Abdul Karim
ʻAbd al-Karīm is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Karīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the most Generous". It is rendered as Abdolkarim in Persian, Abdulkerim in Albania, Bosnia and Abdülkerim in Turkey.
It may refer to:
Given name
- Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri, Persian philosopher
- ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili, Sufi author who studied in Yemen
- Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan, 1490–1504
- `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad, Emir of Harar, Ethiopia
- Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Ottoman Turkish soldier
- Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi, Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
- Abdul Karim (the Munshi), Indian servant to Queen Victoria
- Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad, Bangladesh author
- Abdul Karim Khan, Indian singer
- Abdul Karim Amrullah, Muslim reformer in Sumatra
- Abd el-Krim, leader of the Amazigh-Riffian resistance and president of the Republic of the Rif
- Abd-al Karim, Afghan rebel leader during the Khost rebellion (1924–1925)
- Abdul Karim Disu, Nigerian journalist
- Abd al-Karim Qasim, Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état
- Abdelkarim Ghellab, Moroccan writer
- Abdelkrim Ghallab, Moroccan writer
- Abdul Karim Haghshenas, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdul Karim (soil scientist), Bangladeshi scientist
- Abdul Karim (Bengali politician), Bangladeshi politician
- Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi, Syrian military officer and politician
- Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, Iranian Twelver cleric
- Abdul Karim (historian), Bangladeshi historian and academic
- Abdul Karim Khandker, Bangladeshi air officer and politician
- Abdelkarim Tabbal, Moroccan poet
- Abdolkarim Hasheminejad, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdel Karim el Kably, Sudanese singer
- Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi, Yemeni politician
- Abd al-Karim al-Iryani, Yemeni politician
- Abdelkrim Motii, Moroccan religious activist
- Abdul Karim Tunda, alleged Indian bomb maker
- Abdul Karim Koroma, Sierra Leonean politician
- Abdolkarim Soroush, Iranian scientist and philosopher
- Abdelkarim Badjadja, Algerian historian
- Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha, leader of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
- Abdulkareem Adisa, Nigerian soldier and politician
- Abdul Karim al-Kabariti, Jordanian politician
- Abdul Karim, name used by Bruno Metsu, French football manager
- Abdul Karim Joumaa, Syrian Olympic athlete
- Abdul Karim Brahui, Afghan politician
- Abdelkrim Merry, Moroccan footballer
- Abdel Karim Obeid, Lebanese Shi'a imam
- Abdul Karim Luaibi, Iraqi politician
- Abdul Karim Telgi, Indian fraudster
- Abdul Karim Farhani, Iranian Shia Cleric
- Abdul Karim Irgashive, Tajik held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Karim el-Mejjati, French-Moroccan Islamic activist killed in Saudi Arabia
- Abdul Karim (canoeist), Indonesian canoeist
- Abd al-Karim, the name CIA torture victim Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud was referred to by in the Senate report on CIA torture
- Abdelkrim El Hadrioui, Moroccan footballer
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar, American footballer
- Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Nigerian writer and artist
- Abdul Karim Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer
- Abdelkarim Kissi, Moroccan footballer
- Abdelkarim Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- Abdelkrim Mammeri, Algerian footballer
- Abdoul Karim Sylla, Guinean footballer
- Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520), Afghan
- Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, or just Kareem Amer, Egyptian blogger
- Abdulkareem Khadr, Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan
- Abdulkarim Al-Ali, Qatari footballer
- Abdoul Karim Sylla, Guinean footballer
- Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Turkish footballer
- Abdul Karim (Ghanaian footballer), Ghanaian footballer
- Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi, Yemeni politician
- Abdul Karim al-Anizi, Iraqi politician
- Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Iraqi politician
- Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, Saudi alleged terrorist
- Abdul Karim (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician), Pakistani politician
Surname
- Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, one of the perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack
- Ali Abdul Karim, Syrian diplomat
- Awatef Abdel Karim, Egyptian composer
- Eedris Abdulkareem, Nigerian rapper
- Khalil Abdel-Karim, Egyptian Islamic activist
- Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, President of the Comoros
- Rohani Abdul Karim, Malaysian politician
- Shah Abdul Karim, Bangladeshi folk musician
- Yahaya Abdulkarim, Nigerian politician