Abdul Samad 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:

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*Abdul-Samad Esfahani (or

Abdussamad Esfahani Sheikh Abdussamad Esfahani, ( fa, شیخ عبدالصمد اصفهانی), also spelled Abdul Samad, 'Abd al-Samad, or Abd-ul-Samad, was a famous Ilkhanid era Shi'ite Sufi of the 13th century. After Abdussamad's death in 1299 CE, his disciple, ...

) (died 1299), Sufi saint *

Khwaja Abdus Samad 'Abd al-Ṣamad or Khwaja 'Abd-us-Ṣamad was a 16th century painter of Persian miniatures who moved to India and became one of the founding masters of the Mughal miniature tradition, and later the holder of a number of senior administrative rol ...

/Abd al-Samad etc. (16th century), Persian and the Mughal miniature painter *

Abdul Samad of Selangor Sultan Abdul Samad ibni Almarhum Raja Abdullah ( Jawi: سلطان عبد الصمد ابن المرحوم راج عبد الله ; born Raja Abdul Samad bin Raja Abdullah, 1804 - 6 February 1898) was the fourth Sultan of Selangor. Raja Abdul ...

(1804–1898), Sultan of Selangor *

Abdol-samad Mirza Ezz ed-Dowleh Saloor Abdosamad Mirza Ez od-Dowleh Saloor ( fa, عبدالصمد ميرزا عزالدوله سالور) (May 1843 – 1929) was a Persian prince of Qajar Dynasty and fifth son of Mohammad Shah Qajar by his wife Ogholbeigeh Khanum, a lady of Turkmen ori ...

(1843–1929), Persian prince *

Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai (7 July 1907 – 2 December 1973) ( ps, عبدالصمد خان اڅکزی), commonly known as Khan Shaheed () (This title or name was given by the great Baba-e-Afghan Abdul Rahim Khan Mandokhail) was a Pashtun peop ...

(1907–1973), Pashtun nationalist leader *

Abdus Samad Azad Abdus Samad Azad ( bn, আব্দুস সামাদ আজাদ; 15 January 1922 – 27 April 2005) was a Bangladeshi diplomat and politician. He was elected to Bangladesh's parliament five times from 1970 to 2001. He was also elected Mem ...

(1922–2005), Bangladeshi politician *

Abdul Samad Ismail Tan Sri Abdul Samad bin Ismail (18 April 19244 September 2008), who often went by the moniker Pak Samad, was a Malaysian journalist, writer and editor. Early life Samad was born on 18 April 1924, in Singapore to Javanese immigrant parents, whe ...

(1924–2008), aka Pak Samad, Malaysian journalist, writer and editor * A. K. A. Abdul Samad (1926–1999), Indian politician *

Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad ‘Abdul-Basit ‘Abdus-Samad ( ar, عبـدُ الباسِـط مُحـمّـد عبـدُ ٱلصّـمـد), or Abdel Basit Abdel Samad, or Abdul Basit Muhammad Abdus Samad (1927 – 30 November 1988) was an Egyptian Quran reciter and Hafiz ...

(1927–1988), Kurdish-Egyptian Qari *

A. Samad Said Abdul Samad bin Mohamed Said (born 9 April 1935) is a Malaysian novelist and poet. In May 1976, he was named by Malaysia literature communities and many of the country's linguists as the Pejuang Sastera iterary Exponentreceiving, within the fo ...

(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 Shahrir bin Abdul Samad ( Jawi: شهریار بن عبدالصمد; born 22 November 1949) is a Malaysian politician who was the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (2008-2009), a Member of Parliament of Malaysia and the former ch ...

(born 1949), Malaysian politician *

Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad was a former member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1950, Abdulsamad studied political science and worked in the Oil Ministry before being elected to the National Assembly in 1981. ...

(born 1950), Kuwaiti politician *

Khalid Abdul Samad Khalid bin Abdul Samad ( Jawi: خالد بن عبدالصمد; born 14 August 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Federal Territories in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir M ...

(born 1957), Malaysian politician *

M. P. Abdussamad Samadani M.P. Abdussamad Samadani (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician, orator, writer and scholar. He knows Malayalam, English, Urdu, Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Sanskrit languages. Samadani was awarded Doctor of Philosophy degree from Jawaharl ...

