Abdul Rashid (name)
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.[1][2]
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:
Politicians
- 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
- Abdur Rashid, Bangladeshi politician.
Sports
- 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 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
- Abdur Rashid (cricketer) (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
Others
- Qais Abdur Rashid (575 - 661), legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race
- Abdurashid Khan (1508–1560), ruler of Yarkand Khanate in Uyghurstan (Eastern Turkestan)
- Abdurreshid 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
References
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