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Abdul Qadir

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| meaning = Servant of (the Powerful) Allah

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Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir ({{langx|ar| 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.{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names |author=Salahuddin Ahmed |publisher=Hurst & Company |location=London |year=1999}}{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names |author=S. A. Rahman |publisher=Goodword Books |location=New Delhi |year=2001}}

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 ({{langx|ar| 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 ==

== Martial arts ==

== Other sports ==

= Writers =

= In the arts =

= Politicians and secular leaders =

== From Africa ==

== From the Middle East ==

== From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent ==

== From Central Asia ==

== From the Americas ==

  • Abdul Kadir (politician) ({{Circa}} 1952 – 2018), Guyanese politician and conspirator in a planned attack of JFK Airport

= In religion =

= Military figures and activists =

  • Abdelkader Perez (fl. 1723–1737), Moroccan Admiral and ambassador to England
  • Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907–1948), Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter
  • Abdulkadir Yahya Ali (1957–2005), Somali peace activist{{Cite web |work=Hiiraan Online |url=http://www.hiiraan.com/op2/2007/july/commemoration_of_a_somali_peace_activist_abdulkadir_yahya_ali.aspx/ |title=Commemoration of a Somali Peace Activist Abdulkadir Yahya Ali |date=July 2007 |access-date=1 January 2016}}
  • Abdelkader Guerroudj (1928–2020), Algerian communist active in the liberation war
  • Abdul Qadir (1944–2014), Afghan military officer during the Saur Revolution and Minister of Defense during the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
  • Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) (ca. 1951–2002), military leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
  • Abdelkader Belliraj (born 1957), Moroccan-Belgian found guilty of terrorist offences
  • Abdelkader Mokhtari (died 2015), Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
  • Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician

= Detainees =

= Other =

Women

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Category:Arabic-language masculine given names

Category:Iranian masculine given names

Category:Turkish masculine given names

Category:Masculine given names