Qasim, Kassem or Qasem is the

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of the male given name (, ), pronounced with a long first syllable. The meaning is ''one who distributes''. The first known bearer of the name was the son of the Islamic prophet

Muhammad Muhammad (8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious and political leader and the founder of Islam. Muhammad in Islam, According to Islam, he was a prophet who was divinely inspired to preach and confirm the tawhid, monotheistic teachings of A ...

Qasim ibn Muhammad Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad () was the eldest of the sons of Muhammad and Khadija bint Khuwaylid. He died in 601 CE (before the declaration of his father's prophethood in 609), after his third birthday, and is buried in Jannat al-Mu'alla cemetery, ...

. There is an occasional variant spelling, (, ), distinguished by a long second syllable. Both names can also be used as surnames.

In arts and entertainment

In literature

* Gasim bey Zakir (1784–1857), Azerbaijani poet * Kacem El Ghazzali (born 1990), Moroccan-Swiss author and atheism activist * Qasim Tawfiq, Jordanian novelist and short story writer * Qasem-e Anvar (1356–1433), Iranian Sufi poet * Mehdi Belhaj Kacem (born 1973), French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer * Pirzada Qasim (born 1943), Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, scientist and educator * Awn Alsharif Qasim (1933–2006), Sudanese writer

In music

* Kasim Sulton (born 1955), American bass guitarist * Kasseem Dean (born 1978), better known by his stage name,

Swizz Beatz Kasseem Daoud Dean (born September 13, 1978), known professionally as Swizz Beatz, is an American rapper and record producer. Born and raised in the Bronx borough of New York City, Dean embarked on his musical career as a DJ in 1994. At the age ...

, American record producer

In other arts

Casey Kasem Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) was an American disc jockey, actor, and radio presenter who created and hosted several radio countdown programs, notably ''American Top 40'', as well as the weekly syndicated televi ...

(1932–2014), American radio personality and voice actor * Jean Kasem (born 1954), American actress * Kasim Abid, Iraqi-British cameraman, film director and producer * KassemG or Kassem Gharaibeh, American comedian *

Kerri Kasem Kerri Kasem (born Carrie H. Kasem, July 12, 1972) is an American radio host. She hosted the nationally syndicated ''Sixx Sense'' and ''The Side Show Countdown With Nikki Sixx'' from February 2010 to April 2014. Kasem later became a judge on ''Who ...

(born 1978), American radio and television host * Mehrab Ghasem Khani (born 1970), Iranian film writer *

Peyman Ghasem Khani Peyman Qasemkhani (, born January 20, 1967) is an Iranian film screenwriter, director and actor. Early life He was born on 20 January 1967. He graduated from Ahvaz University in 1985. Personal life He was married to Bahareh Rahnama in 1992. T ...

(born 1966), Iranian film screenwriter and actor * Qasim Melho (born 1968), Syrian television and theatre actor * Saiful Azam Kashem (1947–2019), Bangladeshi film director

In government and politics

Al-Qasim ibn Harun al-Rashid Al-Qāsim ibn Hārūn ar-Rāshīd ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī () was an Abbasid prince, the third son of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809), and for a time third-in-line to the Abbasid throne. Biography Qasim was Harun's third son, ...

was the third son of the Abbasid caliph

Harun al-Rashid Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 unti ...

(r. 786–809), and for a time third-in-line (

Heir presumptive An heir presumptive is the person entitled to inherit a throne, peerage, or other hereditary honour, but whose position can be displaced by the birth of a person with a better claim to the position in question. This is in contrast to an heir app ...

) to the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes ...

. *

Abd al-Karim Qasim Abdul-Karim Qasim Muhammad Bakr al-Fadhli Al-Qaraghuli al-Zubaidi ( ' ; 21 November 1914 – 9 February 1963) was an Iraqi military officer and statesman who served as the Prime Minister and de facto leader of Iraq from 1958 until his ...

(1914–1963), Prime Minister of Iraq from July 1958 to February 1963 * Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969), Zanzibar Prime Minister *

Cassim Chilumpha Cassim Chilumpha (born 29 November 1959) is a Malawian politician who was Vice-President of Malawi from June 2004 to May 2009. Later, under President Joyce Banda, he was appointed Minister of Energy and Mining in April 2012. Early life Chilumph ...

(born 1958), Malawian politician * George A. Kasem (1919–2002), American congressional representative * Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi, Iranian politician * Ismail Qasim Naji, Somali politician * Kasım Gülek (1905–1996), Turkish statesman *

Kasim Reed Mohammed Kasim Reed (born June 10, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 59th List of mayors of Atlanta, mayor of Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia's state capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), ...

(born 1969), Democratic politician and the 59th Mayor of Atlanta * Kasim Uddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician * Kassim al-Rimawi (1918–1982), prime minister of Jordan in 1980 * Kasym Khan (1445–1521), ruler of the Kazakh Khanate *

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev Kassym-Jomart Kemeluly Tokayev (born 17 May 1953) is a Kazakhstani politician and diplomat who has served as the second president of Kazakhstan since 2019. He previously served as Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 ...

, Kazakh president. * Maryam Kassim, Somali politician *

Mir Qasim Mir Qasim () was the Nawab of Bengal from 1760 to 1763. He was installed as Nawab with the support of the British East India Company, replacing Mir Jafar, his father-in-law, who had himself been supported earlier by the East India Company afte ...

