The name Abu al-Qasim or Abu'l-Qasim ( ar, أبو القاسم), meaning ''father of Qasim'', is a
kunya or attributive name of
Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monot ...
, describing him as father to his son
Qasim ibn Muhammad. Since then the name has been used by the following:
People
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Al-Mustakfi, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the
Caliph
A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...
of Baghdad from September 944 to 946.
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Al-Muti, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim al-Fadl'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 28 January 946 to 5 August 974.
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Al-Muqtadi also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 2 April 1075 to 3 February 1094.
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Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi
Abu'l-Qasim Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi ( ar, أبو القاسم علي بن الحسن الكلبي, Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan al-Kalbī), known to the Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Greek people, Greeks as Bolkasimos, was the third Emira ...
(died 982), Kalbid emir of Sicily
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Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian active in the late
Ilkhanate era
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Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai
Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (born 14 May 1952) is a Libyan politician who was the last Secretary General of Libya's General People's Congress and thus the country's nominal head of state from 2010 until 2011. He replaced Imbarek Shamekh. As of ...
(born 1952), Secretary General of Libya's General People's Congress
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Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol
Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol ( arz, أمل ابو القاسم دنقل, ; 1940 – 21 May 1983) was an Egyptian poet whose poems were influenced by Greek mythology, then pre- Islamic and Islamic imagery to modernize Arabic poetry. He was born in Al Q ...
(1940–1983), Egyptian poet
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Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), Tunisian poet
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Abu'l-Qásim Faizi (1906–1980), Persian Bahá'í
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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899–1992), Twelver Shi'a Islamic grand ayatollah (marja)
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Abolqasem Najm (1892–1981), Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat
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Abolqasem Lahouti (1887–1957), Persian poet
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric
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Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873—1962), Bengali politician
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Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734/35–1833), Berber historian, geographer, poet and statesman from Morocco
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At-Tayyib Abu'l-Qasim (twelfth century), Fatimid Imām
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Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi (died 1151), leader of the opposition against the Almoravid dynasty in Al-Garb Al-Andalus
*Abu Al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Umar
Al-Zamakhshari (1074 or 1075–1143 or 1144), Muslim scholar
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Abu'l-Qasim ibn Hammud ibn al-Hajar (fl. 1167-1185), leader of the Sicilian Muslim community, Norman Kingdom of Sicily
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Abu'l-Qasim (Seljuq governor of Nicaea) (ruled 1084–1092)
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Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (ruled 1023–1042), founder and eponym of the Abbadid dynasty in Al-Andalus
*Abu al-Qasim
Ferdowsi (940–1020), Persian poet
*Abu al-Qasim
al-Zahrawi (936–1013), or Abulcasis, Arab surgeon and physician who lived in Al-Andalus
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Abolghasem Alidoust
Abolghasem Alidoust is an Iranian cleric and legal scholar and professor of Fiqh at the Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought
Research Institute for Islamic Culture and Thought ( fa, پژوهشگاه فرهنگ و اندیشه اس ...
, Iranian legal scholar
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian politician and ayatollah
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Abolghasem Khazali
Ayatollah Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی, 21 March 1925 – 16 September 2015) was a hardline Iranian politician, fundamentalist Shi'i cleric and a founding member of Haghani school with close ...
(1925–2015), Iranian politician and cleric
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Abolghasem Mozaffari
Abolghasem Mozaffari Shams ( fa, ابوالقاسم مظفری شمس, born 2 July 1967 in Tehran) is an Iranian military person and engineer who is Head of Khatam al-Anbia in the Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Revolutionary Guard Corps (''Liwa ...
(born 1967), Iranian military person
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Abolghasem Orouji
Abolghasem Orouji ( fa, ابوالقاسم عروجی; born 2 December 1989) is an Iranian professional futsal player. He is currently a member of Giti Pasand in the Iranian Futsal Super League.
Honours
Country
* AFC Futsal Championship
** ...
(born 1989), Iranian futsal player
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Abolghasem Sakhdari
Abolghasem or Abolqasem is an Iranian given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Abolghasem Alidoust, Iranian legal scholar
* Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian politician and ayatollah
* Abolghasem Khazali (1925–2015), Iranian ...
( 1948), Iranian wrestler
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(1945–2020), Iranian politician
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Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi
Ayatollah Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi ( fa, ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی), born in 1935, in Hoseynabad, Yazd, is a Shia cleric and member of the Assembly of Experts. He was also one of the representatives of the city of Yazd in the first ...
(born 1935), Iranian Shia cleric
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Abu Kasim Adamu
Adamu Abu Kasim is a Nigerian botanist and professor of science. He was appointed as vice chancellor of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai by Abubakar Sani Bello, assumed office in December 2019.
Background
He was born Dukku of Rijau ...
, Nigeria botanist and academics professor
Places
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Abul Kasim (mountain), mountain in Ethiopia
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Abulkasym Madrassah
The Abulkasym Madrassah is an architectural monument located in Tashkent, Tashkent Province, Uzbekistan. It consists of a madrasa , a mosque and a khanaqah. The building was the location of the signing of a peace treaty in 1865 following the Rus ...
, building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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