Abdur Rahman

For other uses, see Abdur Rahman (disambiguation).

Abdur Rahman
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Servant of (the most Gracious) Allah

Abdur Rahman (Arabic: عبد الرحمن ‎ or occasionally Arabic: عبد الرحمان‎) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rahman. The name means "servant of the most gracious", ar-Rahman 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-Rahman, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rahman. Alternative transliterations include ‘Abd ar-Rahman, Abdul Rahman, Abdur Rehman, Abdul Rehman, Abidur Rahman, and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation. Certain transliterations tend to be associated with certain areas, for example, Abdirahman in Somalia, and Abderrahmane in French-speaking North Africa.

The name may refer to:

Males

Medieval

• Abdu'l-Rahman ibn Abu Bakr (early 7th century), son of the first Sunni caliph
• Abdur Rahman bin Awf (died 652), one of the Sahaba
• Abdulreman ibn Khalid (616 - 667), Muslim soldier
• Abd ar-Rahman ibn Rabiah (fl. 652), Arab leader in the Khazar-Arab Wars
• Abd-al-Rahman ibn Muljam, assassin in 661 of Ali
• Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi (deposed 718), Umayyad governor of Al-Andalus
• Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi (died 732), Arab leader in the Battle of Tours
• Abd al-Rahman ibn Katir al-Lahmi (fl. 746) Umayyad governor of Al Andalus
• Abd al-Rahman ben Uqba (fl. 755), governor of Septimania
• Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri (died 755), ruler of Ifriqiya
• Yusuf ibn 'Abd al-Rahman al-Fihri (fl. 756), governor of al-Andalus
• Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i (707 - 774), Arab lawyer
• Abd ar-Rahman I (731 – 788), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
• Abd ar-Rahman II (788 – 852), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
• Abd-ar-Rahman III (890 – 961), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
• Abdirahman bin Isma'il al-Jabarti, traditionally held to be the common ancestor of the Somali Darod clan
• Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, also known as Azophi (903 - 986), Persian astronomer
• Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo (983 - 1009), chief minister of Córdoba
• Abd ar-Rahman IV (died 1018), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
• Abd ar-Rahman V (died 1024), Umayyad emir in Córdoba
• Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi (1256–1342), Syrian Islamic scholar

