Abdul Rashid (name)

Abdul Rashid (Arabic: عبد الرشيد‎‎) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Rashid. The name means "servant of the right-minded", Ar-Rashīd 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 u. 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.

The closely related name Abdel Raashid (Arabic: عبد الراشد‎‎) is difficult to distinguish from the other in transliteration.

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), Prime Minister of Somalia
• Chauhdry Abdul Rashid (born 1941), Pakistani-British politician
• Maher Abd al-Rashid, (born 1942) 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

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 Jr (born 1947), member and captain of Pakistan's 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics field Hockey team
• Abdul Rashid Al-Hasan (born 1959), member of Pakistan's 1984 Olympics field hockey team
• 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

Others

• Qais Abdur Rashid (575 - 661), legendary ancestor of the Pashtun race
• Abdurashid Khan (1508–1560), ruler of Yarkand Khanate in Uyghurstan (Eastern Turkestan)
• Abdurresid 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