ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (

ALA-LC romanization ALA-LC (American Library AssociationLibrary of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script. Applications The system is used to represent bibliographic information by ...

of ar, عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥamīd'', one of the

names of God in the Qur'an Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...

, which gave rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the All-laudable". It is rendered as ''Abdolhamid'' in Persian and ''Abdülhamit'' in Turkish. It may refer to:

Given name

Abd al-Hamid al-Katib Abd al-Hamid ibn Yahya al-Katib ( ar, عبد الحميد بن يحيى الكاتب) was the secretary to the last Umayyad Caliph, Marwan II, and a supreme stylist of early Arabic prose. Quote: :''Cultivate the Arabic language so that you may s ...

(died 749), Umayyad official and Islamic scholar * 'Abd al-Hamīd ibn Turk (fl. 830), Turkish Muslim mathematician *

Abdul Hamid Lahori Abdul Hamid Lahori ( ur, ; died 1654) was a traveller and historian during the period of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan who later became a court historian of Shah Jahan (Shah Jahan's official chronicler). He wrote the book ''Padshahnama'', about ...

(died 1654), Indian traveller and court historian of Shah Jahan *

Abdul Hamid Baba Abdul Hameed masho gagar ( ps, عبدالحميد ماشوال; died 1732), also known as Abdul Hamid Baba, was an Afghan poet and Sufi figure. Biography Abdul Hameed baba Masho Gagar was born in the second half of the 17th century (1664-17 ...

(died c.1732), Pashtun poet *

Abdul Hamid I Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid I ( ota, عبد الحميد اول, ''`Abdü’l-Ḥamīd-i evvel''; tr, Birinci Abdülhamid; 20 March 1725 – 7 April 1789) was the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning over the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to ...

(1725–1789), sultan of the Ottoman Empire *

Abdul Hamid (surveyor) Abdul Hamid, also known as Mohamed-i-Hameed, was an Indian surveyor from the Punjab. He was employed by Thomas George Montgomerie, as part of the Kashmir Survey project of the Survey of India, to explore and survey areas of Central Asia beyond the ...

(died ?1864), surveyor in Central Asia *

Abdul Hamid II Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid II ( ota, عبد الحميد ثانی, Abd ül-Hamid-i Sani; tr, II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 10 February 1918) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 31 August 1876 to 27 April 1909, and the last sultan to ...

(1842–1918), sultan of the Ottoman Empire *

Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah Paduka Sri Sultan Sir Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Ahmad Tajuddin Mukarram Shah (4 June 1864 – 13 May 1943) was the 26th Sultan of Kedah. He reigned from 1881 to 1943. Foreign relations During his reign, the Sultan had asked ...

(1864–1943), Sultan of Kedah *

Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), often shortened as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bengali politician. His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Maulana Bhashani was pop ...

(1880–1976), political leader in Pakistan and Bangladesh * Abdulhamid Bey Gaytabashi (1884–1920), Chief of General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces *

Abdelhamid Ben Badis ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd (Arabic), ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥamīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, whic ...

(1889–1940), Algerian Muslim scholar *

Abdul Hamid Karami Abdul Hamid Karami (23 October 1890 – 23 November 1950) ( ar, عبد الحميد كرامي) was a Lebanese political and religious leader, who had nationalistic Arab inclinations. Biography Karami descended from one of the most prominen ...

(1890–1950), Lebanese politician * ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (1902–1972), Iranian Bahá'í scholar *

Sufi Abdul Hamid Sufi Abdul Hamid (born Eugene Brown) (January 6, 1903 in Lowell, Massachusetts – July 30, 1938) was an African-American religious and labor leader and was among the first African-American converts to Islam. An admirer of Mufti Amin al-Husseini, h ...

(1903–1938), African-American religious and labor leader * Syarif Abdul Hamid Alkadrie (1913-1978), Sultan of Pontianak, Indonesia *

Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj Abdel Hamid Sarraj ( ar, عبد الحميد السراج, September 1925 – 23September 2013) was a Syrian Army officer and politician. When the union between Egypt and Syria was declared, Sarraj, a staunch Arab nationalist and supporter ...