Post-medieval

• Ghabdraxman of Astrakhan, Khan of Astrakhan, 1534-1538
• Abderrahman El Majdoub (died 1568), Berber Moroccan poet
• Abd al-Rahman al-Fasi (1631–1685), Moroccan writer on law, history, astronomy and music
• Abdul Rahman Mohmand, known as Rahman Baba (1653–1711), Pashto Sufi poet
• Sheikh Muhammad Abdolrahman, Persian physician
• Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti ‎(1753–1825), Somali–Egyptian scholar and chronicler
• `Abd ar-Rahman ibn Muhammad (died 1825), Emir of Harar
• Abdulrahman Ibrahim Ibn Sori (1762–1829), prince from West Africa who was made a slave in the United States
• Abderrahmane of Morocco (1778–1859), Sultan of Morocco
• Abd Al-Rahman bin Ahmad al-Zayla'i (1820–1882), Somali religious teacher
• Habib Abdoe'r Rahman Alzahier (born 1832), Yemeni participant in Aceh war
• Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani (1841–1927), Prime Minister of Iraq
• Abdur Rahman Khan (ca. 1842 - 1901), Emir of Afghanistan
• Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal (1850–1928), ruler of Saudi Arabia
• Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855–1902), Syrian Arab Nationalist writer
• Haji Abdul Rahman Limbong (died 1929), Malay resistance leader
• Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (1871–1930), Qatari royal
• Yousif bin Abdulrahman Fakhro (1871–1952), Bahrain businessman
• Abdullah Abdurahman (1872–1940), South African politician and physician
• Abd al-Rahman Shahbandar (1880–1940), Syrian nationalist activist
• Abd-el-Rahman el-Mahdi (1885–1959), religious and political leader in Sudan
• Abdel Rahman Shokry (1886–1958), Egyptian poet
• Abdurahman Čokić (1888–1954), Bosniak author/sheikh
• Sa'd bin Abd al-Rahman (1888–1916), Saudi prince and soldier
• Abdallah bin Abd al-Rahman (1889–1977), Saudi prince and soldier
• Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman (died 1943), Saudi prince and soldier
• Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di (1889–1956), Islamic scholar, jurist, exegete, and Arabic grammarian
• Abdul al-Rahman al-Rafai (1889–1966), Egyptian historian
• Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam (1893–1976), Egyptian, secretary-general of the Arab League
• Abdur-Rahman al-Mu'allimee al-Yamani (1894–1966), Yemeni Islamic scholar
• Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895–1960) Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaya
• Mohammed Abdul Rahiman (1898–1945), Indian journalist, orator and politician
• Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1899–1975), Pakistani artist
• Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903–1990), Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Sheikh Abdur Rehman, known as S. A. Rahman (1903-1990), Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Mohamed bin Abdulrahman M. Hassan Fakhro (1906–1982), Bahraini businessman
• Abdurahman Fatalibeyli (1908–1954), Soviet army major who defected to the Germans in World War II
• Abdul Rahman Saleh (hero) (1909–1947), National Hero of Indonesia
• Hassan Ali Abdul Rahman, or Hassanally A. Rahman (1909–1986), Pakistani lawyer
• Abdul Rahman al-Iryani (1910–1998), President of Yemen
• Abdur Rahman Farès (1911–1991), Algerian politician
• Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri (1912–2004), Syrian Sufi poet, textile worker, and trade unionist
• Abd ar-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913–1973), Iraqi politician
• Sheikh Abdurahman Sheikh Nuur (fl. 1933), Somali, inventor of Borama script

