Abd al-Salam


Abd al-Salam is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Salam. The name means "servant of the All-peaceable", as-Salam being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Salam, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Salam. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Salam, Abdul Salaam, Abdus Salam and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.
Notable people with the name include:

People

Given name

  • Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami, Moroccan Sufi saint
  • Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar, Libyan Muslim saint
  • Abd al-Salam Ali al-Hila, a Yemeni citizen, a Guantanamo detainee ID # 1463
  • Abdusalam Abubakar, Somali-Irish scientist
  • Abdusalam Abas Ibrahim, full name of Abdus Ibrahim, Ethiopian-American soccer player
  • Abudushalamu Abudurexiti, Chinese professional basketball player of the Uyghur ethnic group
  • Abdelsalam al-Majali, Prime Minister of Jordan
  • Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy, Lebanese actor
  • Abdul Salaam , American football player for the New York Jets
  • Abdul Salam, Chief Justice of the Taliban's Supreme Court
  • Abdul Salam , Indian politician from Manipur
  • Abdulsalam Abdullah, Iraqi politician
  • Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigerian politician
  • Abdul Salaam Alizai, former member of the Taliban who defected to the government in 2007
  • Abdul Salam Arif, president of Iraq
  • Abdul Salam Azimi, Chief Justice of Afghanistan
  • Abdul Salam al-Buseiri, Libyan Foreign Minister
  • Abdulsalam Al Gadabi, Yemeni swimmer
  • Abdul Salam Hanafi, Taliban leader
  • Abdulsalaam Jumaa, UAR footballer
  • Abdul Salam Mumuni, Ghanaian film maker
  • Abdul-Salam Ojeili, Syrian novelist and politician
  • Abdul Salam Rocketi, Taliban commander who shot down a Soviet helicopter with a rocket propelled grenade, and who ran for office in 2005
  • Abdul Salam Sabrah, acting Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic
  • Abdul Salam Gaithan Mureef Al Shehry, citizen of Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo detainee ID # 132
  • Abdoul Salam Sow, Guinean football player
  • Abdoul Salem Thiam, known as Abdoul Thiam,, German footballer
  • Abdul Salam Zaeef, Afghan ambassador to Pakistan
  • Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate
  • Abdus Salam , died during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations
  • Abdus Salam, Bangladeshi businessman
  • Abdus Salam , Bangladeshi politician
  • Abdus Salam , Bangladeshi journalist
  • Abdus Salam , Bangladeshi politician and retired major general
  • Abdus Salam , Pakistani newscaster
  • Abdus Salam , Bangladeshi politician
  • Abdus Salam , Bangladeshi politician
  • Abdus Salam Khan, Bangladeshi politician
  • Abdus Salam Murshedy, Bangladeshi politician, entrepreneur and footballer
  • Abdus Salam Pintu, Bangladeshi politician and former deputy minister
  • Abdussalam Puthige, Indian journalist
  • Abdus Salam Sarkar, Bangladeshi politician from Sherpur
  • Abdus Salam Talukder, Bangladeshi politician and lawyer
  • Abdeslam Ahizoune, Moroccan businessman
  • Abdeslam Akouzar, Moroccan-French footballer
  • Abdessalem Arous, Tunisian judoka
  • Abdessalam Benjelloun, Moroccan footballer
  • Abdeslam Boulaich, Moroccan story-teller
  • Abdessalam Jalloud, Prime Minister of Libya
  • Abdesalam Kames, Libyan footballer
  • Abdeslam Ouaddou, Moroccan footballer
  • Abdesslam Yassine, leader of Moroccan Islamist organisation Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane
  • Ali Abdussalam Treki, or Ali Treki,, Libyan diplomat
  • Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan, Libyan Guantanamo detainee ID # 263
  • Mehdat Abdul Salam Shabana, director of Konsojaya Trading Company, alleged terrorist front organization based in Kuala Lumpur
  • Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub, Egyptian politician
  • Nader Abdussalam Al Tarhouni, Libyan footballer
  • Samir Abdussalam Aboud, known as Samir Aboud, Libyan footballer

    Surname

  • Belaid Abdessalam, Algerian politician
  • Chérif Abdeslam, Algerian footballer
  • Ibrahim Abdeslam, one of the perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks
  • Kamal Abdulsalam, Libyan-Qatari bodybuilder
  • K. M. Abdus Salam, Bangladeshi civil servant
  • Rhadi Ben Abdesselam, Moroccan runner
  • Salah Abdeslam, Belgian-born French terrorism suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, brother of Ibrahim Abdesalam
  • Shadi Abdel Salam, Egyptian film director