ʻAbd al-Qayyūm ( ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد القيوم) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Qayyūm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the eternal". It may refer to:

Abdul Qayyum

Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Nawab Khan Bahadur Sahibzada Sir Abdul Qayyum Khan KCIE (12 December 1863 – 4 December 1937), hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India (modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan) was an educationist and politician. Qayyum Khan helped Mor ...

(1863–1937), Indian educationalist * Abdul Qayyum Khan (1901–1981), Pakistani politician *Abdul Qayyum "Zakir", alleged real name of Abdullah Gulam Rasoul (born ca. 1973), Afghan held in Guantanamo *

Abdul Qayyum (general) Lieutenant General Abdul Qayyum ( ur, ) is a retired three-star general of the Pakistan Army who has been the chairman of the Pakistan Ordnance Factories and chairman of board of Pakistan Steel Mills. Early life Abdul Qayyum, Hilal-i-Imtiaz ...

, Pakistani Lieutenant General *Abdul Qayyum Jamal, Pakistani-Canadian accused of terrorism *

Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi Abdul Qayyum Sajjadi ( prs, عبدالقیوم سجادی) was elected to represent Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is a member of the Hazara ethnic group. He speaks English ...

, Afghan politician *

Mohammad Abdul Qayyum Khan Sardar Muhammad Abdul Qayyum Khan (also known as ʻAbdul Qayyūm K̲h̲ān, Urdu: سردار محمد عبدالقيوم خان) was a Kashmiri politician who also served as the president and the prime minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). ...

(1924–2015),

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

activist and politician

Abdul Qayum

*Abdul

Qayum Karzai Abdul Qayum Karzai or Qayyum Karzai (born 1947) is businessman and politician in Afghanistan. He is the elder brother of former President Hamid Karzai. His brothers also include the controversial Mahmoud Karzai and the assassinated Ahmed Wali Kar ...

(born 1947), Afghan politician, brother of Hamid Karzai * Abdul Qayum (imam) (born 1960), Bangladeshi-born British imam of the

East London Mosque The East London Mosque (ELM) is situated in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets between Whitechapel and Aldgate East. Combined with the adjoining London Muslim Centre and Maryam Centre, it is one of the largest mosques in Europe accommodating ...

Abdul Qayoom

Abdul Qayoom (cricketer) Abdul Qayoom Bagaw (born 2 March 1967) is an Indian former first-class cricketer who played for Jammu and Kashmir. Qayoom was regarded as the finest fast bowler from Jammu and Kashmir. He worked as a coach for the state association after his ...

(born 1967), Indian cricketer and coach *

, Afghani politician representing Ghazni Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga

Others

Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi (also may written as Abdol Gh. Ebrahimi), (born 1932 in Gorgan, Iran), founder of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, has been an visiting professor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. He ...

(born 1932), founder of Gorgan University, Iran *

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (; dv, މައުމޫން ޢަބްދުލް ޤައްޔޫމް; born 29 December 1937) is a Maldivian politician and an Islamic scholar who served as the President of Maldives from 1978 to 2008. After serving as Minister of Trans ...

(born 1937), President of the Maldives *

Abdul Kaium Abdul Kaium (also spelled Quayum; born 1948) is a Bangladeshi police officer who served as the Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police during 2005–2006. Biography Kaium was born in Pakhimara village in what is now Baksiganj Upazila o ...

(born 1948), Bangladeshi police officer,

Inspector General of Bangladesh Police The Inspector General of Police (IGP) is the senior-most and highest ranked police officer of Bangladesh and the head of the Bangladesh Police, who oversees all police activities throughout the country. He reports directly to the Ministry of Home A ...

(2005–2006) *

Abdil Qaiyyim Mutalib Abdil Qaiyyim bin Abdul Mutalib (born 14 May 1989) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a centre-back. Youth career Abdil signed for local S.League side Warriors FC's youth team at the age of 15 in 2004, until he left to j ...

(born 1989), Singapore footballer

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