ʻAbd al-Karīm (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الكريم) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Karīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2] It means "servant of the most Generous". It is rendered as Abdolkarim in Persian, Abdulkerim in Albania, Bosnia and Abdülkerim in Turkey.
It may refer to:
Given name
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- Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (986–1074), Persian philosopher
- ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili (1366–1424), Sufi author who studied in Yemen
- Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan, 1490–1504
- `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad (ruled 1825–1834), Emir of Harar, Ethiopia
- Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807–1883), Ottoman Turkish soldier
- Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi (1859–1937), Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
- Abdul Karim (Ghanaian footballer) (born 2000), Ghanaian footballer
- Abdul Karim (the Munshi) (1863–1909), Indian servant to Queen Victoria
- Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1871–1953), Bangladesh author
- Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), Indian singer
- Abdul Karim Amrullah (1879–1945), Muslim reformer in Sumatra
- Abd el-Krim (ca. 1882–1963), leader of the Amazigh-Riffian resistance and president of the Republic of the Rif
- Abd-al Karim (1897–1927), Afghan rebel leader during the Khost rebellion (1924–1925)
- Abdul Karim Disu (born 1912), Nigerian journalist
- Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963), Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état
- Abdelkarim Ghellab (1919–2017), Moroccan writer
- Abdelkrim Ghallab (ca. 1919–2006), Moroccan writer
- Abdul Karim (soil scientist) (1922–1973), Bangladeshi scientist
- Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi (1926–2016), Syrian military officer and politician
- Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (born 1926), Iranian Twelver cleric
- Abdul Karim (historian) (1928–2007), Bangladeshi historian and academic
- Awatef Abdel Karim (born 1931), Egyptian composer
- Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931), Moroccan poet
- Abdel Karim el Kably (born 1933), Sudanese singer
- Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006), Yemeni politician
- Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (born 1934), Yemeni politician
- Abdul Karim Tunda (born 1943), alleged Indian bomb maker
- Abdul Karim Koroma (born 1944), Sierra Leonean politician
- Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), Iranian scientist and philosopher
- Abdelkarim Badjadja (born 1945), Algerian historian
- Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (born 1945), leader of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
- Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (born 1949), Jordanian politician
- Abdul Karim, name used by Bruno Metsu (born 1954), French football manager
- Abdul Karim Brahui (born 1955), Afghan politician
- Abdelkrim Merry (born 1955), Moroccan footballer
- Abdul Karim Luaibi (born 1959), Iraqi politician
- Abdul Karim Telgi (born 1961), Indian fraudster
- Abdul Karim Irgashive (born 1965), Tajik held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Karim el-Mejjati (1967–2005), French-Moroccan Islamic activist killed in Saudi Arabia
- Abdul Karim (canoeist) (born 1967), Indonesian canoeist
- Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (born 1972), Moroccan footballer
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer
- Abdulkareem Elemosho (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
- Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian writer and artist
- Abdul Karim Ahmed (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
- Abdelkarim Kissi (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
- Abdelkarim Nafti (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
- Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), Guinean footballer
- Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1992), Guinean footballer
- Abdelkrim Mammeri (born 1981), Algerian footballer
- Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520) (born c. 1982), Afghan
- Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, or just Kareem Amer (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger
- Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989), Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan
- Abdulkarim Al-Ali (born 1991), Qatari footballer
- Abdulkareem Adisa (died 2005), Nigerian soldier and politician
- Abdel Karim Obeid (born 1957), Lebanese Shi'a imam
- Abdelkrim Motii, Moroccan religious activist
- Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi, Yemeni politician
- Abdul Karim al-Anizi, Iraqi politician
- Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Iraqi politician
- Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, Saudi alleged terrorist
- Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Nigerian journalist
- Abd al-Karim, the name CIA torture victim Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud was referred to by in the Senate report on CIA torture
- Abdul Karim Joumaa (born 1954), Syrian Olympic athlete
- Abdul Karim (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)
- Abdul Karim Farhani, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdolkarim Hasheminejad, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdul Karim Haghshenas, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdul Karim (Bengali politician)
Surname
- Shah Abdul Karim (1916–2009), Bangladeshi folk musician
- Khalil Abdel-Karim (1928–2003), Egyptian Islamic activist
- Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998), President of the Comoros
- Yahaya Abdulkarim (born 1944), Nigerian politician
- Ali Abdul Karim (born 1953), Syrian diplomat
- Rohani Abdul Karim (born 1955), Malaysian politician
- Eedris Abdulkareem, Nigerian rapper
- Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, one of the perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack
References
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