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 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:

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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), known also as ( ar, ابومحمد عبدالحمید بن واسع بن ترک الجیلی) was a ninth-century Muslim mathematician. Not much is known about his life. The two records of him, one by Ibn Nadim and the other by al-Q ...

(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 (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 (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 (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 (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 o ...

(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 Fed ...

(1925–1995), Saudi Arabian diplomat and businessman * Abdul Hamid Madarshahi (1869–1920), Bengali Islamic scholar and author * Abdelhamid Mehri (born 1926), Algerian politician * Abdelhamid Bouchouk (1927–2004), Algerian footballer * Abdul Hamid (field hockey) (1927–2019), Gold medallist for Pakistan in 1960 Olympics * Abdul Hameed (writer) (1928–2011), Pakistani Urdu writer * Abdul Hamid Omar (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 (born 1931), Algerian footballer and football manager * Abdul Hamid (soldier) (1933–1965), Indian soldier and recipient of the Param Vir Chakra * Abd al-Hamid Kishk (1933–1996), Egyptian preacher, scholar of Islam and author * Abdul Hamid al-Bakkoush (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 (1939–1980), Prime Minister of Jordan *

Abdelhamid Slama Abdelhamid Slama (born 23 October 1941) is a Tunisian politician. He is the former Minister of Sport, Youth, and Physical Education.

(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 (born 1944), Pakistani judge * Abdul Hamid (politician) (born 1944), President of Bangladesh *

Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh (27 July 1944 – 1 December 2022) was a Malaysian politician. He was the President of the Malaysian Senate from 2003 to 2009, Deputy Speaker of the Malaysian House of Representatives from 1984 to 1986, and was the C ...

(born 1944), Malaysian politician *

Abdul Hameed Nayyar Abdul Hameed Nayyar (Born 1945), also known as A.H. Nayyar, is a Pakistani physicist, author, and a freelance consultant on the issues of education, nuclear safety, and energy. His field of specialization is in the physics of condensed matter ...

(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, and ...

(born 1954), Syrian film director * Gamal Abdelhamid (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 (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 ''Newsweek ...

(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 Football Coach Abdelhamid "Mido" Hassan ( ar, عبدالحميد حسن) (born 24 September 1972) is an Egyptian footballer. He retired the football field in 2011. He plays in the striker position for Egypt's Ittihad. Career Abdelhamid started ...

(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 goa ...

(born 1975), Egyptian footballer (Zamalek) *

Abdolhamid Rigi Abdolhamid Rigi ( fa, عبدالحمید ریگی) (also spelt ''Abdul-hamid Rigi'' or ''Abdulhamid Rigi'') (c. 1979 – May 24, 2010) was the elder brother of the detained leader of Jundallah, Abdolmalek Rigi. Like his brother, he was a member o ...

(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 firs ...

(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 Abdelhameed Amarri ( ar, عبد الحميد السعودي)is a Sudanese football striker. He currently plays for Khartoum. Amarri also played for the Sudan national team. In the 2007 Cecafa Cup, he helped the squad win the tournament and wa ...

(born 1984), Sudanese footballer * Abdul Hameid Shabana (born 1985), Egyptian footballer *

Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid Abdul Hadi bin Abdul Hamid @ Hamid (born 25 February 1987, Kuala Kedah) is a Malaysian footballer who last plays for Kedah as a goalkeeper. Club career Hadi, who is a football silver medalist of SUKMA 2006 has been promoted to the senior squa ...

(born 1987), Malaysian footballer *

Abdelhamid Abaaoud Abdelhamid Abaaoud ( ar, عبد الحميد ابعود, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ʾAbā ʿŪd; 8 April 1987 – 18 November 2015) was a Belgian-born Islamic terrorist who had spent time in Syria. He was suspected of having organized multiple terror a ...

(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 Mustafa Abdul-Hamid (born June 2, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. Abdul-Hamid played for the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, UCLA Bruins from 2006–2010. Professional career In August 2010, Abdul-Hamid signed a on ...

(born 1988), American basketball player *

Abdelhamid Abuhabib Abdelhamid Abuhabib ( ar, عبد الحميد أبو حبيب; born 6 August 1989) is a Palestinian footballer currently playing for Hebron-based Shabab Al-Khaleel of the West Bank Premier League. Early years Abuhabeeb grew up playing football ...

(born 1989), Palestinian Footballer *

Abdelhamid El Kaoutari Abdelhamid El Kaoutari ( ar, عبد الحميد الكوثري; born 17 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back and currently plays for Super League Greece 2 club P.A.E. G.S. Diagoras. Born in France, he represent ...

(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 Association football, soccer player who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. Born in Annandale, Virgin ...

(born 1990), American soccer player *

Abdulrahim Abdulhameed Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born March 31, 1990) is a male Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner. At the 2010 Asian Games, Abdulrahim was a win away from securing at least a bronze medal, but with about a minute into his quarterfinal bout against K ...

(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 Diwan Sir Abdul Hamid (also known as Khan Bahadur Abdul Hamid) born in Jalandhar was the Prime Minister of Kapurthala Princely State in India under the British Raj. References

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, Chief Minister of Kapurthala Princely State in India under the British Raj * Khwaja Abdul Hamied, 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, 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 Abdol-Hamid Heyrat Sajjadi (in Persian: سید عبدالحمید حیرت سجادی) is a notable Iranian scholar, researcher, literary figure and historian. He studied Persian literature and history and got a PhD degree in theology from Tehran U ...

, Iranian writer *

Abdul Hamid Adiamoh Abdul Hamid Adiamoh is a Nigerian journalist and publisher of '' Today Newspaper'' in the Gambia. Career Adiamoh was born in Ibadan to a teacher and architect. The second of six children, he attended Ibadan Grammar School, Ibadan and Ladoke Akin ...

, Nigerian journalist *

Molavi Abdul Hamid Abdolhamid Ismaeelzahi ( fa, عبدالحمید اسماعیل‌زهی) is an Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric who is regarded as a "spiritual leader for Iran’s Sunni Muslim population", according to Reuters. Ismaeelzahi, a Baloch, enjoys support o ...

, 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 Ibrahim Abdelhamid Abdou (20 December 1905 – 11 June 1972) was an Egyptian football defender who played for Egypt in the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He also played for El-Olympi, and was part of Egypt's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 19 ...

, Egyptian footballer * Abdul Hamid Bassiouny, Egyptian footballer (Haras el Hodood) *An alias used by John Walker Lindh, American enemy combatant for Taliban *

Minister Abdul Hamid Abdul Hamid ( bn, আব্দুল হামিদ, 1886–1963), popularly known as Minister Abdul Hamid, was a Bengali lawyer, educationist and politician. He was a former president and education minister of the Assam Legislative Council. From ...

(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 Sharifa Dina bint Abdul-Hamid ( ar, دينا بنت عبد الحميد; 15 December 1929 – 21 August 2019) was a Hashemite princess and the Queen of Jordan from 1955 until 1957 as the first wife of King Hussein. She was the mother to Hussein's ...

(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, British electronic musician, producer and DJ

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