Abd al-Karim

Abdul Karim (Arabic: عبد الكريم‎) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Karim. The name means "servant of the most Generous", Al-Karīm being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Karim, Kareem, Krim or in other ways.The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

Given name

• Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (986–1074), Persian philosopher
• ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili (1366–1424), Sufi author who studied in Yemen
• Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan, 1490–1504
• `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad (ruled 1825–1834), Emir of Harar, Ethiopia
• Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807–1883), Ottoman Turkish soldier
• Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi (1859–1937), Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
• Abdul Karim (the Munshi) (1863–1909), Indian servant to Queen Victoria
• Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1871–1953), Bangladesh author
• Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), Indian singer
• Abdul Karim Amrullah (1879–1945), Muslim reformer in Sumatra
• Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi (ca. 1882–1963), commonly known as Abd el-Krim, leader of resistance movement in Berber area of Morocco
• Abd-al Karim (ruled 1924–1925), Emir of Afghanistan who only ruled in the Southern province.
• Abdul Karim Disu (born 1912), Nigerian journalist
• Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963), Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état
• Abdelkarim Ghellab (born 1919), Moroccan writer
• Abdelkrim Ghallab (ca. 1919–2006), Moroccan writer
• Abdul Karim (soil scientist) (1922–1973), Bangladeshi scientist
• Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi (born 1926), Syrian military officer and politician
• Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (born 1926), Iranian Twelver cleric
• Abdul Karim (historian) (1928–2007), Bangladeshi historian and academic
• Awatef Abdel Karim (born 1931), Egyptian composer
• Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931), Moroccan poet
• Abdel Karim el Kably (born 1933), Sudanese singer
• Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006), Yemeni politician
• Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (born 1934), Yemeni politician
• Abdul Karim Tunda (born 1943), alleged Indian bomb maker
• Abdul Karim Koroma (born 1944), Sierra Leonean politician
• Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), Iranian scientist and philosopher
• Abdelkarim Badjadja (born 1945), Algerian historian
• Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (born 1945), leader of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
• Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (born 1949), Jordanian politician
• Abdul Karim, name used by Bruno Metsu (born 1954), French football manager
• Abdul Karim Brahui (born 1955), Afghan politician
• Abdelkrim Merry (born 1955), Moroccan footballer
• Abdul Karim Luaibi (born 1959), Iraqi politician
• Abdul Karim Telgi (born 1961), Indian fraudster
• Abdul Karim Irgashive (born 1965), Tajik held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Karim el-Mejjati (1967–2005), French-Moroccan Islamic activist killed in Saudi Arabia
• Abdul Karim (canoer) (born 1967), Indonesian canoer
• Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (born 1972), Moroccan footballer
• Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer
• Abdulkareem Elemosho (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
• Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian writer and artist
• Abdul Karim Ahmed (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
• Abdelkarim Kissi (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelkarim Nafti (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
• Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), Guinean footballer
• Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1992), Guinean footballer
• Abdelkrim Mammeri (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520) (born ca. 1982), Afghan
• Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, or just Kareem Amer (born ca. 1984), Egyptian blogger
• Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989), Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan
• Abdulkarim Al-Ali (born 1991), Qatari footballer
• Abdulkareem Adisa (died 2005), Nigerian soldier and politician
• Abdel Karim Obeid (born 1957), Lebanese Shi'a imam
• Abdelkrim Motii, Moroccan religious activist
• 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
• Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, Malian footballer
• Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Nigerian journalist
• Abd al-Karim, the name CIA torture victim Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud was referred to by in the Senate report on CIA torture
• Abdul Karim Joumaa (born 1954), Syrian Olympic athlete
• Abdul Karim (politician), Pakistani politiciang

Surname

• Shah Abdul Karim (1916–2009), Bangladeshi folk musician
• Khalil Abdel-Karim (1928–2003), Egyptian Islamic activist
• Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998), President of the Comoros
• Yahaya Abdulkarim (born 1944), Nigerian politician
• Ali Abdul Karim (born 1953), Syrian diplomat
• Rohani Abdul Karim (born 1955), Malaysian politician
• Eedris Abdulkareem, Nigerian rapper
• Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, one of the perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack