'Abd al-Wahid

ʽAbd al-Wāḥid (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: عبد الواحد) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʽabd, meaning subordinate, and al-Wāḥid, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2] It means "servant of the One".

It may refer to:

Political people

• Shaykh Abdul Wahid, 17th-century Mughal general
• Abd el-Ouahed ben Messaoud, 17th-century Moroccan ambassador
• Abdul-Wahid I, Almohad Caliph (died 1224), caliph of Morocco
• Abdul Wahed Bokainagari (1976–1968), Bengali politician
• Abdulwahid AlAbduljabbar (1935–1970), Saudi political activist
• Abdulwahid Bidin (1925–1999), associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari (born 1954), Iranian politician
• Abdul Wahid al Nur (born 1968), Sudanese rebel leader
• Abdul Wahid Baba Jan, Afghan soldier and politician
• Mohd Abdul Wahid Endut (born 1957), Malaysian politician
• Abdelwahid Aboud Mackaye (born 1953), Chadian insurgent leader
• Abu Muhammad Abd al-Wahid ibn Abi Hafs, (d. 1221) Almohad governor of Ifriqiya
• Raes Abdul Wahed, Afghan Taliban commander
• Abdul Wahid (politician) (1960-2024), Indonesian politician
• Sarwa Abdulwahid (born 1970) Iraqi politician from Kurdistan

Athletes

• Abdul Wahid Durrani (1917–2008), Pakistani footballer
• Abdul-Wahid Aziz (1931–1982), Iraqi weightlifter
• Tariq Abdul-Wahad (born 1974), French basketball player
• Abdel-Wahed El-Sayed (born 1977), Egyptian footballer
• Abdul-Wahed Mohammed (born 1977), Libyan futsal player
• Mohamed Abdel Wahed (born 1981), Egyptian footballer
• Abdelouahad Abdessamad (born 1982), Moroccan footballer
• Hussein Abdul-Wahed (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
• Abdul Waheed (field hockey), player in Pakistan's 1960 Olympic hockey team
• Abdelouahed Idrissi Chorfi (born 1969), Moroccan judoka

Others

• Abdul Waahid Bin Zaid (died 793), Iraqi Sufi saint
• Abdelwahid al-Marrakushi (born 1185), Moroccan historian
• Abdul Wahid Khan (died 1949), Indian classical singer
• Abdel-Wahed El-Wakil (born 1943), Egyptian architect
• Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official) (born 1947), Indian IT expert
• Abdelwahid Bouabdallah (born 1953), Algerian businessman
• Abdul Wahid Pedersen (born 1954), Danish imam
• Abdul Wahid (Bagram detainee) (died 2003), Afghan beaten to death in US custody
• Abdul Wahid Nazari (born 1953), Afghan film director
• Abdul Wahid Aresar (1949–2015), Sindhi writer