ALA-LC romanization
ALA-LC ( American Library Association Library of Congress) is a set of standards for romanization, the representation of text in other writing systems using the Latin script.
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of ar, عبد الواحد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and ''al-Wāḥid'', one of the
names of God in the Qur'an
Names of God in Islam ( ar, أَسْمَاءُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ , "''Allah's Beautiful Names''") are names attributed to God in Islam by Muslims. While some names are only in the Quran, and others are only in the hadith, th ...
, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the One".
It may refer to:
Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud
Abd al-Wahid bin Mas'ud bin Mohammed Anun ( ar, عبد الواحد بن مسعود بن محمد عنون) was principal secretary to the Moroccan ruler Mulay Ahmad al-Mansur, and ambassador to the court of Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1600, ...
Abdulwahid Bidin
Abdulwahid A. Bidin (7 April 1925 – 2 February 1999) was a Filipino lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Appointed by President Corazon Aquino in 1987, he was the first Filipino Muslim named to the ...
(1925 — 1999), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
* Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (born 1954), Iranian politician
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Abdul Wahid al Nur
Abdul Wahid Mohamed al Nur (also Abdel Wahid el-Nur or Abdulwahid Mohammed Nour; ar, عبد الواحد محمد نور, ''ʿAbd al-Wāḥid Muḥammad Nūr''; born in 1968) is the leader of the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement (al Nur) faction ...
(born 1968), Sudanese rebel leader
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Abdul Wahid Baba Jan
General Abdul Wahid Baba Jan, an ethnic Tajik from Parwan Province and better known simply as "General Babajan", is a former member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan during the presidency of Dr. Najibullah. Abdul-Wahid participate ...
, Afghan soldier and politician
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Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut
Haji Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (born 29 September 1957) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kuala Terengganu constituency in Terengganu (2009 to 2013) the Member of the State Assembly of Terengganu for the seat of Wakaf Mem ...
(born 1957), Malaysian politician
* Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye (born 1953), Chadian insurgent leader
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Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs
Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs al-Hintati (, d. 25 February 1221), or simply Abd al-Wahid, was the Almohad governor of Ifriqya from 1207 to 1221 and the father of the first Hafsid sultan Abu Zakariya Yahya.
Life
Abd al-Wahid belonged to ...
, (d. 1221) Almohad governor of Ifriqiya
* Raes Abdul Wahed, Afghan Taliban commander
Tariq Abdul-Wahad
Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born Olivier Michael Saint-Jean; November 3, 1974) is a French basketball coach and former player. As Olivier Saint-Jean, he played college basketball at Michigan and San Jose State. In 1997, the Sacramento Kings selected Saint ...
Abdul Wahid Khan
Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan (1871–1949) was an Indian subcontinental singer from the Kirana gharana. He died in 1949 in Saharanpur, India.Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943), Egyptian architect
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Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official)
Abdul Waheed Khan (born 1947) was the Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a role he has held from 2001 to 2010. He was President of a start-up ...