abdul hamid () is a muslim male given name, and in modern usage, surname. it is built from the arabic words abd, al- and á¸¤amid. the name means "servant of the all-laudable", al-á¸¤amÄ«d being one of the names of god in the qur'an, which give rise to the muslim theophoric names.  the letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by e. so the first part can appear as abdel, abdul or abd-al. the second part may appear as hamid, hameed, or in other ways. the whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation. it may refer to: ==males== *abd al-hamid al-katib (died 749), umayyad official and islamic scholar *'abd al-hamÄ«d ibn turk (fl. 830), turkish muslim mathematician *abdul hamid lahori (died 1654), indian traveller and court historian of shah jahan *abdul hamid baba, pashtun poet *abdul hamid i (1725â1789), sultan of the ottoman empire *abdul hamid (surveyor) (died ?1864), surveyor in central asia *abdul hamid ii (1842â1918), sultan of the ottoman empire *abdul hamid halim of kedah (1864â1943), sultan of kedah *maulana abdul hamid khan bhashani (1880â1976), political leader in pakistan and bangladesh *abdulhamid bey gaytabashi (1884â1920), chief of general staff of azerbaijani armed forces *abdelhamid ben badis (1889â1940), algerian muslim scholar *abdul hamid karami (1890â1950), lebanese politician *âabduâl-hamÃ­d ishrÃ¡q-khÃ¡vari (1902â1972), iranian bahÃ¡'Ã­ scholar *sufi abdul hamid (1903â1938), african-american religious and labor leader *abdel hamid al-sarraj (born 1925), syrian soldier and politician *fouad abdulhameed alkhateeb (1925â1995), saudi arabian diplomat and businessman *abdelhamid mehri (born 1926), algerian politician *abdelhamid bouchouk (1927â2004), algerian footballer *abdul hamid (field hockey) (born 1927), gold medallist for pakistan in 1960 olympics *abdul hameed (writer) (1928â2011), pakistani urdu writer *abdul hamid omar (1929â2009), malaysian judge *abdelhamid i. sabra, known as a. i. sabra (born ca. 1930), egyptian-american historian of science *abdelhamid kermali (born 1931), algerian footballer and football manager *abdul hamid (soldier) (1933â1965), indian soldier and recipient of the param vir chakra *abd al-hamid kishk (1933â1996), egyptian preacher, scholar of islam and author *abdul hamid al-bakkoush (1933â2007), libyan politician *omar abdul hamid karami, known as omar karami (born 1934), lebanese politician *[[abd
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