Abdul Rashid (Arabic: عبد الرشيد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rashid. The name means "servant of the right-minded", Ar-Rashīd 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 u. Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Rashid, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rashid. Alternative transliterations include ‘Abd ar-Rasheed and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
The closely related name Abdel Raashid (Arabic: عبد الراشد) is difficult to distinguish from the other in transliteration.
It may refer to:
Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986), Bangladeshi politician
Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan (1906 - ?1995), senior police officer and cabinet minister in Pakistan
Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919–1969), Prime Minister of Somalia
Chauhdry Abdul Rashid (born 1941), Pakistani-British politician
Maher Abd al-Rashid, (born 1942) Iraqi General
Abdul Rashid Shaheen (born 1945), Indian politician
Abdul Rasheed Hussain (born 1946), Maldivian politician
Abdul Rashid Dostum (born 1954), Afghan soldier and politician
Abderrachid Boukerzaza (born 1955), Algerian politician
Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig, Somali politician
Abdur Rasheed Turabi, politician in Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Abdul Rashid Godil (born 1960), Pakistani politician
Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (born 1960), Prime Minister of Somalia
Lala Abdul Rashid (1922–1988), member of Pakistan's 1960 Olympics field Hockey team
Muhammad Abdul Rashid (born 1941), Pakistani Olympic silver medallist in field hockey
Abdul Rasheed Jr (born 1947), member and captain of Pakistan's 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics field Hockey team
Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan (born 1959), member of Pakistan's 1984 Olympics field hockey team
Abdul Rasheed Baloch (born 1972), Pakistani boxer
Abdul Rashid Qambrani (born 1975), Pakistani boxer
Mohd Rafdi Abdul Rashid (born 1977), Malaysian footballer
Abdul Rashid (hurdler) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic sprint hurdler
Qais Abdur Rashid (575 - 661), legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race
Abdurashid Khan (1508–1560), ruler of Yarkand Khanate in Uyghurstan (Eastern Turkestan)
Abdurresid Ibrahim (1857-1944), Russia-born Tatar Muslim scholar, journalist, and traveller
Abdul Rashid (judge) (1889–1981), Chief Justice of Pakistan
Abdur Rashid Kardar (1904–1989), Pakistani actor and director
Abdul Rashid Khan (born 1908), Indian musician
Abdul Rashid (agriculturist) (born 1950), Pakistani Agricultural Scientist and Bioscientist
Abdul Rashid Ghazi (ca. 1964 −2007), Pakistani Muslim cleric
Abdirashid Duale, Somali businessman
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