Libyan politician. He was Foreign Minister of Libya from 2000 to 2009.
Early life
Shalgam was born in Sabha in southern Libya.
Career in politics
In 1973, he ...
(born 1949), Libyan politician
* Abdul Rahman Kamudi (born 1955), Libyan politician
Malaysia
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Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
''Tuanku'' Sir Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 24 August 1895 – 1 April 1960) was the Yamtuan Besar, Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan from 1933, and the first Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation ...
(1895–1960) King of Malaysia
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman (8 February 19036 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Federation of Malaya ...
Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
Abdul Rahman bin Ya'kub (; 3 January 1928 – 9 January 2015) was a Malaysian politician of Melanau descent from Mukah. He was the third Chief Minister of Sarawak and the fourth Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak (Governor of Sarawak). He is als ...
(1928–2015), Chief Minister of Sarawak, Malaysia
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman (8 February 19036 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Federation of Malaya ...
* Abdul Rahman Andak (1859–1930), State Secretary of Johor to Sultans Abu Bakar and Ibrahim
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Temenggong Abdul Rahman
Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Rahman bin Almarhum Temenggong Tun Daeng Abdul Hamid Al-Aidaroos (1755 – 8 December 1825) was the Temenggong of Johor during the Bendahara dynasty of the Johor Sultanate. He was best known of being instrumental ...
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
Abderrahmane Youssoufi ( ; ; 8 March 1924 – 29 May 2020) was a Moroccan politician and human rights lawyer who served as the 12th Prime Minister of Morocco from 1998 to 2002, serving under King Hassan II and King Mohammed VI. He was the Secr ...
Abdullah Abdah Rahman Jabrin
Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Jibrin (; 193313 July 2009), known simply as Ibn Jibrin, was a Saudi Islamic scholar who was a member of the Council of Senior Scholars (Saudi Arabia), Council of Senior Scholars and Permanent Committee for Islamic ...
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi
Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al Gosaibi (; 3 March 1940 – 15 August 2010) was a Saudi politician, diplomat, technocrat, poet, and novelist. He was an intellectual and a member of the Al Gosaibi family that is one of the oldest and richest trading familie ...
Abdirahman Ahmed
Abdirahman Ahmed (died 15 January 2009) was a Somalia, Somali politician. He was executed by an Islamist militia for alleged apostasy. He was tried and convicted by a Sharia court, but was not allowed legal representation according to his family. ...
(died 2009), Somali politician
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Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur
Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (, ) (var. "Tur", "Tour", meaning "Hunchback") (November 6, 1931 - November 8, 2003) was a Somali politician who served as the first President of Somaliland from 1991 to 1993. Tuur previously served as the Chairman of ...
(1931–2003), Somali politician
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Abdirahman Mohamud Farole
Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamoud Farole (; ; born 1945) is a Somali politician. He served for many years in the government, acting as a governor of the Nugal region of Somalia in the 1990s and later as the Minister of Finance of the autonomous Pun ...
Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri
As-Sayyid Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri (born in November 1943) is a Yemeni opposition leader. He was the vice-president of the Presidency Council of the short-lived Government of the Democratic Republic of Yemen that was established on May 21, 1994. ...
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu
Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu (22 September 1924 – 5 August 1996) was a Zanzibar-born Marxist and pan-Africanist nationalist who played an important role in the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution and served as a minister under Julius Nyerere after the island ...
Abdul Rahman Saleem
Abdul Rahman Saleem, (born Rahman Yahyaei) also known as Abu Yahya, is a British Islamic activist, born around 1975.
Early life and education
Saleem was born in Mashhad, Iran in 1975 to a Punjabi Sunni family. He left Iran for London in 1979 fo ...
(born 1975), Iranian-British Islamic activist
* Abdur Rahman Farès (1911–1991), Algerian politician
* Abdurrahman Vazirov (1930–2022), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan
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Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi
Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi (1943/1944 – September 1, 2011) was a Bahraini politician and opposition leader. Al-Nuaimi, who spent more than thirty years in self-imposed exile from Bahrain, founded some of the country's most important political Opposit ...
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (), (ʾUmar ʾAbd ar-Raḥmān; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptians, Egyptian Islamist militant who served a Life imprisonment, life senten ...
Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani
Abd al-Rahman ibn Yahya ibn Ali (; 1894–1966), commonly known by the al-Mu'allimi al-Yamani (), was a Yemeni Islamic scholar. He played a significant role within the Salafi movement, aligning with the teachings of Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad ibn Ab ...
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera (Born 1974) is a Sunni Islamic scholar, author, and founder of Whitethread Institute and Zamzam Academy. He authored ''Fiqh al-Imam'' and ''Healthy Muslim Marriage''. He was featured in the 2020 edition of The 500 ...
(born 1974), Islamic scholar of the United Kingdom, founder of ZamZam Academy and Whitethread Institute
* Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak (born 1933), Saudi cleric
* Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (died 2006), Iraqi cleric
* Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Jibrin known as Ibn Jibrin (1933–2009), Saudi scholar
Omar Abdul Rahman (academic)
Omar bin Abdul Rahman Panglima Setia Mahkota, P.S.M., Johan Mangku Negara, J.M.N., Johan Setia Mahkota, J.S.M. (born 1932) is a Malaysian academic and corporate figure. He is currently the president and Chief Executive Officer, CEO of the MUST E ...
Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong
Haji Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abdul Hamid (1868–1929) was a Malay ulama. He was nicknamed Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong because he visited Limbong, Kemaman, Terengganu to teach Islam and start trading. From 1922 until 1928, he was a resistance le ...
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad
Abdulrahman Mohamed Saad (born July 7, 1996) is a Qatari-Egyptian professional basketball player for Al-Arabi SC (basketball), Al-Arabi. He previously played nine seasons for Al-Gharafa SC (basketball), Al-Gharafa of the Qatari Basketball League ...
(born 1982), Qatari basketball player
* Mahdi Abdul-Rahman or Walt Hazard (1942–2011), American basketball player
* Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman (born 1994), American college basketball player
* Saeed Abdulrahman (born 1985), Qatari basketball player
* Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi (1941–2025), Kurdish-Iranian militant leader
* Abdurrahman Buğday (born 1959), Turkish terrorist and organized crime leader, member of Grey Wolves
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Abdul Rahman Yasin
Abdul Rahman Yasin (; born April 10, 1960) is an Iraqi-American terrorist and fugitive who took part in the 1993 World Trade Center Bombing terrorist attack. Yasin is presumed to have helped assemble the bombs and explosives. He has been charact ...
(born 1960), American terrorist wanted in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
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Aisha Abd al-Rahman
Aisha Abd al-Rahman (Arabic: عائشة عبد الرحمن; 18 November 1913 – 1 December 1998) (ʻĀʾishah ʻAbd al-Raḥman) was an Egyptian author, editor and professor of literature who published under the pen name Bint al-Shāṭiʾ au ...
, known as ''Bint al-Shati'' (1913–1998), Egyptian author and professor of literature
* Abdel Rahman Badawi (1917–2002), Egyptian existentialist philosopher and poet
* Abdirahman Yabarow, Somali journalist
* Abdul Rahman Pazhwak (1919–1995), Afghan poet and diplomat
* Abdurrahman Sharafkandi (1920–1990), Kurdish-Iranian poet
* Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990), Sudanese poet
* Abdul Rahman Munif (1933–2004), Arabic novelist
* Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud (1937–2010), Palestinian poet
* Abdulrahman Adel Al-Shammari (born 1974), Saudi poet
* S. Abdul Rahman (1937–2017), Indian Tamil-language poet
* Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015), Egyptian poet
* Taha Abdurrahman (born 1944), Moroccan philosopher
* Mayfa' Abdel Rahman (born 1951), Yemeni short story writer and journalist
* Abdul Rahman Yusuf (born 1970), Egyptian poet
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Lana Abdel Rahman
Lana Abdel Rahman (Arabic: لنا عبد الرحمن) is a Lebanese people, Lebanese writer and journalist. She studied at the Lebanese University in Beirut and the American University in Cairo. She lives in Cairo and works as a journalist. Abde ...
Abdulrahman Deria
Abdulrahman Garad Deria (; 1910 – early 1970s) was the Sultan of the Habr Awal Isaaq clan and second Habr Awal leader to adopt the Sultan title rather than '' Garaad''. An influential figure that was heavily involved in advocating for the peopl ...
O. Abdurahman
O. Abdurahman is an Indian journalist and author from Kerala. He is the group editor of Madhyamam Daily- Mediaone, and has authored books on Islam and issues facing the Muslim community in India.
Early life
He did his initial studies at Al Ma ...
Omar Abdul Rahman (disambiguation) Omar Abdul Rahman may refer to:
*Omar Abdel-Rahman
Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman (), (ʾUmar ʾAbd ar-Raḥmān; 3 May 1938 – 18 February 2017), commonly known in the United States as "The Blind Sheikh", was a blind Egyptians, Egyptian Islamist ...
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Tengku Abdul Rahman (disambiguation) Tengku Abdul Rahman or Tuanku Abdul Rahman or Tunku Abdul Rahman may refer to:
* Abdul Rahman Muazzam Shah of Johor, Abdul Rahman (Sultan of Johor), Sultan of Johor when Singapore was founded in 1819
*Tuanku Abdul Rahman, first ''Yang di-Pertuan Ag ...