Abdul Qadir Explained
Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir (Arabic: عبد القادر) is a male Muslim given name. It is formed from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of who can do everything", Al=The. Al-Qādir being one of the names of Allah 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. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abdal. The second part can be transliterated Qader, Kadir, Qadir, Kader, Gadir or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
There is a related but much less common name, Abdul Qadeer (Arabic: عبد القدیر), with a similar meaning. The two may become confused when transliterated, and a few of the names below may be instances of the latter name.
Notable people with the name include:
Men
In sport
Athletics
Cricket
Football
- Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912–1997) French footballer
- Abdul Kadir (Indonesian footballer) (1948–2003), Indonesian footballer
- Abdulqadir Hassan (born 1962), Emirati footballer
- Abdelkader El Brazi (born 1964), Moroccan footballer
- Abdelkader Ferhaoui (born 1965), Algerian footballer
- Azizon Abdul Kadir (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
- Abdul Kader Keïta (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
- Abdelkader Laïfaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
- Abdoul Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer
- Abdelkader Besseghir (born 1978), Algerian footballer
- Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré, otherwise Mohamed Kader (born 1979), Togolese footballer
- Abdou Kader Mangane (born 1983), Senegalese footballer
- Abdelkader Ghezzal (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer
- Abdulkader Dakka (born 1985), Syrian footballer
- Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
- Abdelkader Kraichi (born 1989), French footballer
- Abdel Kader Rifai (born 1973), Syrian footballer
- Abdülkadir Kayalı (born 1991), Turkish footballer
- Anwar Abdalqader (born 1953), Syrian football manager
Martial arts
Other sports
Writers
- Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
- Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
- Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
- Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
- Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
- Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
- Abdul Kadir (1917-1985), Turkish poet
- Abdul Quadir (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
- `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
- Abdelkader Alloula (1929–1994), Algerian playwright
In the arts
Politicians and secular leaders
From Africa
- Abd al-Qadir II (fl. 1603/4–1606), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (Sudan)
- Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi (1808–1883), Algerian religious and military leader
- Abd al-Qadir (Sokoto) (fl. 1842–1859), Sokoto (Nigeria) Grand Vizier
- Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921–2003), Libyan politician
- Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (1936-2020), Nigerian politician
- Abdelkader Bengrina (born 1962), Algerian politician
- Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi, Somali politician
- Abdoulkader Cissé (born 1955), Burkinabe politician
- Abdelkader Hachani (1956–1999), Algerian Islamist politician
- Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi (died 2011), Libyan diplomat
- Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Sahrawi politician
- Abdelkader Lecheheb, Moroccan diplomat
- Abdulkadir Kure, Nigerian politician
- Inuwa Abdulkadir (1966–2020), Nigerian politician
- Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian politician
- Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (born 1939), Chadian politician
From the Middle East
From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent
- Zambry Abdul Kadir (born 1962), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1915–1992), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir (born 1963), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1928–1999), Sri Lankan diplomat and political figure
- A.R.M. Abdul Cader (born 1936), Sri Lankan politician and businessman
- Abdul Kader Mia (died 1960), Bengali politician
- Abdul Qadir Alam, Afghan politician
- Abdul Qadir Baloch, Pakistani politician and retired military general
- Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori (born 1954), Afghan politician
- Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) (1872–1950), leader of Muslims during the British Raj
- Abdul Qadir Patel (born 1968), Pakistani politician
- Abdul Qadir Nuristani, Afghan policeman and Minister of Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan
From elsewhere
In religion
Military figures and activists
Detainees
Other
Women
Notes and References
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names . Salahuddin Ahmed . Hurst & Company . London . 1999.
- Book: A Dictionary of Muslim Names . S. A. Rahman . Goodword Books . New Delhi . 2001.
- Web site: Hiiraan Online . Commemoration of a Somali Peace Activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali . July 2007 . 1 January 2016.
