Abdul Samad

For other uses, see Abdul Samad (disambiguation).

Abdul Samad ^[1][2][3] It may be roughly translated as "servant of the Self-sufficient Master" or "servant of the Eternal Refuge".

Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Samad, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Samad. Alternative transliterations include Abdus Samad and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

People with the name

• Abdul-Samad Esfahani (or Abdussamad Esfahani) (died 1299), Sufi saint
• Khwaja Abdus Samad/Abd al-Samad etc. (16th century), Persian and the Mughal miniature painter
• Abdul Samad of Selangor (1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor
• Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor (1843–1929), Persian prince
• Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (1907–1973), Pashtun nationalist leader
• Abdus Samad Azad (1922–2005), Bangladeshi politician
• Abdul Samad Ismail (1924–2008), aka Pak Samad, Malaysian journalist, writer and editor
• A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926–1999), Indian politician
• Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927–1988), Kurdish-Egyptian Qari
• A. Samad Said (born 1935), Malaysian poet
• Abdul Samad (guitarist) (born 1938), American R&B guitarist, usually known as Billy Davis
• Khabibullo Abdusamatov (born 1940), Uzbek-Russian astrophysicist
• Shahrir Abdul Samad (born 1949), Malaysian politician
• Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad (born 1950), Kuwaiti politician
• Khalid Abdul Samad (born 1957), Malaysian politician
• M. P. Abdussamad Samadani (born 1959), Indian politician
• Ahmed Abdel Samad (born 1972), Egyptian boxer
• Abdulsamad, surname of all members of The Boys (American band) (born 1973 - 1979)
• Abdool Samad (born 1979) Guyanese-Canadian cricketer
• Abdul Samad Rohani (ca. 1982 - 2008), Afghan journalist
• Abdelouahad Abdessamad (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Abdessamad Chahiri (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Abdessamad Rafik (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Shariff Abdul Samat (born 1984), Singaporean footballer
• Abdul Samad (detainee), Afghan detainee in Guantanamo
• Abdul Samad Khaksar (died 2006), Afghan politician
• Abdolsamad Khorramshahi, Iranian lawyer
• Ako Abdul-Samad, American politician
• Abdul Samad Siddiqui, Indian educationist
• Datuk Abdul Samad Hj. Alias, Malaysian accountant
• Bashir Abdel Samad, Egyptian footballer
• Abdul Samad (Indian cricketer), Indian cricketer
• Abdul Samad (Pakistani cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1997), Indian professional footballer

See also

• Abd (Arabic)
• Samad (disambiguation)

References

1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
2. "Abdul Samad Arabic, Muslim and Urdu Language meaning".
3. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.