Abd al-Salam (name) explained
Abd al-Salam (Arabic: عبد السلام) is a male Muslim honorific or given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Salam. The name means "servant of the All-peaceable", as-Salam being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.[1] [2]
Because the letter s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Salam, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Salam. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Salam, Abdul Salaam, Abdus Salam and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.
Notable people with the name include:
People
Given name
- Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami (1140–1227), Moroccan Sufi saint
- Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar (1455–1575), Libyan Muslim saint
- Abdul Salam al-Buseiri (born 1898), Libyan Foreign Minister
- Abdel Salam Al Nabulsy (1899–1968), Lebanese actor
- Abdus Salam (editor) (1910–1977), Bangladesh journalist
- Abdul Salam Sabrah (1912–2012), acting Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic
- Abdul-Salam Ojeili (1917–2006), Syrian novelist and politician
- Abdul Salam Arif (1921–1966), president of Iraq
- Abdelsalam al-Majali (1925–2023), Prime Minister of Jordan
- Abdus Salam (Bengali Language Movement demonstrator) (1925–1952), died during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations
- Abdus Salam (newscaster) (1925–1992), Pakistani newscaster
- Abdus Salam (1926–1996), Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate
- Abdus Salaam, founder of Crepe Runner, a fast-food chain based in Sri Lanka
- Abdesslam Yassine (1928–2012), leader of Moroccan Islamist organisation Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane
- Belaid Abdessalam (1928–2020), Algerian politician
- Rhadi Ben Abdesselam (1929–2000), Moroccan runner
- Shadi Abdel Salam (1930–1986), Egyptian film director
- Mohamed Abdul Salam Mahgoub (1935–2022), Egyptian politician
- Abdul Salam Azimi (born 1936), Chief Justice of Afghanistan
- Ali Abdussalam Treki, or Ali Treki, (1937–2015), Libyan diplomat
- Abdulsalami Abubakar (born 1942), Nigerian politician
- Abdus Salam (general) (born 1942), Bangladeshi politician and retired major general
- Abdus Salam (politician) (1942–2011), Bangladeshi politician
- Abdessalam Jalloud (born 1944), Prime Minister of Libya
- Abdul Salam (politician) (1948 – 2017), Indian politician from Manipur
- Abdul Salaam (American football) (born 1953), American football player for the New York Jets
- Abdeslam Ahizoune (born 1955), Moroccan businessman
- Abdul Salam Rocketi (born 1958), Taliban commander who shot down a Soviet helicopter with a rocket propelled grenade, and who ran for office in 2005
- Abdussalam Puthige (born 1964), Indian journalist
- Abdulsalam Abdullah (born 1965), Iraqi politician
- Abd al-Salam Ali al-Hila (born 1968), a Yemeni citizen, a Guantanamo detainee ID # 1463
- Abdul Salam Zaeef (born 1968), Afghan ambassador to Pakistan
- Abdul Salam Hanafi (born 1969), Taliban leader
- Abdoul Salam Sow (born 1970), Guinean football player
- Ashraf Salim Abd Al Salam Sultan (born 1971), Libyan Guantanamo detainee ID # 263
- Samir Abdussalam Aboud, known as Samir Aboud (born 1972), Libyan footballer
- Abdoul Salem Thiam, known as Abdoul Thiam, (born 1976), German footballer
- Abdulsalam Al Gadabi (born 1978), Yemeni swimmer
- Abdeslam Ouaddou (born 1978), Moroccan footballer
- Abdulsalaam Jumaa (born 1979), UAR footballer
- Nader Abdussalam Al Tarhouni (born 1979), Libyan footballer
- Abdessalem Arous (born 1979), Tunisian judoka
- Abdeslam Akouzar (born 1982), Moroccan-French footballer
- Abdul Salam Gaithan Mureef Al Shehry (born 1984), citizen of Saudi Arabia, Guantanamo detainee ID # 132
- Abdessalam Benjelloun (born 1985), Moroccan footballer
- Abdusalam Abubakar (born), Somali-Irish scientist
- Abdusalam Abas Ibrahim, full name of Abdus Ibrahim (born 1991), Ethiopian-American soccer player
- Abudushalamu Abudurexiti (born 1996), (ULY: Abdusalam Abdurëshit) Chinese professional basketball player of the Uyghur ethnic group
- Abdul Salam Mumuni, Ghanaian film maker
- Abdeslam Boulaich, Moroccan story-teller
- Abdesalam Kames, Libyan footballer
- Mehdat Abdul Salam Shabana, director of Konsojaya Trading Company, alleged terrorist front organization based in Kuala Lumpur
- Abdul Salaam Alizai, former member of the Taliban who defected to the government in 2007
- Abdul Salam (jurist), Chief Justice of the Taliban's Supreme Court
Surname
See also
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.