Born after 1914

• Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973), Malaysian politician
• Mohamed Abdel Rahman (born 1915), Egyptian fencer
• Abdul Rahman Arif (1916–2007), President of Iraq
• Abdel Rahman Badawi (1917–2002), Egyptian existentialist philosopher and poet
• Senu Abdul Rahman (1919–1995), Malaysian politician
• Abdul Rahman Pazhwak (1919–1995), Afghan poet and diplomat
• Abdur Rahman Hye (1919 — 2008), Pakistani architect
• Abdurrahman Sharafkandi (1920–1990), Kurdish-Iranian poet
• Havildar Abdul Rahman (GC) (1921–1945), Indian George Cross recipient
• Tufail Ali Abdul Rehman (1921–1975), Pakistani lawyer
• Akhtar Abdur Rahman (1924–1988), Pakistani General
• Abderrahmane Youssoufi (born 1924), Moroccan Prime Minister
• Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu (born 1924), Zanzibari revolutionary nationalist
• Abdur Rahman Biswas (born 1926), Bangladeshi politician
• Abdul Rahman Ya'kub (born 1928), Chief Minister of Sarawak
• Mahmoud Abdel Rahman Fahmy (1929–2006), Commander of the Egyptian Naval Forces
• Abdul Rehman Antulay, known as A R Antulay (born 1929), Indian politician
• Abderrahmane Mahjoub (born 1929), Moroccan-French footballer
• Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930–1989), Kurdish political leader
• Ibn Abdur Rehman (born 1930), Pakistani journalist, peace and human-rights advocate
• Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (born 1930), President of Sudan
• Abdurrahman Vazirov (born 1930), First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan
• Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990), Sudanese poet
• Abd al-Rahman bin Abdul Aziz (born 1931), Saudi politician
• Abdirahman Ahmed Ali Tuur (1931–2003), Somali politician
• Abdel Rahman Zuabi (born 1932), Israeli judge
• Omar Abdul Rahman (academic) (born 1932), Malaysian scientific adviser
• Tunku Abdul Rahman (Tunku Mahkota of Johor) (1933–1989), prince of Johor
• Abdul Rahman Munif (1933–2004), Arabic novelist
• Abdullah Abdah Rahman Jabrin (1933–2009), Saudi sheikh
• Abdur Rahman Slade Hopkinson (1934–1993), Guyanese actor and Muslim convert
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1934), Pakistani, Punjab A cricketer
• T. Abdul Rahman (1934–2002), Indian footballer
• Abdulrahman al-Ansary (born 1935), Saudi archaeologist
• Abderrahmane Soukhane (born 1936), Algerian footballer
• Abdul Rahman Mamudu (1937–1992), Nigerian military Governor
• Abdul Rahman Ahmed Jibril Baroud (1937–2010), Palestinian poet
• Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (born 1938), Egyptian poet
• Abdul Rahman Abbas (born 1938), Governor of Penang
• Omar Abdel-Rahman (born 1938), blind Egyptian Muslim activist serving a life sentence in USA
• Kavungal Amakkode Abdul Rahman, or K. A. Rahman (1940–1999), Indian social activist
• Abdurrahman Wahid (1940–2008), President of Indonesia
• Abd al-Rahman bin Saud (1940–2005), Saudi prince
• Ghazi Abdul Rahman Algosaibi (born 1940), Saudi politician
• Abdul Rahman Al-Athel (born 1940), Saudi engineering professor
• Hadj Abderrahmane (1941–1981), Algerian actor
• Abdul Rahman Saleh (born 1941), Attorney General of Indonesia
• Rauf Rashid Abd al-Rahman (born ca. 1941), Iraqi judge in trial of Saddam Hussein
• Abdurehman Rana (born 1942), Pakistani politician
• Abd Al-Rahman Ali Al-Jifri (born 1943), Yemeni politician
• Abdulrahman al-Nuaimi (1944 - 2011), Bahraini politician
• Abdulrahman Mohammed Jamsheer (born 1944), Bahraini businessman
• Hasan Abdel Rahman (born 1944), Palestinian diplomat
• O. Abdurahman (born 1944), Indian Malayalam journalist
• Taha Abdurrahman (born 1944), Moroccan philosopher
• Abdirahman Mohamud Farole (born 1945), President of Puntland, Somalia
• Abdulrahman Gimba (born 1945), Nigerian politician
• Abd al-Rahman Mowakket (born 1946), Syrian sculptor
• Abdel Rahman Shalgham (born 1949), Libyan politician
• Abdurrahman Yalçınkaya (born 1950), Turkish judge
• Abdur Rehman (Kalat cricketer) (fl. 1969-1970), Pakistani, Kalat cricketer
• Abdul Rahman (Afghan minister) (1953–2002), murdered Afghan minister of aviation and tourism
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1955), Pakistani, Hyderabad cricketer
• Abdullah AbdulRahman (born 1955), UAE journalist
• Abdul Rahman Kamudi (born ca. 1955), Libyan politician
• Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir (born 1957), Indonesian diplomat
• Abderrahmane Morceli (born 1957), Algerian runner
• Abderrahmane Abdelli (born 1958), Algerian musician
• Abdel Rahman El Bacha (born 1958), Lebanese pianist
• Abdul Rahman Al-Zeid (born 1959), Saudi footballer
• Abdurrahman Buğday (born 1959), Turkish member of Grey Wolves, accused of murder
• Abdul Rahman (politician) (born 1959), Indian politician
• Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (born 1960), imam of Grand Mosque in Mecca
• Abdul Rahman Yasin (born 1960), American wanted in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
