# Abdul Karim

ʻAbd al-Karīm (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الكريم) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Karīm, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the most Generous". It is rendered as Abdolkarim in Persian, Abdulkerim in Albania, Bosnia and Abdülkerim in Turkey.
It may refer to:

## Given name

* Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (986–1074), Persian philosopher
* ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili (1366–1424), Sufi author who studied in Yemen
* Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan, 1490–1504
* `Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad (ruled 1825–1834), Emir of Harar, Ethiopia
* Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807–1883), Ottoman Turkish soldier
* Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi (1859–1937), Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric
* Abdul Karim (Ghanaian footballer) (born 2000), Ghanaian footballer
* Abdul Karim (the Munshi) (1863–1909), Indian servant to Queen Victoria
* Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1871–1953), Bangladesh author
* Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), Indian singer
* Abdul Karim Amrullah (1879–1945), Muslim reformer in Sumatra
* Abd el-Krim (ca. 1882–1963), leader of the Amazigh-Riffian resistance and president of the Republic of the Rif
* Abd-al Karim (1897–1927), Afghan rebel leader during the Khost rebellion (1924–1925)
* Abdul Karim Disu (born 1912), Nigerian journalist
* Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963), Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état
* Abdelkarim Ghellab (1919–2017), Moroccan writer
* Abdelkrim Ghallab (ca. 1919–2006), Moroccan writer
* Abdul Karim (soil scientist) (1922–1973), Bangladeshi scientist
* Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi (1926–2016), Syrian military officer and politician
* Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (born 1926), Iranian Twelver cleric
* Abdul Karim (historian) (1928–2007), Bangladeshi historian and academic
* Awatef Abdel Karim (born 1931), Egyptian composer
* Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931), Moroccan poet
* Abdel Karim el Kably (born 1933), Sudanese singer
* Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006), Yemeni politician
* Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (born 1934), Yemeni politician
* Abdul Karim Tunda (born 1943), alleged Indian bomb maker
* Abdul Karim Koroma (born 1944), Sierra Leonean politician
* Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), Iranian scientist and philosopher
* Abdelkarim Badjadja (born 1945), Algerian historian
* Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (born 1945), leader of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement
* Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (born 1949), Jordanian politician
* Abdul Karim, name used by Bruno Metsu (born 1954), French football manager
* Abdul Karim Brahui (born 1955), Afghan politician
* Abdelkrim Merry (born 1955), Moroccan footballer
* Abdul Karim Luaibi (born 1959), Iraqi politician
* Abdul Karim Telgi (born 1961), Indian fraudster
* Abdul Karim Irgashive (born 1965), Tajik held in Guantanamo
* Abdul Karim el-Mejjati (1967–2005), French-Moroccan Islamic activist killed in Saudi Arabia
* Abdul Karim (canoeist) (born 1967), Indonesian canoeist
* Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (born 1972), Moroccan footballer
* Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer
* Abdulkareem Elemosho (born 1977), Nigerian footballer
* Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian writer and artist
* Abdul Karim Ahmed (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer
* Abdelkarim Kissi (born 1980), Moroccan footballer
* Abdelkarim Nafti (born 1981), Tunisian footballer
* Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), Guinean footballer
* Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1992), Guinean footballer
* Abdelkrim Mammeri (born 1981), Algerian footballer
* Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520) (born c. 1982), Afghan
* Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, or just Kareem Amer (born c. 1984), Egyptian blogger
* Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989), Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan
* Abdulkarim Al-Ali (born 1991), Qatari footballer
* Abdulkareem Adisa (died 2005), Nigerian soldier and politician
* Abdel Karim Obeid (born 1957), Lebanese Shi'a imam
* Abdelkrim Motii, Moroccan religious activist
* Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi, Yemeni politician
* Abdul Karim al-Anizi, Iraqi politician
* Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Iraqi politician
* Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, Saudi alleged terrorist
* Abdulkareem Baba Aminu, Nigerian journalist
* Abd al-Karim, the name CIA torture victim Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud was referred to by in the Senate report on CIA torture
* Abdul Karim Joumaa (born 1954), Syrian Olympic athlete
* Abdul Karim (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician)
* Abdul Karim Farhani, Iranian Shia Cleric
* Abdolkarim Hasheminejad, Iranian Shia Cleric
* Abdul Karim Haghshenas, Iranian Shia Cleric
* Abdul Karim (Bengali politician)

## Surname

* Shah Abdul Karim (1916–2009), Bangladeshi folk musician
* Khalil Abdel-Karim (1928–2003), Egyptian Islamic activist
* Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998), President of the Comoros
* Yahaya Abdulkarim (born 1944), Nigerian politician
* Ali Abdul Karim (born 1953), Syrian diplomat
* Rohani Abdul Karim (born 1955), Malaysian politician
* Eedris Abdulkareem, Nigerian rapper
* Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem, one of the perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack