Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, 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.
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 ( ar, 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
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Abdelkader Zaddem (born 1944), Tunisian runner
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Abdelkader El Mouaziz
Abdelkader El Mouaziz (born 1 January 1969) is a Morocco, Moroccan long-distance runner. He holds the record for the most sub 2:10 marathon runs at 13 (), now tied with Stefano Baldini. El Mouaziz is a two-time winner of the London Marathon, in 19 ...
(born 1969), Moroccan runner
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Abdelkader Hachlaf (born 1979), Moroccan runner
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Abdalla Abdelgadir
Abdalla Abdelgadir El-Sheikh (born 12 September 1988), also known as Abdalla Abdel Gadir ( ar, عبدالله عبد القادر), is a Sudanese middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres.
Career
He finished fifth (in 800 m) at ...
(born 1988), Sudanese runner
Cricket
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Abdul Kadir (cricketer) (1944–2002), Pakistani cricketer
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Abdul Qadir (cricketer) (1955–2019), Pakistani cricketer
* Abdul
Kadeer Ali
Abdul-Kadeer Ali ( ur, عبد قادر علی; born 7 March 1983) is an English first-class cricketer who is currently at minor counties side Staffordshire. He has played for Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Leicestershire as well as appe ...
(born 1983), English cricketer
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Abdul Cader (cricketer)
Akthab Cader (born 3 January 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 18 December 2015. He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Bloomfield ...
(born 1995), Sri Lankan cricketer
Football
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Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912–1997) French footballer
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Abdul Kadir (Indonesian footballer) (1948–2003), Indonesian footballer
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Abdulqadir Hassan
Abdulqadir Hassan Mohamed ( ar, عبد القادر حسن محمد) (born 15 April 1962) is an Emirati footballer. He played as a goalkeeper for the UAE national football team as well as Al-Shabab Club in Dubai
Dubai (, ; ar, دبي, tra ...
(born 1962), Emirati footballer
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Abdelkader El Brazi
Abdelkader El Brazi ( ar, عبد القادر البرازي;
5 November 1964 – 24 January 2014) was a Moroccan football goalkeeper.
He started his career as a goalkeeper with his hometown's team Renaissance de Berkane, and played also for ...
(born 1964), Moroccan footballer
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Abdelkader Ferhaoui (born 1965), Algerian footballer
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Azizon Abdul Kadir (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
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Abdul Kader Keïta (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
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Abdelkader Laïfaoui
Abdelkader Laïfaoui (born 29 July 1981 in Hussein Dey, Algiers) is an Algerian international retired footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a right back.
An Algerian international since 2004, Laïfaoui was a member of the ...
(born 1981), Algerian footballer
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Abdoul Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer
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Abdelkader Besseghir (born 1978), Algerian footballer
* Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré, otherwise
Mohamed Kader (born 1979), Togolese footballer
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Abdou Kader Mangane (born 1983), Senegalese footballer
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Abdelkader Ghezzal (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer
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Abdulkader Dakka (born 1985), Syrian footballer
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Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
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Abdelkader Kraichi (born 1989), French footballer
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Abdel Kader Rifai (born 1973), Syrian footballer
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Abdülkadir Kayalı (born 1991), Turkish footballer
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Anwar Abdalqader
Anouar Abdul Kader ( ar, انور عبد القادر; born 11 January 1953) is a Syrian football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Managerial career
In June 2017, Abdul Kader was appo ...
, Syrian football manager
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Abdelkader Freha
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, 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 th ...
, Algerian footballer
Martial arts
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Syed Abdul Kadir
Kadir Syed Abdul, born 16 February 1948, was the first Singaporean to win a medal for boxing in the Commonwealth Games, where he was awarded the bronze medal. He has also been a representative for Singapore in various regional meets.
Boxing ca ...
(born 1948), Singapore boxer
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Abdülkadir Koçak (born 1981), Turkish boxer
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Abdelkader Zrouri
Abdelkader Zrouri (born September 20, 1976) is a Moroccan Taekwondo athlete.
Zrouri competed in the men's +80 kg class at the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, China. In the preliminary round, he landed an axe kick (''naeryeo cha ...
(born 1976), Moroccan Taekwondo athlete
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Abdelkader Bouhenia
Abdelkader Bouhenia (born 7 May 1986) is a boxer from Carcassonne. He is best known for having won the Bronze medal in the light-heavyweight division at the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Milan.
Career
Bouhenia, who fights from an o ...
(born 1986), French boxer
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Abdulqader Hikmat
Abdulqader Hikmat Sarhan (born August 19, 1987) is a male Qatari Taekwondo practitioner. He won the gold medal in the welterweight category (-78 kg) at the 2006 Asian Games, and competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Oly ...
(born 1987), Qatari Taekwondo practitioner
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Abdelkader Chadi (born 1988), Algerian boxer
Other sports
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Omer Abdelqader (born 1983), Qatari basketball player
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Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla
Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla, (born December 30, 1976 in Muharraq) is a Bahraini coach and a former professional volleyball player. He is best known for his international career representing Bahrain in the youth, and junior championships during his ...
(born 1976), Bahraini volleyball player
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Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player
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Justin Abdelkader (born 1987), American ice-hockey player
In the arts
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Abd al-Qadir Maraghi
Abd al-Qadir al-Maraghi b. Ghaybi ( fa, عبدالقادر مراغی, born middle of 14th – died 1435 AD), was a Persian musician and artist. According to the Encyclopedia of Islam, he "was the greatest of the Persian writers on music".Farmer, ...
(middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
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Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
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Abdul Qader Al Raes (born 1951), UAE artist
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Abdulkadir Ahmed Said
Abdulkadir Ahmed Said ( so, Cabdulkaadir Axmed Saciid, ar, عبد القادر أحمد سعيد) is a prominent Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor.
Biography
Said was born in 1953 in Mogadishu, the ca ...
(born 1953), Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
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Abd El Gadir Salim (born ca. 1955), Sudanese folk-singer
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Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
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Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
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Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
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Abdul Qadir Al Rassam
Abdul Qadir Al Rassam, عبد القادر الرسام), 1952 - 1882), was born in Baghdad, Ottoman Empire. He was one of the first generation of Iraqi artists to study abroad and paint in the European style. He was influential in terms of intro ...
(1882–1952), Iraqi painter
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Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
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Abdul Quadir (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
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`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
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Kozhikode Abdul Kader (1916–1977), Indian playback singer
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Abdelkader Alloula
Abdelkader Alloula ar, عبد القادر علولة (1939 in Ghazaouet, Algeria – March 14, 1994, in Oran, Algeria) was an Algerian playwright. He was assassinated by GIA terrorists.
Biography
Alloula was born in Ghazaouet in western Al ...
(1929–1994), Algerian playwright
Politicians and secular leaders
From Africa
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Abd al-Qadir II (fl. 1603/4–1606), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (Sudan)
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Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi
Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; ar, عبد القادر ابن محي الدين '), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abdelkader El Hassani El Djazairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggl ...
(1808–1883), Algerian religious and military leader
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Abd al-Qadir (Sokoto) (fl. 1842–1859), Sokoto (Nigeria) Grand Vizier
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Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921–2003), Libyan politician
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Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (born 1936), Nigerian politician
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Abdelkader Bengrina
Abdelkader Bengrina (born 1 January 1962) is an Algerian politician from the National Construction Movement who was the party's candidate in the December 2019 Algerian presidential election.
Positions held
* 2002–2007: Member of the Wilaya of ...
(born 1962), Algerian politician
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Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi
Abdulkadir Abdinur Hashi ( so, Cabdulqaadir Cabdinuur Xaashi, ar, عبد القادر عبدالنور حاشي) is a Somali politician. He previously served as the Minister of State for Planning and International Cooperation of Puntland, and i ...
, Somali politician
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Abdoulkader Cissé
Abdoulaye Abdoulkader Cissé (born 5 August 1955) is a Burkinabé politician who served in the government of Burkina Faso as Minister of Mines, Quarries, and Energy from 2000 to 2011.[Abdelkader Hachani
Abdelkader Hachani (; ar, عبد القادر حشاني; 26 December 1956 – 22 November 1999) was a leading figure and founding member of the Islamic Salvation Front (or FIS), an Algerian Islamic party.
Career
Following the arrests of Abassi ...]
(1956–1999), Algerian Islamist politician
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Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi Dr. Abdulqadir Mohammed al-Baghdadi (1952 – August 2011, Tarhuna) was Secretary General of the People's Committee for Education of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi. He chaired the oil and gas council and the Libya Investment Authority. He also served ...
(died 2011), Libyan diplomat
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Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Sahrawi politician
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Abdelkader Lecheheb
Abdelkader Lecheheb, sometimes written as Lachheb, (born 13 July 1954) is a Moroccan diplomat and former footballer who is the Moroccan ambassador to Russia. He presented his credentials to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 29 May 2009.
Foot ...
, Moroccan diplomat
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Abdulkadir Kure, Nigerian politician
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Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah
Sultan "Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah" ( so, Suldaan Cabdulqaadir Ciise Axmad Saalax, ar, سلطان عبد القادر عيسى أحمد صلاح قا بيله او غار سليمان) is the current Sultan of the Ugar Saleban sub-clan of the ...
, Somali sultan
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Inuwa Abdulkadir
Inuwa Abdulkadir (12 January 1966 – 6 July 2020) was a Nigerian lawyer and politician who was National vice-chairman (North West) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He previously served as Federal Minister of Youth Development from 2012 ...
(1966–2020), Nigerian politician
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Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian politician
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Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (born 1939), Chadian politician
From the Middle East
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Abdul Qader al-Keilani
Abdul Qader Husni al-keilani al-Hasani (1874–1948) ( ar, عبدالقادر حسني الكيلاني) was a Syrian nationalist, statesman and religious authority.
Lineage and early Life
Sayed Abdul Qader was born in Aleppo in 1874 to the pr ...
(1874–1948), Syrian nationalist, statesman and religious authority
* Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, otherwise
Faisal Husseini (1940–2001), Palestinian politician
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Abdülkadir Aksu
Abdülkadir Aksu ( ; ; born 1944, Diyarbakır) is a Turkish politician from Diyarbakır. According to some sources, he is Kurdish; according to Üzeyir Tekin, he is of partial Albanian and Kurdish origin; and according to Hasan Celal Güzel, a fr ...
(born 1944), Turkish politician
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Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Abdul Qadir Bajamal ( ar, عبد القادر باجمال; February 18, 1946 – September 7, 2020) was a Yemeni politician who served as Prime Minister from March 31, 2001 to April 7, 2007. He was a member of the General People's Congress part ...
(born 1946), Yemeni politician
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Abd al-Qadir Qaddura, Syrian politician
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Abdul Qadir Obeidi, Iraqi politician
From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent
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Zambry Abdul Kadir (born 1962), Malaysian politician
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Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1915–1992), Malaysian politician
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Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir
Haji Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir (born 11 February 1963) is a Malaysian politician and a former Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Ketereh constituency in Kelantan. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the Pakatan Raky ...
, Malaysian politician
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Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1928–1999),
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
n diplomat and political figure
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A.R.M. Abdul Cader
Abdul Rahim Mohideen Abdul Cader (30 October 1936 – 3 October 2015) was a Sri Lankan politician and businessman. He was a representative from the Kandy District (Mahanuwara) for the United National Party in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
The P ...
(born 1936), Sri Lankan politician and businessman
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Abdul Kader Mia
Abdul Kader ( bn, আব্দুল কাদের; died 1960), also known by his daak naam Lal Mia ( bn, লাল মিঞা), was a Bengali politician. He served as a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly and later the East Bengal Leg ...
(died 1960), Bengali politician
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Abdul Qadir Alam, Afghan politician
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Abdul Qadir Baloch, Pakistani politician and retired military general
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Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori
Mawlana Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori is a citizen of Afghanistan, and a candidate in the 2009 Afghan Presidential elections.
He was one of the participants at the Bonn Conference in late 2001 that agreed that Hamid Karzai should be the leader of the ...
(born 1954), Afghan politician
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Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) (1872–1950), leader of Muslims during the British Raj
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Abdul Qadir Patel (born 1968), Pakistani politician
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Abdul Qadir Nuristani, Afghan policeman and Minister of Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan
From elsewhere
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Abdul Kadir (politician) (ca. 1952–2018), Guyanese politician and conspirator in a planned attack of JFK Airport
In religion
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Abdul-Qadir Gilani
ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, ( ar, عبدالقادر الجيلاني, ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; fa, ) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusayn ...
(1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
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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
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Abdul Qader Arnaoot
Abdul-Qader Arnaout, ( ar, عبد القادر الأرناؤوط, 1928–26 November 2004), born ''Kadri Sokoli'' was an Albanian Islamic scholar who specialised in the fields of hadith and fiqh.
Biography
Arnaoot received his initial religious ...
(1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
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Abdalqadir as-Sufi
Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Stewart Dallas; 1930 – 1 August 2021) was a Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement and author of numerous books on Islam, Sufism and polit ...
