Azim (''ʿAẓīm'' ) is one of the names of Allah in Islam, meaning "''Great''" or "''Magnificent''" or "''Protector''" Also used as a personal name, as short form of the Abdolazim,

Abdul Azim ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (ALA-LC romanization of ) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-ʻAẓīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the List of Arabic theophoric names, ...

, "''Servant of the Magnificent''". It is used by many

Sahrawi people The Sahrawis, or Sahrawi people ( '), are an ethnic group native to the western part of the Sahara desert, which includes the Western Sahara, southern Morocco, much of Mauritania, and along the southwestern border of Algeria. They are of mixed ...

as a surname originating from the

Hassaniya Arabic Hassaniya Arabic (; also known as , , , , and Maure) is a variety of Maghrebi Arabic spoken by Mauritanian Arabs, Malian Arabs and the Sahrawis. It was spoken by the Beni Ḥassān Bedouin tribes of Yemeni origin who extended their authority o ...

. The word Azim or Al Azim is also a Nisba used in

Oman Oman, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is a country located on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in West Asia and the Middle East. It shares land borders with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. Oman’s coastline ...

for people from the village of Azim in Gwadar (During Omani Gwadar) near Shinkani Dar Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Abdel Azim Ashry (1911–1997), Egyptian basketball player * Azim Hussein, Indo-Fijian educationalist and politician * Tariq Azim Khan, Pakistani politician *

Azim Nanji Azim Nanji is a Kenyan-born professor of Islamic studies. From 1998 until 2008, he served as director of The Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, England. He is also on the board of directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism a joint partner ...

, Kenyan-born professor of Islamic studies * Azim Premji (born 1945), Indian business tycoon * Seyid Azim Shirvani (1835–1888), Azerbaijani poet Surname: * Hazem Abdel-Azim (born 1960), Egyptian government opponent, senior adviser to the telecommunications minister in 2007 * Essam Abdel-Azim (born 1970), football footballer of Egypt national football team * Abdul Azim Al-Aliwat (born 1967), Saudi Arabian athlete, competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1988 Summer Olympics * Eshan Azim, Last

Wali The term ''wali'' is most commonly used by Muslims to refer to a saint, or literally a "friend of God".John Renard, ''Friends of God: Islamic Images of Piety, Commitment, and Servanthood'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008); John ...

of Omani Gwadar

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