# Abd al-Salam

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.
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 (1898-1978), 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 (activist) (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, born 1942) (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) (1953-2024), 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 c. 1990), 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
* Abdus Salam (Chattogram politician)
* Abdus Salam (businessman)

### Surname

* Chérif Abdeslam (born 1978), Algerian footballer
* Ibrahim Abdeslam (born 1984), one of the perpetrators of the November 2015 Paris attacks
* Salah Abdeslam (born 1989), Belgian-born French terrorism suspect in the November 2015 Paris attacks, brother of Ibrahim Abdesalam
* Kamal Abdulsalam (born 1973), Libyan-Qatari bodybuilder
* Moulvi Abdus Salam (1906–1999), Bangladeshi politician