Abdul Majeed
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Abdul Majid (Arabic: عبد المجيد) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Majid. The name means "servant of the All-glorious", Al-Majīd 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 Majid, Majeed, Mecid (Turkish), Magid (Egyptian) or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
There is a distinct but closely related name, Abdul Maajid (Arabic: عبد الماجد), with a similar meaning, formed on the Qur'anic name Al-Mājid. The two names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration, and some of the names below are instance of the latter one.
It may refer to:
Males
- Abdul Majid Hassan (ca. 1380-1408), Sultan of Brunei
- Tun Habib Abdul Majid (1637–1697), Bendahara of the Johor Sultanate
- Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
- Abdol Majid Mirza (1845–1927), Qajar prince and Prime Minister of Iran
- Abdülmecid II (1868–1944), Head of the Ottoman Imperial House and the final Ottoman Caliph.
- Abdul Majeed Didi (1873–1952), Sultan of the Maldives
- Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885–1962), Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter
- Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977), Indian Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an
- Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998), Afghan banker
- Abdul Majid Kubar (born 1909), Libyan politician
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981), Moroccan novelist, journalist and ambassador
- Abd el-Majid Hidr, original name of Amos Yarkoni (1920–1991), Israeli Arab soldier
- Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (born 1923), Egyptian diplomat
- Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (1937–2006), President of Iraq
- Abdelmajid Chetali (born 1939), Tunisian footballer
- Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, or just Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Iraqi politician
- Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942), Yemeni academic and politician
- Abdul Majeed bin Abdul Aziz (ca. 1943–2007), Saudi prince
- Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (born 1943), Libyan politician
- Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian) (born 1944), Moroccan author, historian and poet
- Bassam Abdel Majeed (born 1950), Syrian politician
- Abdelmajid Bourebbou (born 1951), Algerian footballer
- Munshi Abdul Majid (born 1952), Afghan politician
- Abdelmajid Dolmy (born 1953), Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmadjid Mada (born 1953), Algerian runner
- Abdul Majid Khan (born 1953), Afghan held in Bagram
- M. N. Abdul Majeed (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician
- Abdul Majid Giaka (born 1960), Libyan double-agent for the CIA
- Abdel Meguid Amir (born 1961), Egyptian basketball player
- Abdul-Majid al-Khoei (1962–2003), Iraqi Twelver cleric
- Abdelmajid Bouyboud (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmajid Dahoumane (born 1967), Algerian alleged terrorist
- Tunku Abdul Majid (born 1970), Tunku Bendahara of Johor
- Abdel Sattar Sabry Abdelmajid Mahmoud, or just Abdel Sattar Sabry (born 1974), Egyptian footballer
- Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi, or just Radhi Jaïdi (born 1975), Tunisian footballer
- Fahd Umr Abd Al Majid Al Sharif (born 1976), Saudi held in Guantanamo
- Abdul Majid Muhammed (born 1978), Iranian held in Guantanamo
- Abdelmajid Oulmers (born 1978), Moroccan footballer
- Abdul Majid Mahmoud (born 1979), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
- Abdelmajid Eddine (born 1979), Moroccan footballer
- Abdelmadjid Tahraoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
- Hussein 'Abd al-Majid (disappeared 1936), Iraqi, Saddam Hussein's father
- 'Abd al-Majid Nimer Zaghmout (died 2000), Palestinian imprisoned in Syria
- Chaudhry Abdul Majeed (died 2006), Pakistani nuclear physicist
- Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel) (died 2008), leader in the Second Chechen War
- Abdul Majid (physicist), Pakistani astrophysicist
- Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid, Palestinian politician
- Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, Pakistani politician
- Atif Abdelmageed
- Abdulmajid Dostiev, Tajik diplomat
- Chaudhry Abdul Majid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician
- S. M. Abdul Majid, Indian politician
- Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
- Syed Abdul Majid (1872-1922), Bengali lawyer, politician and entrepreneur
- Sheikh Humam Baqir Abdul Majeed Hamoudi, or just Humam Hamoudi, Iraqi politician
- Abdul Majid Samim, Afghan politician
- Abdul Majid Rouzi, Afghan soldier
- Adel Mohammed Abdel Magid Abdel Bari, known as Adel Abdel Bari, Egyptian alleged terrorist
- Abdul Majeed (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Abdul Majeed (cricketer, born 1993), Pakistani cricketer
- Abdelmajid Saleh, Lebanese politician
Females
- Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, or Iman (model), (born 1955), Somali-American model, actress and entrepreneur