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Abdul Karim (Arabic: عبد الكريم‎‎) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, 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.

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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:

Males

  • Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (986–1074), Persian philosopher
  • ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili (1366–1424), Sufi author who studied in Yemen
  • Ghabdelkarim of Astrakhan, 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
  • 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
  • Molvi Abdul Karim Laghari (1915–2004), Pakistani religious scholar
  • Shah Abdul Karim (1916–2009), Bangladesh folk musician
  • 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
  • Khalil Abdel-Karim (1928–2003), Egyptian Islamic activist
  • Awatef Abdel Karim (born 1931), Egyptian composer
  • Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931), Moroccan poet
  • AbdelKarim AlKabli (born 1933), Sudanese singer
  • Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006), Yemeni politician
  • Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (born 1934), Yemeni politician
  • Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998), President of the Comoros
  • Jamal Abdul Karim al-Dabban (1939–2007), Iranian Sunni cleric
  • Abdul Karim Tunda (born 1943), alleged Indian bomb maker
  • Abdul Karim Koroma (born 1944), Sierra Leonean politician
  • Yahaya Abdulkarim (born 1944), Nigerian 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
  • Ali Abdul Karim (born 1953), Syrian diplomat
  • 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
  • Daif Abdul-kareem Al-Ghazal (1976–2005), Libyan journalist
  • Idris Abdul Karim (born 1976), Malaysian footballer
  • Sulaiman Abdul Kareem Mohammad Al-Fahim, or just Sulaiman Al-Fahim (born 1977), UAE businessman
  • Abdulkareem Elemosho (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
  • Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian writer and artist
  • Alaa Abdulkareem Fartusi (ca. 1978–2008), Iraqi journalist
  • Abdul Karim Ahmed (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
  • Abdelkarim Kissi (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
  • Muhibullo Abdulkarim Umarov (born 1980), Tajik held in Guantanamo
  • Abdelkarim Nafti (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
  • Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), 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
  • Lassina Abdoul Karim (born 1987), Nigerian footballer
  • Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989), Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan
  • Abdulkarim Al-Ali (born 1991), Qatari footballer
  • Abdulkareem Adisa (died 2005), Nigerian soldier and politician
  • Shah Abdul Karim Bulri, Sindhi Sufi poet
  • 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
  • Qais Abd al-Karim, Palestinian politician
  • Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi, Afghan politician
  • Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, Saudi alleged terrorist
  • Ahmed Abd al-Karim al-Saadi, Palestinian alleged terrorist
  • Mohammed Abdel Karim Al Ghezali, Yemeni alleged terrorist
  • Eedris Abdulkareem, Nigerian rapper
  • 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

    • Females

  • Rohani Abdul Karim, Malaysian politician

    • Places

  • Hassani Abdelkrim, town in Algeria

    • References

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