(died 1777),

Nawab of Bengal The Nawab of Bengal (, ) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal was the ''de facto'' independent ruler of the three regions of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa which constitute the mod ...

* Mir Quasem Ali (1952–2016), Bangladeshi businessman, philanthropist and politician * Mir Quasem Mondal (1931–2024), West Bengali politician * Qasim I of Astrakhan (ruled ca. 1470-1500), Khan of Astrakhan * Qasim II of Astrakhan (died 1532), Khan of Astrakhan * Qasim Khan (died 1469), first khan of the Qasim Khanate * Rafiq Belhaj Kacem, Tunisian politician * Suleiman Kassim, Nigerian politician *

Syarif Kasim II Yang Dipertuan Besar Syarif Kasim Abdul Jalil Saifuddin or Sultan Syarif Kasim II (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 1 December 1893 – 23 April 1968) was the 12th and last sultan of the Sultanate of Siak Sri Indrapura. He was crowned as the sultan at the ...

, sultan of Siak Indrapura * Syed Mir Qasim (1921–2004), Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir * Yahya Kassim Issa, Tanzanian politician

In military and combat

* Kassem Daher, Lebanese-Canadian Islamic militant *

Muhammad bin Qasim Muḥammad ibn al-Qāsim al-Thaqafī (; –) was an Arabs, Arab military commander in service of the Umayyad Caliphate who led the Muslim conquest of Sindh (and Punjab, part of ancient Sindh), inaugurating the Umayyad campaigns in India. His m ...

Al-Thaqafi (695–715), Umayyad general who conquered Sindh * Qassem Al-Nasser (1925–2007), Jordanian officer who participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War *Qassem Khan Vali (1878–1935), known as Sardar Homayoun, Iranian army general, trained in France *

Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani (; 11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until Assassination of Qasem Soleimani, his assassination by the United States in 2020, h ...

(1957–2020), Iranian commander of the Quds Force *

Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim (also spelled Qassim, ; born Nag Hammadi Qena Governorate), also known as Abu Talal al-Qasimi () (possibly executed in 1995), was the leader of Egypt's militant al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya (Gama'a Islamiyya) organization until he ob ...

(died 1995), Egyptian leader of militant Gama'a Islamiyya organization * Naim Qassem (born 1953), secretary-general of

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In religion

Religious figures in early Islam

(died 605), son of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid *

Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr () (born 36 or 38 AH and died 106 AH or 108 AH; corresponding to 660/662 and 728/730) The Four Imams by Muhammad Abu Zahrahchapter on Imam Malik was a jurist in early Islam. In the Naqshbandi Sufi or ...

(died ca. 728), jurist in early Islam * Qasim ibn Hasan (ca. 666–680), son of Hasan ibn Ali and grandson of Muhammad

Modern religious figures

* Isa Qassim (born 1937), Bahraini Ayatollah * Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833–1880), Indian Islamic scholar and social activist * Qasem Taei (born 1960), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja (grand ayatollah)

In sport

In football (soccer)

Ashraf Kasem Ashraf Kassem Raman (; born 25 July 1966) is an Egyptian football manager and former player who is in charge of Al-Hussein Irbid. Career Kasem played as a defender for Zamalek from 1984 to 1997. He also played for Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia in ...

(born 1966), Egyptian footballer * Dollah Kassim (1949–2010), Singaporean footballer * Ghasem Dehnavi (born 1981), Iranian footballer * Ghasem Haddadifar (born 1983), Iranian footballer * Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976), American football player * Kasım Yıldız (born 1980), Turkish footballer * Kassem El Zein (born 1990), Lebanese footballer * Kassim Guyazou (born 1982), Togolese footballer * Kassim Osgood (born 1980), American footballer * Mehdi Kacem (born 1986), Algerian footballer * Qasem Burhan (born 1985), Qatari footballer * Yaser Kasim (born 1991), Iraqi footballer

In other sports

* Ghasem Rezaei (born 1985), Iranian wrestler * Iqbal Qasim (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer * Mir Khasim Ali (born 1940), Hyderabadi table tennis player * Kassem Ibadulla (born 1964), New Zealand cricketer * Kassim Osgood (born 1980), American football player * Kassim Ouma (born 1978), Ugandan boxer

In other fields

* ''Qasim ibn Abdallah al-Manṣūr'', was an

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the prophets and messengers in Islam, Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 C ...

prince, youngest son of caliph

al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ‎; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr () was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 succeeding his brother al-Saffah (). He is known ...

(r. 754–775). * Qasim Amin (1863-1908), Egyptian jurist, early advocate of women's rights * Leyla Qasim (1952-1974), executed Iraqi Kurdish activist * Kassim Basma (born 1960), Sierra Leonean businessman * Peter Qasim (born 1974), Indian detained by Australian immigration * Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail (born ca. 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo * Kasem Chatikavanich, Thai business leader * Nazar Mohamed Kassim, Singaporean convicted murderer * Syed Zahoor Qasim, Indian marine biologist

Derived words

* Qasimabad, name of multiple places * Qasimpur, name of multiple places * Qasimiyeh, name of multiple places *

Al Qasimi The Al Qasimi (, spelled sometimes as Al Qassimi or Al Qassemi; plural: Al Qawasem and, archaically, Joasmee) is an Arab dynasty in the Persian Gulf that rules Emirate of Sharjah, Sharjah and Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, Ras Al Khaimah, today for ...

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