(born 1925), Syrian soldier and politician *

Fouad Abdulhameed Alkhateeb Fouad Abdulhameed Ahmad Alkhateeb (1925 - October 28, 1995), was a Saudi Arabian ambassador, humanitarian, author, and businessman. In his capacity as a diplomat, he represented his homeland in Pakistan, Iraq, the United States of America, the Fe ...

(1925–1995), Saudi Arabian diplomat and businessman *

Abdul Hamid Madarshahi Fakhr al-Islām ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Rustam ʿAlī al-Madārshāhī ( ar, فخر الإسلام عبد الحميد بن رستم علي المدارشاهي; 1869–31 March 1920), commonly known as Abdul Hamid Madarshahi ( bn, আব্দ� ...

(1869–1920), Bengali Islamic scholar and author *

Abdelhamid Mehri Abdelhamid Mehri (April 1926 – 30 January 2012) was an Algerian resistance fighter, soldier and politician.Rabah Beldjenna, Abdelhamid Mehri est décédé lundi à Alger, ''El Watan'', 30 January 2012 Born into a destitute family in Constant ...

(born 1926), Algerian politician *

Abdelhamid Bouchouk Abdelhamid Bouchouk (1 January 1927, Azzaba, Algeria – 9 October 2004, Toulouse, France) was an Algerian footballer. He played as a winger.Marc Barreaud, Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du championnat professionnel français (1932–1 ...

(1927–2004), Algerian footballer *

Abdul Hamid (field hockey) Abdul Hamid Hamidi (7 January 1927 – 11 July 2019) was a field hockey player from Pakistan. He was born in Bannu. He won silver medal in 1956 Summer Olympics and gold medal in 1960 Summer Olympics. After his retirement from professional ...

(1927–2019), Gold medallist for Pakistan in 1960 Olympics *

Abdul Hameed (writer) Abdul Hameed (Urdu: -‎; 1928 – 29 April 2011) was an Urdu fiction writer from Pakistan. He was also known for writing a popular children's TV play Ainak Wala Jin (1993) for Pakistan Television Corporation which was broadcast on PTV during ...

(1928–2011), Pakistani Urdu writer *

Abdul Hamid Omar Abdul Hamid bin Omar (25 March 1929 – 1 September 2009) was the first Chief Justice of Malaysia. Early life Abdul Hamid Omar was born on 25 March 1929 in Kuala Perlis, Perlis Indera Kayangan. He obtained his early education at the Sultan ...

(1929–2009), Malaysian judge *Abdelhamid I. Sabra, known as

A. I. Sabra Abdelhamid Ibrahim Sabra (1924-2013) was a professor of the history of science specializing in the history of optics and science in medieval Islam. He died December 18, 2013. Sabra provided English translation and commentary for Books I-III *Sab ...

(born ca. 1930), Egyptian-American historian of science *

Abdelhamid Kermali Abdelhamid Kermali (April 24, 1931 – April 13, 2013) was an Algerian footballer and football manager of the Algerian national team. Kermali was born in Akbou, Algeria. He played in several Algerian clubs as a striker, including USM Alger, bef ...

(born 1931), Algerian footballer and football manager *

Abdul Hamid (soldier) Company Quartermaster Havildar Abdul Hamid, PVC (1 July 1933 – 10 September 1965), was an Indian Army soldier who posthumously received India's highest military decoration, the Param Vir Chakra, for his actions during the Indo-Pakistani W ...

(1933–1965), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra *

Abd al-Hamid Kishk Abdal-Hamid Kishk ( ar, عبد الحميد كشك; March 10, 1933 – December 6, 1996) was an Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam, activist, and author. He was a graduate of Al-Azhar University in Cairo and was known for his humour, popular se ...

