Abdul Qadir

Abd al-Qadir or Abdulkadir (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.

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 (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:

Athletics

 * Abdelkader Zaddem (born 1944), Tunisian runner
 * Abdelkader El Mouaziz (born 1969), Moroccan runner
 * Abdelkader Hachlaf (born 1979), Moroccan runner
 * Abdalla Abdelgadir (born 1988), Sudanese runner

Cricket

 * Abdul Kadir (cricketer) (1944–2002), Pakistani cricketer
 * Abdul Qadir (cricketer) (1955–2019), Pakistani cricketer
 * Abdul Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
 * Abdul Cader (cricketer) (born 1995), Sri Lankan cricketer

Football

 * Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912–1997) French footballer
 * Abdul Kadir (Indonesian footballer) (1948–2003), Indonesian footballer
 * Abdulqadir Hassan (born 1962), Emirati footballer
 * Abdelkader El Brazi (born 1964), Moroccan footballer
 * Abdelkader Ferhaoui (born 1965), Algerian footballer
 * Azizon Abdul Kadir (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
 * Abdul Kader Keïta (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
 * Abdelkader Laïfaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
 * Abdoul Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer
 * Abdelkader Besseghir (born 1978), Algerian footballer
 * Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré, otherwise Mohamed Kader (born 1979), Togolese footballer
 * Abdou Kader Mangane (born 1983), Senegalese footballer
 * Abdelkader Ghezzal (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer
 * Abdulkader Dakka (born 1985), Syrian footballer
 * Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
 * Abdelkader Kraichi (born 1989), French footballer
 * Abdel Kader Rifai (born 1973), Syrian footballer
 * Abdülkadir Kayalı (born 1991), Turkish footballer
 * Anwar Abdalqader, Syrian football manager

Martial arts

 * Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singapore boxer
 * Abdülkadir Koçak (born 1981), Turkish boxer
 * Abdelkader Zrouri (born 1976), Moroccan Taekwondo athlete
 * Abdelkader Bouhenia (born 1986), French boxer
 * Abdulqader Hikmat (born 1987), Qatari Taekwondo practitioner
 * Abdelkader Chadi (born 1988), Algerian boxer

Other sports

 * Omer Abdelqader (born 1983), Qatari basketball player
 * Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla (born 1976), Bahraini volleyball player
 * Abdel Kader Sylla (born 1990), Seychelles basketball player
 * Justin Abdelkader (born 1987), American ice-hockey player

Writers

 * Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
 * Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
 * Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
 * Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
 * Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
 * Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
 * Abdul Kadir (1917-1985), Turkish poet
 * Abdul Quadir (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
 * `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
 * Abdelkader Alloula (1929–1994), Algerian playwright

In the arts

 * Abdul Qader Al Raes (born 1951), UAE artist
 * Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953), Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
 * Abd El Gadir Salim (born c. 1955), Sudanese folk-singer
 * Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882–1952), Iraqi painter
 * Kozhikode Abdul Kader (1916–1977), Indian playback singer

From Africa

 * Abd al-Qadir II (fl. 1603/4–1606), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (Sudan)
 * Emir Abdelkader al-Jazairi (1808–1883), Algerian religious and military leader
 * Abd al-Qadir (Sokoto) (fl. 1842–1859), Sokoto (Nigeria) Grand Vizier
 * Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921–2003), Libyan politician
 * Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (born 1936), Nigerian politician
 * Abdelkader Bengrina (born 1962), Algerian politician
 * Abdulkadir Abdi Hashi, Somali politician
 * Abdoulkader Cissé (born 1955), Burkinabe politician
 * Abdelkader Hachani (1956–1999), Algerian Islamist politician
 * Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi (died 2011), Libyan diplomat
 * Abdelkader Taleb Omar, Sahrawi politician
 * Abdelkader Lecheheb, Moroccan diplomat
 * Abdulkadir Kure, Nigerian politician
 * Inuwa Abdulkadir (1966–2020), Nigerian politician
 * Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian politician
 * Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (born 1939), Chadian politician

From the Middle East

 * Abdul Qader al-Keilani (1874–1948), Syrian nationalist, statesman and religious authority
 * Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, otherwise Faisal Husseini (1940–2001), Palestinian politician
 * Abdülkadir Aksu (born 1944), Turkish politician
 * Abdul Qadir Bajamal (born 1946), Yemeni politician
 * Abd al-Qadir Qaddura, Syrian politician
 * Abdul Qadir Obeidi, Iraqi politician

From Southeast Asia and the Subcontinent

 * Zambry Abdul Kadir (born 1962), Malaysian politician
 * Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1915–1992), Malaysian politician
 * Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir, Malaysian politician
 * Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1928–1999), Sri Lankan diplomat and political figure
 * A.R.M. Abdul Cader (born 1936), Sri Lankan politician and businessman
 * Abdul Kader Mia (died 1960), Bengali politician
 * Abdul Qadir Alam, Afghan politician
 * Abdul Qadir Baloch, Pakistani politician and retired military general
 * Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori (born 1954), Afghan politician
 * Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) (1872–1950), leader of Muslims during the British Raj
 * Abdul Qadir Patel (born 1968), Pakistani politician
 * Abdul Qadir Nuristani, Afghan policeman and Minister of Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan

From elsewhere

 * Abdul Kadir (politician) (ca. 1952–2018), Guyanese politician and conspirator in a planned attack of JFK Airport

In religion

 * Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
 * Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died 1801 or 1804), Moroccan religious scholar
 * Sheikh Abdulkadir Nur Farah, Somali Cleric was assassinated by Al-Shabab 2013
 * Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808–1883), commonly known as Emir Abdelkader, Algerian religious and military leader
 * Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
 * Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930–2021), Scottish Sufi
 * Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (born 1935), Pakistani Sunni scholar and jurist
 * Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji founder of Atba-i-Malak Vakil
 * Abdolqader Zahedi, Kurdish-Iranian Sunni religious teacher and politician

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, Somali peace activist
 * Abdelkader Guerroudj (fl. 1957), 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, Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
 * Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician

Detainees

 * Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani (born 1960), Syrian held in Guantanamo
 * Moez Bin Abdul Qadir Fezzani (Bagram detainee), Tunisian
 * Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir (impossible name) (born 1976), Algerian held in Guantanamo
 * Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun (born 1979), Uyghur held in Guantanamo
 * Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris (born 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
 * Ahmed Abdul Qader (born 1984), Yemeni held in Guantanamo

Other

 * Abdul Qadeer Khan (born 1936), Pakistani nuclear scientist
 * Abdulkadir Ahmed (born 1940), Nigerian banker
 * Abdul Qadir (banker), Pakistani banker
 * Abdul Kader Kamli, Arab IT expert
 * Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, otherwise Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi wanted by the FBI
 * Abdi Wali Abdulqadir Muse, probable correct name of Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (born c. 1992), Somali imprisoned for piracy

Women

 * Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (born 1959), Nigerian politician