Abdur Rahim (Arabic: عبد الرحيم) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rahim. The name means "servant of the merciful", Ar-Rahim 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-Rahim, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rahim. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Rahim, Abdur Raheem, Abdul Rahiem and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Muhadhdhabuddin Abd al-Rahim bin Ali bin Hamid al-Dimashqi, known as Al-Dakhwar (1170–1230), Syrian physician
Abd al-Rahim ibn al-Husain al-'Iraqi (1325–1403), Shafi'i scholar of hadith
Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana (1556–1627), Indian poet
Shah Abdur Rahim, 17th century Indian Sufi and scholar
Faqir Abdul Raheem Garhori (1739–1778), saint and poet of the Sindh
Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi (1834—1911), Iranian Azerbaijani intellectual and social reformer
Sheikh Abdur Rahim (1859–1931), Bengali author
Abdur Rahim (judge) (1867–1952), Indian judge and politician
Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870–1933), Azerbaijani playwright, stage director and politician
Abd al-Rahim al-Hajj Muhammad, (1892-1939), Palestinian commander of the 1936–39 Arab revolt in Palestine
Abdurrahim Hojibayev (1900–1938), Tajik politician in Soviet Union
Abdul Rahim (Indian politician) (1902–1977), member of the Indian National Congress
Abdurrahim Buza (1905–1987), Albanian painter
Jalaludin Abdur Rahim (1913–1977), Bengali communist politician
Abdur Rahim (scholar) (1918-1986), Bangladeshi Muslim scholar and politician and the first promoter of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
Abdulrahim Abby Farah (born 1919), Somali diplomat
Abubakar Abdul Rahim (1920–1995), Indian politician
Gamal Abdel-Rahim (1924–1988), Egyptian classical music composer
Abdul Rahim Khan (1925–1990), Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Air Force
Abdul Rahim Hatef (born 1926), Afghan politician
Abdul Rahim Malhas (1937–2012), Jordanian politician
Abdul Rahim Sarban (1930–1993), Afghan singer, known as "Sarban"
Abdul Rahim Nagori (born 1939), Pakistani painter
Abdul Rahim Wardak (born 1940 (?)), Afghan politician
Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943–1989), Sudanese writer, poet, and translator
Abdurrahim El-Keib (born 1950), Libyan electrical engineer turned politician
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (1961–2009), Nigerian, general secretary of the Pan-African Movement
Khalid Abdul Rahim (born 1962), Bahraini businessman
Abdul-Rahim Hamed Aufi (born 1963), Iraqi footballer
Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri (born 1965), Saudi held in Guantanamo
Shaaban Abdel Rahim (born 1967), Egyptian popular singer
Abdul Al-Rahim Ghulam Rabbani (born 1969), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
Abderrahim Ouakili (born 1970), Moroccan footballer
Abderrahim Zitouna (born 1970), Moroccan runner
Abdur Rahim (cricketer) (born 1974), Bangladeshi cricketer
Abderrahim El Haouzy (born 1975), Moroccan-French runner
Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 549) or Omar Said Salim Al Dayi
Abdul Rahim (Guantanamo detainee 897) (born ca. 1975), Afghan
Shareef Abdur-Rahim (born 1976), American basketball player
Abderrahim Goumri (born 1976), Moroccan runner
Abderrahim Chkilit (born 1976), Moroccan footballer
Abd Al Rahim Abdul Rassak Janko (born 1978), Syrian Kurd held in Guantanamo
Abdulrahim Jumaa (born 1979), UAR footballer
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour (born ca. 1980), Egyptian criminal
Nabil Omran Abdul-Rahim (born 1981), Libyan futsal player
Abderrahim Essaidi (born 1983), Moroccan footballer
Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev (born 1983), Kazakh held in Guantanamo
Abderrahim Najah (born 1984), Moroccan basketball player
Abdul Rahim Ayew (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer
Abdulrahim Jaizawi (born 1989), Saudi footballer
Abdulrahim Abdulhameed (born 1990), Bahraini Taekwondo practitioner
Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (died 1997), Afghan politician and diplomat
Abdolrahim Mousavi, Iranian general
Abdul Raheem Glailati, Sudanese poet and journalist
Chaudhry Abdul Rahim, Pakistani politician
Abdurrahim Hojibayev, Tajik politician
Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah, Malaysian politician
Abdul Rahim Bakri, Malaysian politician
Abdul Rahim Mourad, Lebanese politician
Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, Sudanese politician
Fathi Tawfiq Abdulrahim, Yemeni politician
Abd al-Rahim al-Hasini, Iraqi politician
Abdul Rahim Muslimdost, Pakistani journalist and jeweller held in Guantanamo
Abdurrahim Al Murbati, Bahraini held in extrajudicial detention in Saudi Arabia
Abdul Rahim (Engineer), Afghan, Communications Minister of the Interim Administration
Manaf Abd al-Rahim al-Rawi, Iraqi accused of terrorism
Ibrahim Abd El Rahim, Egyptian fencer
Abderahim Mechenouai, Algerian boxer
Abderrahim Zhiou, Tunisian Paralympic athlete
Abdur Rahim Darwesh, International Relations Student at University of Peshawar, from Kurram Agency, Pakistan.
Mouni Abderrahim (born 1985), Algerian volleyball player
Behzod Abdurahimov (born 1990), Uzbek pianist
Besart Abdurahimi (born 1990), Croatian footballer
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