(1933–1996), Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam and author *

Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush ( ar, عبد الحميد البكوش) (10 August 1933 – 4 December 2007) was Prime Minister of Libya from 25 October 1967 to 4 September 1968. After the proclamation of the Jamahiriya by Gaddafi, he went into exile to ...

(1933–2007), Libyan politician *Omar Abdul Hamid Karami, known as

Omar Karami Omar Abdul Hamid Karami (last name also spelled Karamé and Karameh) ( ar, عمر عبد الحميد كرامي; 7 September 1934 – 1 January 2015) was the 29th prime minister of Lebanon, who served two separate terms. He was Prime Minis ...

(born 1934), Lebanese politician *

Abdelhamid Brahimi Abdelhamid Brahimi ( ar, عبد الحميد براهيمي; 2 April 1936 – 15 August 2021) was an Algerian politician who first served as minister of planning before becoming the prime minister of Algeria under Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Be ...

(born 1936), Prime Minister of Algeria *

Mohsen Abdel Hamid Mohsen Abdel Hamid (born 1937 ar, محسن عبد الحميد) is an Iraqi politician and Islamic scholar who was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council (president, February 2004), created following the United States's 2003 invasion of ...

(born 1937), Iraqi politician *

Abdelhamid Sharaf Abdelhamid Sharaf ( ar, الشريف عبدالحميد شرف; 8 July 1939 – 3 July 1980), was a Jordanian politician born in Iraq who served as the 24th Prime Minister of Jordan from December 1979 until his death of a heart attack after seven ...

(1939–1980), Prime Minister of Jordan * Abdelhamid Slama (born 1941), Tunisian politician *

Abdul Hamid II (field hockey) Abdul Hamid (born 7 July 1942) is a Pakistani field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hi ...

(born 1942), Silver medallist for Pakistan in 1964 Olympics *

Abdul Hameed Dogar Abdul Hameed Dogar () is a Pakistani jurist who served as the former Justice of Sindh High Court,

(born 1944), Pakistani judge *

Abdul Hamid (politician) ʻAbd al-Ḥamīd ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الحميد) is a Muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Ḥamīd'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which gave rise ...

(born 1944), President of Bangladesh * Abdul Hamid Pawanteh (born 1944), Malaysian politician * Abdul Hameed Nayyar (born 1945), Pakistani physicist * Abdolhamid Fathi (born 1948), Iranian fencer *

Wadgy Abd el-Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim Wagdy Abd El Hamied Mohamed Ghoneim ( ar, وجدي عبد الحميد محمد غنيم), normally shortened to Wagdy Ghoneim (born 8 February 1951) is an Egyptian Muslim imam and writer. He was imam at the Islamic Institute of Orange County ...

(born ca. 1952), Egyptian Islamic preacher and writer *

Abdul Hamid Khan (politician) Abdul Hamid Khan is the chairman of the Balawaristan National Front (Hameed group) (BNF-H), a sub-nationalist organisation. He founded the Balawaristan National Front Hameed Group (BNF-H), which sought autonomy for Gilgit-Baltistan and opposed the ...

(born 1953), Pakistani politician *

Abdellatif Abdelhamid Abdellatif Abdelhamid ( ar, عبد اللطيف عبد الحميد, born January 5, 1954) is a Syrian film director. His films have earned numerous awards, beginning with the Damascus International Film Festival, the Carthage Film Festival, ...

(born 1954), Syrian film director *

Gamal Abdelhamid Gamal Abdel Hamid ( ar, جمال عبد الحميد; born 24 November 1957) is an Egyptian football coach and retired footballer who played as a attacking midfielder. Career Abdel Hamid played for the Egypt national football team at the 1990 FIF ...

(born 1957), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek) *Abdelhamid Halim Ben-Mabrouk, known as

Halim Benmabrouk Abdelhamid Halim Ben Mabrouk ( ar, عبد الحميد حليم بن مبروك; born June 25, 1960) is a retired Algerian footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent his career in France and played for Algeria, most notably at the 1986 FIF ...