(1930–2021), Scottish Sufi
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Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani
Abdul Qadir Jilani ( fa, عبد القادر گیلانی, ur, ''Abdolqāder Gilāni'') is a Sunni scholar and jurist. He was born on December 14, 1935 (Ramadan, 1354 AH) in a village called Sandhu Sayyidan, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He was born t ...
(born 1935), Pakistani Sunni scholar and jurist
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Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji founder of Atba-i-Malak Vakil
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Abdolqader Zahedi
Abdolqader Zahedi (1907-2005) was a high-ranking Sunni religious figure and Iranian Kurdish politician. He received a clerical education and was not a war veteran. He was a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts from 1999 to 2005. He died in Saqqez
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, Kurdish-Iranian Sunni religious teacher and politician
Military figures and activists
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Abdelkader Perez
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, 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 ...
(fl. 1723–1737), Moroccan Admiral and ambassador to England
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Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907–1948), Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter
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Abdulkadir Yahya Ali, Somali peace activist
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Abdelkader Guerroudj (fl. 1957), Algerian communist active in the liberation war
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Abdul Qadir
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ( ar, 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 ...
(1944–2014), Afghan military officer during the Saur Revolution and Minister of Defense during the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
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Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) (ca. 1951–2002), military leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
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Abdelkader Belliraj (born 1957), Moroccan-Belgian found guilty of terrorist offences
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Abdelkader Mokhtari
Abdelkader Mokhtari ( kunya: ''Abu el-Ma'ali'', ''The Gendarme'') was an Algerian commander who became a "sacred legend" for the Bosnian mujahideen in the Bosnian War.
Bosnia
Evan Kohlmann claimed that Mokhtari, an Algerian, came to Bosnia wit ...
, Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
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Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician
Detainees
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Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani (born 1960), Syrian held in Guantanamo
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Moez Bin Abdul Qadir Fezzani (Bagram detainee)
On January 15, 2010, the Department of Defense complied with a court order and published a list of Detainees held in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility
On January 16, 2010, the United States Department of Defense complied with a court order ...
, Tunisian
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Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir
The United States Department of Defense acknowledges holding approximately one dozen Algerian detainees in Guantanamo.
However an Algerian government press release, on August 21, 2016, said that they had been tracking 28 Algerian captives. Both US ...
(impossible name) (born 1976), Algerian held in Guantanamo
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Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun
Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun is a Uyghur refugee, who was held for more than seven years in Guantanamo Bay detention camps, in Cuba.
The Department of Defense reports that Abdulqadirakhum was born on June 18, 1979, in Xinjiang, China and assigned h ...
(born 1979), Uyghur held in Guantanamo
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Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris Idris may refer to:
People
* Idris (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* Idris (prophet), Islamic prophet in the Qur'an, traditionally identified with Enoch, an ancestor of Noah in the Bible
* Idris G ...
(born 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
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Ahmed Abdul Qader
Ahmed Abdul Qader is a citizen of Yemen, who was held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba from June 18, 2002, to January 14, 2015. His detainee ID number was 690. The Department of Defense estima ...
(born 1984), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
Other
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Abdul Qadeer Khan
Abdul Qadeer Khan, (; ur, ; 1 April 1936 – 10 October 2021), known as A. Q. Khan, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and metallurgical engineer. He was a key figure in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program and is colloquially known as the ...
(born 1936), Pakistani nuclear scientist
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Abdulkadir Ahmed (born 1940), Nigerian banker
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Abdul Qadir (banker)
Abdul Qadir was a Pakistani banker who served as the second Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan and as the 2nd Finance Secretary of Pakistan.
Born in 1903 at Jallandhar, British India, Qadir was educated at Forman Christian College, Lahore. ...
, Pakistani banker
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Abdul Kader Kamli
Abdul Kader Kamli, with more than 150 articles published in professional journals/magazines, is an authority on information and communication technology in the Arab world. He is often quoted by regional and international media organizations on th ...
, Arab IT expert
* Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, otherwise
Mustafa al-Ansari
Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari ( ar, مصطفى عبدالقادر عابد الأنصاري, ) was a Saudi national who organized and died in the 2004 Yanbu attack in Saudi Arabia. He was also the son-in-law of Yemeni al Qaeda operative Ahmad ...
, Saudi wanted by the FBI
* Abdi Wali Abdulqadir Muse, probable correct name of
Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse
Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse ( so, Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; ; ; born 1990) is a convicted Somali pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. On 16 February 20 ...
(born ca. 1992), Somali imprisoned for piracy
Women
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Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (born 1959), Nigerian politician
References
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