(born 1959), Indian politician * Ahmed Abdel Samad (born 1972), Egyptian boxer *Abdulsamad, surname of all members of

The Boys (American band) Suns of Light are an American R&B boy band, originally known as the Boys. Biography Originating from Carson, California, the Suns of Light are composed of brothers Khiry, Hakeem, Tajh and Bilal Abdulsamad. Their parents are Angela Satterwhite ...

(born 1973 - 1979) *

Abdool Samad Abdool Mudassar Samad (born 3 May 1979) is a Guyana-born Canadian cricketer. He has played in 7 One Day Internationals for Canada to date. He has also played one first-class match, scoring 119 against Bermuda in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental ...

(born 1979) Guyanese-Canadian cricketer *

Abdul Samad Rohani Abdul Samad Rohani (1982 or 1983 – June 7 or 8, 2008) was an Afghan journalist who worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and the Afghan news agency Pajhwok. He was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on June 7, 2008 ...

(ca. 1982 - 2008), Afghan journalist *

Abdelouahad Abdessamad Abdelouahad Abdessamad (Arabic: عبد الواحد عبد الصمد; born 24 February 1982) is a Moroccan football defender. He currently plays for Raja Casablanca. Abdessamad played in the CAF Champions League 2002 The 2002 CAF Champions L ...

(born 1982), Moroccan footballer * Abdessamad Chahiri (born 1982), Moroccan footballer *

Abdessamad Rafik Abdessamad Rafik (born 8 April 1982 in Khouribga) is a former Moroccan footballer. His former clubs are Wydad Casablanca and Olympique Khouribga Olympique Club de Khouribga, also called OCK, is a Moroccan football club based in Khouribga. ...

(born 1982), Moroccan footballer *

Shariff Abdul Samat Muhammad Shariff bin Abdul Samat (5 January 1984 – 10 February 2020) was a Singaporean international footballer. Shariff is the son of former Singaporean international Samad Allapitchay and like his father, he usually played as a centre-b ...

(born 1984), Singaporean footballer *

Abdul Samad (detainee) According to the United States Department of Defense, it held more than two hundred Afghan detainees in Guantanamo prior to May 15, 2006. They had been captured and classified as enemy combatants in warfare following the US and allies' invasion ...

, Afghan detainee in Guantanamo *

Abdul Samad Khaksar Mullah Abdul Samad Khaksar (1960 – 14 January 2006), also referred to as Mohammad Khaksar in some news reports, served as Minister or Deputy Minister of Interior for Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He was born around 1960 in Kandaha ...

(died 2006), Afghan politician *

Abdolsamad Khorramshahi Abolsamad Khorramshahi ( fa, عبدالصمد خرمشاهی) is an Iranian lawyer. Khorramshahi was involved in several controversial cases including detained British embassy political analyst Hossein Rassam who was arrested after Iran's disputed ...

, Iranian lawyer *

Ako Abdul-Samad Ako Abdul-Samad (born July 25, 1951) is the Iowa State Representative from the 34th District. He has served in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2007. Previously, he was a member of the Des Moines Des Moines () is the capital and the ...

, American politician *

Abdul Samad Siddiqui Abdul Samad Siddiqui (died 21 November 2022) was an Indian educationist and politician who was a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) from Hyderabad - Karnataka region from 1988 till 1994. He was also one of the famous Muslim leaders from the Nort ...

, Indian educationist * Datuk Abdul Samad Hj. Alias, Malaysian accountant *

Bashir Abdel Samad Beshir Abdel Samad ar, بشير عبد الصمد is a former Egyptian footballer. He played club football for Ismaily. Abdel Samad played for the Egypt national football team The Egypt national football team ( ar, منتخب مصر لكر ...

, Egyptian footballer *

Abdul Samad (Indian cricketer) Abdul Samad (born 28 October 2001) is an Indian cricketer who plays for Jammu & Kashmir in domestic cricket and for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League (IPL). He is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler. Samad is t ...

, Indian cricketer *

Abdul Samad (Pakistani cricketer) Abdul Samad (born 25 February 1998) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his List A debut for Pakistan International Airlines in the 2016–17 Departmental One Day Cup on 17 December 2016. He made his first-class debut for Faisalabad in the 2017 ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Sahal Abdul Samad Sahal Abdul Samad (born 1 April 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters and the India national team. Club career Early life and youth career Sahal was born in ...

(born 1997), Indian professional footballer

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