• Abderrahmane Sissako (born 1961), Mauritanian film director
• Fahad Abdulrahman (born 1962), UAE footballer
• Abdulrahman Mohamed (born 1963), UAE footballer
• Abdul Rahman (convert) (born 1965), Afghani Christian who faced the death penalty for converting from Islam
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1966), Pakistani, Rawalpindi cricketer
• Abdulrahman Al-Haddad (born 1966), UAE footballer
• Khalid Abdulrahman (born 1966), Saudi singer
• Abdulrahman bin Musa'ad (born 1967), Saudi prince
• Yunis Abdurrahman Shokuri (born 1968), Moroccan held in Guantanamo
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1969), Pakistani, Sui cricketer
• Abdul Rahman Juma Kahm (born ca. 1969), Afghan held in Guantanamo
• Atiyah Abd al-Rahman (born ca. 1970), Libyan sought by the US
• Abdelrazak Ali Abdelrahman, (born 1970), Libyan held in Guantanamo
• Khalid Abdallah Abdel Rahman Al Morghi (born 1970), Saudi held in Guantanmo
• Abdul Rahman Yusuf (born 1970), Egyptian poet
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1970), Pakistani, Quetta cricketer
• Abdul Rahman al-Lahim (born 1971), Saudi human rights lawyer
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1972), Pakistani, Quetta cricketer
• Abdul Rahman Khowlan (born 1972), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1973), Pakistani, Faisalabad cricketer
• Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman (born 1973), Uyghur-Chinese Guantanamo detainee
• Abdul Rahman Uthman Ahmed (born 1973), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Slimane Hadj Abderrahmane (born 1973), Dane held in Guantanamo
• Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi (born 1973), Saudi on wanted list
• Abdul Rahman al-Amri (1973–2007), Saudi held in Guantanamo who died there
• Abdulrahman Ibrahim (born 1974), UAE footballer
• Ghanim Abdul Rahman Al Harbi (born 1974), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rahman Al-Ghamdi (born 1974), Saudi on wanted list
• Abdul Rahman Shalabi (born 1975), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Allal Ab Aljallil Abd Al Rahman Abd (born 1975), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rahman Saleem(born ca. 1975), Iranian-British Islamic activist
• Rashid Abdulrahman (born 1975), UAE footballer
• Abdul Rahman (Guantanamo detainee 357) (born 1976), Afghan detainee
• Abdul Rahman Umir Al Qyati (born 1976), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Khalid Saud Abd Al Rahman Al Bawardi (born 1977), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Muhammad Abd Al Rahman Al Kurash (born 1977), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdihakem Abdirahman (born 1977), Somali-American long-distance runner
• Abderrahmane Hammad (born 1977), Algerian athlete
• Amir Abdur Rehman Cheema (ca. 1978 - 2006), Pakistani who attempted murder of German journalist
• Mohd Suffian Abdul Rahman (born 1978), Malaysian footballer
• Abd Al Rahman Al Zahri (born 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rahman Abdul Abu Ghiyth Sulayman (born 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Abdur Rehman (cricketer, born 1980), Pakistani Test cricketer
• Abdul Rahman Owaid Mohammad Al Juaid (born 1980), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rahman Nashi Badi Al Hataybi (born ca. 1980), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abd al-Rahman Bin Khalil Bin Abdallah Nur (born 1980), Saudi sought by the US
• Abdul Rahman Mohamed Saleh Naser (born ca. 1980), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Majid Hamad Abdulrahman Al-Fareij (born ca. 1980), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdurrahman Dereli (born 1981), Turkish footballer
• Hisham Abdulrahman (born 1982), Saudi actor
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al Baddah (born 1982), Saudi held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Rehman (footballer) (born 1982), Pakistani footballer
• Maman Abdurahman (born 1982), Indonesian footballer
• Abdurahman Khadr (born 1982), Guantanamo detainee
• Abderrahman Kabous (born 1983), French footballer
• Abdulrahman Al-Bishi (born 1983), Saudi footballer
• Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani (born 1983), Saudi footballer
• Abdulrahman al Amaami (born 1984), Libyan footballer
• Mahmood Abdulrahman (born 1984), Bahraini footballer
• Abdulrahman Mesbeh (born 1984), Qatari footballer
• Abderrahmane Mssassi (born 1985), Moroccan footballer
• Saeed Abdulrahman (born 1985), Qatari basketball player
• Abdramane Ouattara (born 1986), Burkinabé footballer
• Abdul Rehman (cricketer) (born 1987), United Arab Emirates cricketer
• Kayfi Abdul-Rahman (born 1989), Kurdish-Iraqi footballer
• Amer Abdulrahman (born 1989), UAE footballer
• Khaled Abdulrahman (born 1989), UAE footballer
• Yousif Abdelrahman Al Bairaq (born 1989), UAE footballer
• Mohammed Abdulrahman (born 1990), UAE footballer
• Omar Abdulrahman Al Amoodi (born 1991), UAE footballer