(born 1960), French-Algerian footballer *Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan, known as

Mohammad Fouad Mohamed Fouad Abd El Hamid Hassan ( ar, محمد فؤاد عبد الحميد حسن; born December 20, 1961) is an Egyptian singer, actor and songwriter. He filmed his first television series "Agla Min Hayaty" in 2010, and hosted the television ...

(born 1961), Egyptian singer *

Abdel Hamid al-Ghazzawi Abdel Hamid Ibn Abdussalem Ibn Mifta Al Ghazzawi (عبدالحميد ابن عبدالسلام الغزاوي) (born 8 November 1962) is a citizen of Libya who was held from June 2002 until March 2010 in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba ...

(born 1962), Libyan Guantanamo detainee *

Ammar Abdulhamid Ammar Abdulhamid ( ar, عمار عبد الحميد; born 30 May 1966) is a Syrian-born author, human rights activist, political dissident, co-founder and president of the Tharwa Foundation. Ammar was featured in the Arabic version of ''Newswe ...

(born 1966), Syrian political activist *Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib or

Yushau Shuaib Yushau Abdulhameed Shuaib (born October 10, 1969) is a Nigerian writer. He is an author, public relations practitioner and public affairs commentator on national and international issues, including subjects such as public relations practice, gen ...

(born 1969), Nigerian writer *

Wazi Abdul Hamid Wazi Abdul Hamid (born 1971) is a veteran motorcycle cub prix rider from Malaysia, winning the 1996 125 cc. Underbone championship. He retired from the motorcycle racing industry in December 2006 and recently, he opened a pocket bike racing co ...

(born 1971), Malaysian motorcyclist * Abdelhamid Hassan (born 1972), Egyptian footballer *

Tamer Abdel Hamid Tamer Abdel Hamid ( ar, تامر عبد الحميد; born 27 October 1975) is an Egyptian retired footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Career statistics International International goals :''Scores and results list Egypt's go ...

(born 1975), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek) * Abdolhamid Rigi (ca. 1979–2010), Iranian executed for terrorist offences *

Amir Abdelhamid Amir Abdelhamid Mohamed ( ar, أمير عبد الحميد محمد) (born April 24, 1979) is an Egyptian footballer. He plays the goalkeeper position for the Egyptian club El-Entag El-Harby. He started his career in Al Ahly and became his first ...

(born 1979), Egyptian footballer (El-Ahly) *Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid, known as

Mido (footballer) Ahmed Hossam Hussein Abdelhamid Wasfi ( ar, أحمد حسام حسين عبد الحميد وصفي; born 23 February 1983), publicly known as Mido ( ar, ميدو), is an Egyptian football manager and former player who played as a striker. Mido ...

(born 1983), Egyptian footballer *

Abdel Hamid Ahmed Abdel Hamid Ahmed ( ar, عبد الحميد أحمد; born 3 March 1984) is an Egyptian footballer. Career A left back, Ahmed currently plays at the club level for El Dakhleya. He made his league debut with Al Ahly in a match against Tersana ...

(born 1984), Egyptian footballer (El-Ahly) * Abdelhameed Amarri (born 1984), Sudanese footballer * Abdul Hameid Shabana (born 1985), Egyptian footballer * Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid (born 1987), Malaysian footballer * Abdelhamid Abaaoud (1987–2015), terrorist involved in the November 2015 Paris attacks *

Abdülhamit Yıldız Abdülhamit Yıldız (born 7 June 1987) is a Turkish Association football, footballer.Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born 1988), American basketball player * Abdelhamid Abuhabib (born 1989), Palestinian Footballer * Abdelhamid El Kaoutari (born 1990), French footballer of Moroccan descent *Abdul Hamid, known as

Bill Hamid Abdul Bilal "Bill" Hamid ( ; born November 25, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. Born in Annandale, Virginia, Hamid was the first D.C. United Academy player to s ...

