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, describing him as father to his son Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad. Since then the name has been used by the following:

People

Al-Mustakfi Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ali (11 November 908 – September/October 949), commonly known by his regnal name al-Mustakfi, was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 944 to 946. Al-Mustakfi was a younger son of Caliph al-Muktafi, and hence a riva ...

, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim Abdallah'' was the

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of Baghdad from September 944 to 946. *

Al-Muti Abū ʾl-Qāsim al-Faḍl ibn al-Muqtadir (; 913/14 – September/October 974), better known by his regnal name of al-Mutīʿ li-ʾllāh (), was the Abbasid caliph in Baghdad from 946 to 974, ruling under the tutelage of the Buyid emirs. Al ...

, also known as ''Abu al-Qasim al-Fadl'' was the Caliph of Baghdad from 28 January 946 to 5 August 974. *

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 regnal name al-Muqtadi (Arabic: المقتدي 'the follower'; 1056 – February 1094) was the ...

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 * Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian active in the late

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era * Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai (born 1952), Secretary General of Libya's General People's Congress * Amal Abul-Qassem Donqol (1940–1983), Egyptian poet * Aboul-Qacem Echebbi (1909–1934), Tunisian poet *

Abu'l-Qásim Faizi Abu'l-Qásim Faizi or Fayḍí (1906–1980) was a Persian people, Persian Baháʼí Faith, Baháʼí. He studied at the American University of Beirut. He married Gloria Faizi, Gloria ʻAláʼí in 1939. Together they pioneered to Iraq and Bahra ...

(1906–1980), Persian Bahá'í *

Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Qasim Musawi Khoei ( ; (; ; November 19, 1899 – August 8, 1992) was an Iranian Shia marja'. Khoei is considered one of the most influential twelver scholars. After the death of Muhsin al-Hakim in 1970, he became ...

(1899–1992), Twelver Shi'a Islamic grand ayatollah (marja) *

Abolqasem Najm Abolghassem Nadjm (Najm ol-Molk) (), ''Abolqāsem Najm''/''Abolqassem Najm'' (11 May 1892 – October 19, 1983) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian Politics of Iran, politician, cabinet minister (diplomacy), minister, and diplomat. Early life and ed ...

(1892–1981), Iranian politician, cabinet minister, and diplomat * Abolqasem Lahouti (1887–1957), Persian poet *

Abol-Ghasem Kashani Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja. He played an important role in the 1953 coup in Iran and the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohamma ...

(1882–1962), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric * Abul Kasem Burdwani (1872–1936), Bengali politician * Abul Kasem Fazlul Huq (1873–1962), Prime Minister of Bengal * Abul Kashem Khan (1905–1991), Bangladeshi politician and founder of A K Khan & Company * Dr. Captain Abul Kasem Chatgami (1911–1999), Bangladeshi politician, teacher and doctor * Kazi Abul Kasem Umedpuri (1913–2004), Bangladeshi polymath * Mohammad Abul Quasem (1913–1980s), Bangladeshi politician and lawyer * Kazi Abul Kashem Patuakhali, Bangladeshi politician * Mohammad Abul Kashem Chatgami (1920–1991), Bangladeshi author and educationist * A. B. Mohammad Abul Kashem Master (1939–2015), Bangladeshi politician * Abul Kashem Fazlul Haq Kishoreganji (born 1940), Bangladeshi essayist, columnist and activist * Abul Kashem Alalpuri (1941–2024), Bangladeshi politician * Abul Kashem Palpari (1942–2020), Bangladeshi politician * Khondakar Abul Kashem (1944–1971), Bengali educator * Abul Kashem Sandwip (1944–1995), Bangladeshi educationist, journalist and organizer * Dr. Mohammad Abul Kashem (born 1953), vice-chancellor of

Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science & Technology University Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, commonly known by the acronym HSTU is a public university of Bangladesh. Locally, it is known as Hajee Danesh University. It is the first science and technology university in northern Ban ...

* Md. Abul Kashem (born 1955), vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Textiles * Md. Abul Kasem Sarker (born 1956), Bangladeshi politician * Abul Kasem Mohammad Rezaul Majid, Bangladeshi major general * Abul Kasem Mosharraf Hossain Akand, Bangladeshi politician * Dr. Mohammad Abul Kasem Shariatpuri, Bangladeshi medical doctor and politician * Abu al-Qasim al-Zayyani (1734/35–1833), Berber historian, geographer, poet and statesman from Morocco *

Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib Abū'l-Qāsim al-Ṭayyib ibn al-Āmir () was, according to the Tayyibi sect of Isma'ilism, the twenty-first imam. The only son of Caliph al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, al-Tayyib was an infant when his father was murdered. Amidst the ensuing power str ...

(1130–unknown), Isma'ili Imam *

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 descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazi ...

(1074 or 1075–1143 or 1144), Muslim scholar * Abu'l-Qasim ibn Hammud ibn al-Hajar (fl. 1167-1185), leader of the Sicilian Muslim community, Norman Kingdom of Sicily *

Abu'l-Qasim (Seljuq governor of Nicaea) Abu'l-Qasim (, Phonetic transcription, transcribed by contemporary Greek sources as ''Apelchasem'') was the Seljuk Empire, Seljuk governor of Nicaea, the Seljuk capital, from 1084 to his death in 1092. Life Abu'l-Qasim is first mentioned by Byza ...

(ruled 1084–1092) *

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 ruling from 1023 until his death in 1042. Abu al-Q ...

(ruled 1023–1042), founder and eponym of the Abbadid dynasty in Al-Andalus *Abu al-Qasim

Ferdowsi Abu'l-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (also Firdawsi, ; 940 – 1019/1025) 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 single poet, and the gre ...

(940–1020), Persian poet *Abu al-Qasim

al-Zahrawi Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-'Abbās al-Zahrāwī al-Ansari (;‎ c. 936–1013), popularly known as al-Zahrawi (), Latinisation of names, Latinised as Albucasis or Abulcasis (from Arabic ''Abū al-Qāsim''), was an Arabs, Arab physician, su ...

(936–1013), or Abulcasis, Arab surgeon and physician who lived in Al-Andalus * Abu Al-Qasim Al-Ansari (1040–1118), Islamic theologian who lived in

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. * Abolghasem Alidoust (born 1961), Iranian legal scholar *

(1882–1962), Iranian politician and ayatollah * Abolghasem Khazali (1925–2015), Iranian politician and cleric * Abolghasem Mozaffari (born 1967), Iranian military person * Abolghasem Orouji (born 1989), Iranian futsal player * Abolghasem Sakhdari ( 1948), Iranian wrestler * Abolghasem Sarhaddizadeh (1945–2020), Iranian politician * Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi (born 1935), Iranian Shia cleric * Abu Kasim Adamu, Nigeria botanist and academics professor * Abul Kasem Khan (1905-1991), Bangladeshi lawyer, industrialist and politician

Places

* Abul Kasim (mountain), mountain in Ethiopia * Abulkasym Madrassah, building in Tashkent, Uzbekistan {{given name Arabic-language masculine given names Bangladeshi masculine given names Masculine given names