Abdul Qadir

Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir (Arabic: عبد القادر‎) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1][2]

"Abdel Kader" redirects here. For song by Taha / Khaled / Faudel, see Abdel Kader (song).
For other uses, see Abdul Qadir (disambiguation).
Abdul Qadir
GenderMale
Language(s)Arabic
Origin
MeaningServant of (the Powerful) Allah

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abdal. The second part can be transliterated Qader, Kadir, Qadir, Kader, Gadir or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

There is a related but much less common name, Abdul Qadeer (Arabic: عبد القدیر‎), with a similar meaning. The two may become confused when transliterated, and a few of the names below may be instances of the latter name.

Notable people with the name include:

Men

In sport

Athletics

Cricket

Football

Martial arts

Other sports

In the arts
  • Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
  • Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
  • Abdul Qader Al Raes (born 1951), UAE artist
  • Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953), Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
  • Abd El Gadir Salim (born ca. 1955), Sudanese folk-singer
  • Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
  • Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
  • Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
  • Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882–1952), Iraqi painter
  • Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
  • Abdul Quadir (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
  • `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
  • Kozhikode Abdul Kader (1916–1977), Indian playback singer
  • Abdelkader Alloula (1929–1994), Algerian playwright

Politicians and secular leaders

From Africa

From the Middle East

From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent

From elsewhere

In religion
  • Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
  • Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died 1801 or 1804), Moroccan religious scholar
  • Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808–1883), commonly known as Emir Abdelkader, Algerian Sufi saint and military leader
  • Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
  • Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born 1930), Scottish Sufi
  • Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (born 1935), Pakistani Sunni scholar and jurist
  • Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji founder of Atba-i-Malak Vakil
  • Abdolqader Zahedi, Kurdish-Iranian Sunni religious teacher and politician

Military figures and activists
  • Abdelkader Perez (fl. 1723–1737), Moroccan Admiral and ambassador to England
  • Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907–1948), Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter
  • Abdulkadir Yahya Ali, Somali peace activist[3]
  • Abdelkader Guerroudj (fl. 1957), Algerian communist active in the liberation war
  • Abdul Qadir (1944–2014), Afghan military officer during the Saur Revolution and Minister of Defense during the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
  • Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) (ca. 1951–2002), military leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
  • Abdelkader Belliraj (born 1957), Moroccan-Belgian found guilty of terrorist offences
  • Abdelkader Mokhtari, Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
  • Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician

Detainees

Other

Women

References
  1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
  2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.
  3. "Commemoration of a Somali Peace Activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali". Hiiraan Online. July 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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