(born 1990), American soccer player * Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born 1990), Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner *

Mohd Zabri Abdul Hamid ASP Mohd Zabri Bin Abdul Hamid, S.P. was a police officer most remembered as a member and officer of the Royal Malaysia Police 69 Commandos of the Pasukan Gerakan Khas. Background Mohd Zabri was born in Tapah, Perak on 15 August 1937 and wa ...

(died 1975), Malaysian policeman * Diwan Bhai Abdul Hamid, Chief Minister of Kapurthala Princely State in India under the British Raj *

Khwaja Abdul Hamied Khwaja Abdul Hamied FCS, FRIC (31 October 1898 – 23 June 1972) was an Indian industrial and pharmaceutical chemist who founded Cipla, India's oldest pharmaceutical company in 1935. His son, Yusuf Hamied headed the company after him f ...

, Indian chemist and businessman *Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, or

Abid Hamid Mahmud Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti ( ; ar, عبد الحميد محمود التكريتي) (21 September 1957 – 7 June 2012) was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary. Biography Mahmud began his ...

, Iraqi military officer *

Abdul Hamid Khan (general) General Abdul Hamid Khan () was a senior officer in the Pakistan Army. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Pakistan Army under president Yahya Khan and led the army during the events in the Indo-Pakistani War in 1971. He is accused of infl ...

, Pakistani soldier *

Abdullah Sani Abdul Hamid Dato' Abdullah Sani bin Abdul Hamid ( Jawi: عبدالله ثاني بن عبدالحميد; born 15 February 1962) is a Malaysian politician and the Member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the Kapar constituency in Selangor. He is a member ...

, Malaysian politician *

Abdelhamid Temmar Abdelhamid Temmar (born October 24, 1938) is an Algerian politician. He was former minister of Investment in the government of Abdelaziz Belkhadem. Since June 2008, he has been Minister of Industry and Investment Promotion under the government o ...

, Algerian politician *

Abdul Hamid Ali Hassan Hamid Ali ( ar, عبد الحميد علي حسن) is a Bahraini diplomat and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Russian Federation Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transconti ...

, Bahraini diplomat * Abdol-Hamid Heyrat Sajjadi, Iranian writer * Abdul Hamid Adiamoh, Nigerian journalist * Molavi Abdul Hamid, Iranian cleric *

Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid Ja'far 'Abd Al-Hamid is an Iraqi British filmmaker of "''Mesocafe''". Born in Iraq, Ja'far and his family moved to other parts of the Arab world before settling in London in the mid-1980s. While studying social sciences at the University of Londo ...

, Iraqi-British film-maker * Abdelhamid Abdou, Egyptian footballer * Abdul Hamid Bassiouny, Egyptian footballer (Haras el Hodood) *An alias used by

John Walker Lindh John Philip Walker Lindh (born February 9, 1981) is an American convicted felon who was captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan In late 2001, the United States and its close allies invaded Afghani ...

, American enemy combatant for Taliban * Minister Abdul Hamid (1886–1963), former Education Minister of Assam

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(born 1966), Syrian writer *

Asmaa Abdol-Hamid Asmaa Abdol-Hamid ( ar, أسماء عبد الحميد) (born November 22, 1981) is an Emirati-born Danish social worker and former politician living in Odense. Family background Abdol-Hamid is one of seven children.

(born 1981), Danish social worker and politician * Dina bint 'Abdu'l-Hamid (born 1929), Egyptian, first wife of King Hussein of Jordan *

Rana Abdelhamid Rana Abdelhamid (Arabic: رنا عبد الحميد; born May 6, 1993) is an American political candidate and activist. She lives in Queens, New York. Abdelhamid is also the founder of Hijabis of New York and the Women's Initiative for Self Em ...

, Egyptian-American self-defense advocate *Sara Abdel-Hamid, known as

Ikonika Ikonika (real name Sara Abdel-Hamid) is an electronic musician, producer and DJ often associated with Hyperdub Records. Her debut 12", "Please/Simulacrum" was released in 2008 on Hyperdub. Her debut album, ''Contact, Love, Want, Have'' was r ...

, British electronic musician, producer and DJ

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