The name Abu al-Qasim or Abu'l-Qasim ( ar, أبو القاسم), meaning ''father of Qasim'', is a kunya or attributive name of
Islam
Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
ic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
, describing him as father to his son
Qasim ibn Muhammad
Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ( ar, قاسم بن محمد) was the eldest of the sons of Muhammad and Khadija bint Khuwaylid. He died in 601 CE (before the start of his father's prophethood in 609), after his third birthday and is buried in Jannat al- ...
. Since then the name has been used by the following:
People
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Al-Mustakfi
Abu’l-Qāsim ʿAbdallāh ibn Ali ( ar, أبو القاسم عبد الله بن علي; 908 – September/October 949), better known by his regnal name al-Mustakfī bi’llāh ( ar, المستكفي بالله, , Desirous of Being Satisfied wit ...
, 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
Abū ʾl-Qāsim al-Faḍl ibn al-Muqtadir ( ar, أبو القاسم الفضل بن المقتدر; 913/14 – September/October 974), better known by his regnal name of al-Mutīʿ li-ʾllāh ( ar, المطيع لله, , Obedient to God), was the ...
, 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
Abū'l-Qasim ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muhammad ibn al-Qa'im (Arabic: أبو القاسم عبد الله بن محمد بن القائم) better known by his laqab, regnal name Al-Muqtadi ''(1056 – February 1094)'' (Arabic: المقتدي 'the follower ...
also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 2 April 1075 to 3 February 1094.
* Ali ibn al-Hasan al-Kalbi (died 982), Kalbid emir of Sicily
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Abu al-Qasim Kashani
Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324) was a Persian historian from the Abu Tahir family, who was active during the late Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hü ...
(died after 1324), Persian historian active in the late
Ilkhanate
The Ilkhanate, also spelled Il-khanate ( fa, ایل خانان, ''Ilxānān''), known to the Mongols as ''Hülegü Ulus'' (, ''Qulug-un Ulus''), was a khanate established from the southwestern sector of the Mongol Empire. The Ilkhanid realm, ...
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi
Aboul-Qacem Echebbi ( ar, أبو القاسم الشابي, ; 24 February 1909 – 9 October 1934) was a Tunisian poet. He is probably best known for writing the final two verses of the current National Anthem of Tunisia, ''Humat al-Hima'' (''De ...
(1909–1934), Tunisian poet
* Abu'l-Qásim Faizi (1906–1980), Persian Bahá'í
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Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei ( ; ar, أبو القاسم الموسوي الخوئي; fa, ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian- Iraqi Shia marja'. Al-Khoei is considered one of the most influential t ...
(1899–1992), Twelver Shi'a Islamic grand ayatollah (marja)
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Abolqasem Najm
Abolghassem Nadjm (Najm ol-Molk) ( fa, ابولقاسم نجم), ''Abolqāsem Najm''/''Abolqassem Najm'' (11 May 1892 – October 19, 1983) was an Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat.
Early life and education
His father was Mir ...
(1892–1981), Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat
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Abolqasem Lahouti
Abolqāsem Lahūtī (russian: Абулькасим Ахмедзаде Лахути, Abuljkasim Ahmedzade Lahuti; tg, Абулқосим Лоҳутӣ / ابوالقاسم لاهوتی, Aʙulqosim Lohutī; 12 October 1887 – 16 March 1957) was ...
(1887–1957), Persian poet
* Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric
* Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873—1962), Bengali politician
* 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
Al-Ṭayyib Abūʾl-Qāsim ibn Al-Manṣūr ( ar, ٱلطَّيِّب أَبُو ٱلْقَاسِم ابْن ٱلْمَنْصُوْر) was, according to the Tayyibi Isma'ili- Musta'li sect of Isma'ilism, the twenty-first Imam and the last Ca ...
(twelfth century), Fatimid Imām
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Abu-l-Qasim Ahmad ibn al-Husayn ibn Qasi
Abūʾl-Qāsim Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn Qasī (died 1151) was a Sufi, a rebel leader against the Almoravid dynasty in Al-Garb Al-Andalus and governor of Silves for the Almohads. The main sources for his life are Ibn al-Abbār, Ibn al-Kha ...
(died 1151), leader of the opposition against the Almoravid dynasty in Al-Garb Al-Andalus
*Abu Al-Qasim Mahmud Ibn 'Umar
Al-Zamakhshari
Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian peoples, Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca, Makkah and settled there for five years and has been known since then as Jar Allah ‘God's Ne ...
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad
Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Abbad (or Abbad I; 984 – 25 January 1042) () was the eponymous founder of the Abbadid dynasty; he was the first independent Muslim ruler of Seville in Al-Andalus (ruled 1023–1042), dying in 1042.
The qadi (re ...
(ruled 1023–1042), founder and eponym of the Abbadid dynasty in Al-Andalus
*Abu al-Qasim
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...
(940–1020), Persian poet
*Abu al-Qasim
al-Zahrawi
Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari ( ar, أبو القاسم خلف بن العباس الزهراوي; 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi (), Latinised as Albucasis (from Arabic ''Abū al-Qāsim''), was ...
Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh
Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh ( fa, ابوالقاسم سرحدیزاده; – July 14, 2020) was an Iranian (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 and ...
(born 1935), Iranian Shia cleric
* Abu Kasim Adamu, Nigeria botanist and academics professor