Abdul Rashid (name)

ʻAbd al-Rashīd (ALA-LC romanization of عبد الرشيد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Rashīd, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the right-minded".

Because the letter r is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written in Arabic with letters corresponding to Abd al-Rashid, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd ar-Rashid. Alternative transliterations include ‘Abd ar-Rasheed and others, all subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It should not be confused with ʻAbd al-Rāshid (عبد الراشد).

It may refer to:

Politicians

 * Maulana Abdur Rashid Tarkabagish (1900–1986), Bangladeshi politician
 * Sardar Abdur Rashid Khan (1906 - ?1995), senior police officer and cabinet minister in Pakistan
 * Abdirashid Ali Shermarke (1919–1969), President and Prime Minister of Somalia
 * Abdirashid Yusuf Jibril Somali politician, former speaker of House of Representatives (Puntland)
 * Chauhdry Abdul Rashid (born 1941), Pakistani-British politician
 * Maher Abd al-Rashid, (1942–2014), Iraqi general
 * Abdul Rashid Shaheen (born 1945), Indian politician
 * Abdul Rasheed Hussain (born 1946), Maldivian politician
 * Abdul Rashid Dostum (born 1954), Afghan soldier and politician
 * Abderrachid Boukerzaza (born 1955), Algerian politician
 * Abdirashid Mohamed Hidig, Somali politician
 * Abdur Rasheed Turabi, politician in Azad Jammu & Kashmir
 * Abdul Rashid Godil (born 1960), Pakistani politician
 * Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke (born 1960), Prime Minister of Somalia
 * Abdur Rashid, Bangladeshi politician.
 * Abdur Rashid, Pakistani politician

Sports

 * Lala Abdul Rashid (1922–1988), member of Pakistan's 1960 Olympics field Hockey team
 * Muhammad Abdul Rashid (born 1941), Pakistani Olympic silver medallist in field hockey
 * Abdul Rasheed Baloch (born 1972), Pakistani boxer
 * Abdul Rashid Qambrani (born 1975), Pakistani boxer
 * Mohd Rafdi Abdul Rashid (born 1977), Malaysian footballer
 * Abdul Rashid (hurdler) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic sprint hurdler
 * Abdur Rashid (cricketer) (born 1987), Bangladeshi cricketer
 * Abdulrashid Sadulaev (born 1996), Russian freestyle wrestler, two time Olympic gold medalist
 * Qais Abdur Rashid (575–661), legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race
 * Abdurashid Khan (1508–1560), ruler of Yarkand Khanate in Uyghurstan (Eastern Turkestan)
 * Abdurreshid Ibrahim (1857–1944), Russia-born Tatar Muslim scholar, journalist, and traveller
 * Abdul Rashid (judge) (1889–1981), Chief Justice of Pakistan
 * Abdur Rashid Kardar (1904–1989), Pakistani actor and director
 * Abdul Rashid Khan (born 1908), Indian musician
 * Abdul Rashid (agriculturist) (born 1950), Pakistani Agricultural Scientist and Bioscientist
 * Abdul Rashid Ghazi (ca. 1964 −2007), Pakistani Muslim cleric
 * Abdirashid Duale, Somali businessman

Scholar

 * Abdul Rachid Soufi (born 1962) Somali-Qatari Quran recitor
 * Reşit Rahmeti Arat (né Ğabderrəşit Rəxmətullin; 1900–1964), Turkish philologist of Tatar descent