Adham () as a masculine

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means "intensity in the blackness" in traditional

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, used to describe shiny black stallions. Its variants include

Edhem Edhem is a Bosnian and Turkish given name for males, spelled Adham (أدهم) in Arabic. It has also been used as a surname. Notable people named Edhem include: Given name * Edhem Bičakčić (1884–1941), Bosnian politician, mayor of Sarajevo * ...

(Turkish, Bosnian) and Ədhəm (Azeri, Tatar). Notable people with this name include:

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* Adham Ahmedbaev (born 1966), Uzbek politician * Adham al-Akrad (1974–2020), Syrian rebel leader * Adham Al-Sqour (born 1994), Jordanian gymnast * Adham Baba (born 1962), Malaysian politician * Adham Barzani (born 1962), Iraqi politician * Adham El Idrissi (born 1997), Dutch footballer * Adham El Zabedieh, Lebanese rugby league footballer * Adham Hatem Elgamal (born 1998), Egyptian badminton player *

Adham Faramawy Adham Faramawy is an Egyptian artist, born in Dubai and based in London. Their work spans media including moving image, sculptural installation and print, engaging concerns with materiality, touch, and toxic embodiment to question ideas of the na ...

(born 1981), British artist * Adham Fawzy (born 2000), Egyptian chess player * Adham Hadiya (born 1985), Israeli footballer *

Adham Hassoun Adham Amin Hassoun is a convict formerly incarcerated in the United States as a conspirator of José Padilla (alleged terrorist), José Padilla, an American initially held as an enemy combatant for supplying aid to terrorists. Hassoun, a Lebanese-b ...

, detainee in United States custody * Adham Hemdan (born 1959), Kuwaiti swimmer * Adham Khalid (born 2002), Egyptian footballer *

Adham Khan Adham Khan (1531 – 16 May 1562) was a general of Mughal emperor Akbar. He was the younger son of Maham Anga, and thus, was the foster brother of Akbar. In his fourth regnal year, Akbar married him to Javeda Begum, the daughter of Baqi Khan B ...

(1531–1562), general of Akbar * Adham Khanjar (1890–1922), Lebanese Shiite rebel *

Adham Makhadmeh Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh (; born 13 February 1987) is a Jordanian football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2013.FIFA The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (), more commonly known by i ...

(born 1986), Jordanian football referee * Adham Medhat (born 1975), Egyptian sport shooter * Adham Nabulsi (born 1993), Jordanian-Palestinian artist, vocalist, producer, composer, and songwriter * Adham Ahmed Saleh (born 1993), Egyptian wrestler * Adham Shaikh, Canadian composer * Adham Sharara (born 1953), Canadian sports official

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* Abbas Adham (1885–1969), Iranian physician and politician * Adel Adham (1928–1996), Egyptian actor *

Allen Adham Allen Adham (born Ayman Adham) is an Egyptian-American businessman and video game developer best known for co-founding Blizzard Entertainment with Michael Morhaime. Early life Ayman Adham was born on September 6, 1966, in Los Angeles, Califor ...

, American businessman *

Ibrahim ibn Adham Ibrahim ibn Adham also called Ibrahim Balkhi and Ebrahim-e Adham (); c. 718 – c. 782 / AH c. 100 – c. 165 is one of the most prominent of the early Sufi saints known for his zuhd (asceticism). The story of his conversion is one of the mos ...

(718–782), Arab Muslim saint and Sufi mystic *

Ismail Adham Ismail Ahmed Adham ( ''Ismā'īl Aḥmed Adham''; 17 February 1911 – 23 July 1940) better known as Ismail Adham was an Egyptian writer, and atheist. He is known primarily for his work (Why am I an atheist?), in which he declared his atheism ...

(1911–1940), Egyptian writer *

Kamal Adham Kamal Adham (; 1929 – 29 October 1999) was a Saudi businessman and the director general of Al Mukhabarat Al A'amah from 1965 to 1979. He served as a royal counsellor to both King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, King Faisal and King Khalid. Early li ...

(1929–1999), Turkish-born Saudi intelligence chief and businessman * Mohamed Ashour El-Adham (born 1985), Egyptian footballer

Fictional characters

* Adham Sabri, the main character in the Ragol Al Mostaheel series by Nabil Farouk

Other uses

* Sultan Ibrahim Ibn Adham Mosque, the largest mosque in the Palestinian town of Beit Hanina

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