Abdul Rashid (name)

ʻAbd al-Rashīd (ALA-LC romanization of Arabic: 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.^[1][2] 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 (Arabic: 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 (c. 1938 – 2017), Bangladeshi academic and politician
• Abdur Rashid, Pakistani politician, senator 2006–2012

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 (c. 1964 − 2007), Pakistani Muslim cleric
• Abdirashid Duale (born 1977), 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