Modern, unknown birth date

• Abdul-Rahman al-Barrak, Saudi cleric
• Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf, British imam
• Abdirahman Jama Barre, Somali politician
• Abdurahman Ahmed Ali Tur (died 1993), Somali politician
• Abdirahman Janaqow (died 2007), Somali politician
• Abdirahman Ahmed (died 2009), Somali politician
• Abdulrahman Abd Ghani, Somali-Ethiopian politician
• Abdirahman Ali Hassan, Kenyan politician
• Prince Faisal Bin Abdulrahman Bin Saud, Saudi prince
• Yasser Abdel Rahman (graduated 1983), Egyptian violinist
• Hashem Abd al-Rahman (active 1989 - 2008), Arab-Israeli politician
• Abdul Rahman al-Amoudi (active 1990 - 2004), Eritrean-American imprisoned on financial and conspiracy charges
• Abdur Rehman (Libyan) (died 2003), Libyan alleged Al-Qaeda member
• Abdul Rahman Jabarah (died 2003), Canadian killed in Saudi-Arabia
• Ahmad Abdul-Rahman Saqr al-Fadhli (died 2004), Saudi on wanted list killed in Saudi-Arabia
• Abdulrahman Mohammad Mohammad Yazji (died 2004), Saudi on wanted list killed in Saudi-Arabia
• Faisal Abdulrahman Abdullah Aldakheel (died 2004), Saudi on wanted list killed in Saudi-Arabia
• Sheik Abd-Al-Rahman (died 2006), Iraqi cleric
• Shaykh Abdur Rahman (died 2007), executed Bangladeshi political activist
• Abdul Rahman al-Omari, Saudi pilot wrongly accused of terrorism
• Saleh Ibn Abdul Rahman Hussayen, Saudi government official accused of assisting terrorists
• B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman
• Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Rahman Dahlan, Malaysian politician
• Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Rahman Bakri (Selangor politician), Malaysian politician accused of corruption
• Abdul Rahman Mustafa (elected 2003), Iraqi-Kurdish politician
• Hashim Abderrahman al-Shibli, Iraqi politician
• Abderrahman Sadik Karim, Iraqi politician
• Abdul Rahman Haji Ahmadi, Kurdish-Iranian militant leader
• Abdul Rahman Noorani (released 2003), Afghan detained in Guantanamo
• Abd Al Rahman Abdullah Ali Muhammad, Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Mohammed Abdel-Rahman al-Rashed, Saudi on wanted list
• Obaida Abdul-Rahman Al Otaibi, Saudi on wanted list
• Asim Abdulrahman, Egyptian honoured by the Taliban
• Mohammed Omar Abdel-Rahman, Egyptian imprisoned by the US
• Hiwa Abdul Rahman Rashul, Iraqi imprisoned by the US
• Abderrahmane Ameuroud, Algerian imprisoned in France
• Abdulrahman Farhane, American imprisoned for supporting terrorism
• Abdul Rahman Muhammad Nasir Qasim al-Yaf'i, Yemeni subjected to extraordinary rendition by the US
• Abu Abdul Rahman, Iraqi-Canadian political combatant
• Abdelrahman Fakhri Abou el-Ila, Egyptian-Canadian accused of assassination plot
• Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, Malaysian footballer
• Abderrahman Ait Khamouch, Spanish paralympic athlete
• Abdulrahman Al Masri, Syrian footballer

Females

• Aisha Abd al-Rahman, known as Bint al-Shati (1913–1998), Egyptian author and professor of literature
• Siti Aishah Abdul Rahman (born 1971), Queen of Malaysia
• Norah Abdul Rahman, Malaysian politician
• Muriel Abdurahman, politician in Alberta, Canada

References

1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 

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