Abdul Majid Explained

ʻAbd al-Majīd (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد المجيد, Persian: عبدالمجید), also spelled as Abd ul Majid, Abd ul-Majid, Abd ol Majid, Abd ol-Majid, and Abdolmajid, is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Majīd, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^{[1] [2]} It means "servant of the All-glorious". It is rendered in Turkish as Abdülmecid.

There is a distinct but closely related name, ʻAbd al-Mājid (Arabic: عبد الماجد), with a similar meaning, formed on the Qur'anic name al-Mājid. Some of the names below are instance of the latter one.

'Abd al-Majid may refer to:

Males

Given name

• 'Abd al-Majid Nimer Zaghmout (died 2000), Palestinian imprisoned in Syria

• Abdelmadjid Mada (born 1953), Algerian runner
• Abdelmadjid Tahraoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Abdelmadjid Tebboune, President of Algeria

• Abdelmajid Benjelloun (1919–1981), Moroccan novelist, journalist and ambassador
• Abdelmajid Benjelloun (historian) (born 1944), Moroccan author, historian and poet
• Abdelmajid Bourebbou (born 1951), Algerian footballer
• Abdelmajid Bouyboud (born 1966), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelmajid Chetali (born 1939), Tunisian footballer
• Abdelmajid Dahoumane (born 1967), Algerian alleged terrorist
• Abdelmajid Dolmy (born 1953), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelmajid Eddine (born 1979), Moroccan footballer
• Abd el-Majid Hidr, original name of Amos Yarkoni (1920–1991), Israeli Arab soldier
• Abdelmajid Oulmers (born 1978), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelmajid Saleh, Lebanese politician

• Abdel Meguid Amir (born 1961), Egyptian basketball player

• Abdol Majid Majidi (1928–2014), Iranian politician
• Abdol Majid Mirza (1845–1927), Qajar prince and Prime Minister of Iran
• Abdol Majid Taleqani (–1771/2), Iranian calligrapher

• Abdul Madzhid (Dagestan rebel) (died 2008), leader in the Second Chechen War

• Abdul Majeed (cricketer, born 1993), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdul Majeed (Kalat cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdul Majeed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1942–2007), Saudi prince
• Abdul Majeed Didi (1873–1952), Sultan of the Maldives
• Abdul Majeed Khwaja (1885–1962), Indian lawyer, educationist, social reformer and freedom fighter
• Abdul Majeed al-Zindani (born 1942), Yemeni academic and politician

• Abdul Majid (physicist), Pakistani astrophysicist
• Abdul Majid Daryabadi (1892–1977), Indian Muslim writer and exegete of the Qur'an
• Abdulmajid Dostiev, Tajik diplomat
• Abdul Majid Giaka (born 1960), Libyan double-agent for the CIA
• Abdul Majid Hassan (ca. 1380–1408), Sultan of Brunei
• Abdul Majid Khan (born 1953), Afghan held in Bagram
• Abdul-Majid al-Khoei (1962–2003), Iraqi Twelver cleric
• Abdul Majid Kubar (born 1909), Libyan politician
• Abdul Majid Mahmoud (born 1979), Pakistani held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Majid Muhammed (born 1978), Iranian held in Guantanamo
• Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud (born 1943), Libyan politician
• Abdul Majid Rouzi, Afghan soldier
• Abdul Majid Samim, Afghan politician
• Abdul Majid Zabuli (1896–1998), Afghan banker

• Abdülmecid I (1823–1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Abdülmecid II (1868–1944), Head of the Ottoman Imperial House and the final Ottoman Caliph

• Abdul Mejid (explorer) (fl. 1860), Anglo-Afghan mullah, merchant, and explorer of Central Asia

Surname

• Hussein 'Abd al-Majid (disappeared 1936), Iraqi, Saddam Hussein's father
• Khalid ‘Abd al-Majid, Palestinian politician
• Ali Hassan Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti, or just Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941–2010), Iraqi politician

• Atif Abdelmageed

• Bassam Abdel Majeed (born 1950), Syrian politician
• M. N. Abdul Majeed (born 1957), Sri Lankan politician

• Ahmed Asmat Abdel-Meguid (born 1923), Egyptian diplomat

• Chaudhry Abdul Majeed (died 2006), Pakistani nuclear physicist
• Qazi Abdul Majeed Abid, Pakistani politician

• Chaudhry Abdul Majid, Pakistani Kashmiri politician
• Munshi Abdul Majid (born 1952), Afghan politician
• S. M. Abdul Majid, Indian politician
• Syed Abdul Majid (1872–1922), Bengali lawyer, politician and entrepreneur
• Shah Abdul Majid Qureshi, Bangladeshi restaurateur and social reformer
• Tun Habib Abdul Majid (1637–1697), Bendahara of the Johor Sultanate
• Tunku Abdul Majid (born 1970), Tunku Bendahara of Johor

Females

• Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, or Iman (model), (born 1955), Somali-American model, actress and entrepreneur
• Asia Abdelmajid, Sudanese actress

See also

• "Heroes" (David Bowie album), a David Bowie album including an instrumental piece named "Abdulmajid" as a bonus track on its 1991 reissue
• Abdulmajidia, genus of Malayan plants

References

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