'''ʻAbd al-Karīm''' (ALA-LC romanization of {{langx|ar|عبد الكريم}}) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, also a surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''ʻabd'' and ''al-Karīm'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.<ref name=ahmed>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names| author=Salahuddin Ahmed| publisher = Hurst & Company| location=London| year=1999}}</ref><ref name=rahman>{{cite book| title=A Dictionary of Muslim Names| author= S. A. Rahman| publisher=Goodword Books| location=New Delhi| year=2001}}</ref> It means "servant of the most Generous". It is rendered as ''Abdolkarim'' in Persian, ''Abdulkerim'' in Albania, Bosnia and ''Abdülkerim'' in Turkey.

It may refer to:

==Given name== {{Incomplete list |date=March 2024}} *Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri (986–1074), Persian philosopher *ʻAbd al-Karim al-Jili (1366–1424), Sufi author who studied in Yemen *Abdal-Karim Khan Astrakhani (died 1520), Khan of Astrakhan, 1490–1504 *`Abd al-Karim ibn Muhammad (died 1834), Emir of Harar, Ethiopia *Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha (1807–1883), Ottoman Turkish soldier *Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi (1859–1937), Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric *Abdul Karim (the Munshi) (1863–1909), Indian servant to Queen Victoria *Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad (1871–1953), Bangladesh author *Abdul Karim Khan (1872–1937), Indian singer *Abdul Karim Amrullah (1879–1945), Muslim reformer in Sumatra *Abd el-Krim (1882–1963), leader of the Amazigh-Riffian resistance and president of the Republic of the Rif *Abd-al Karim (1897–1927), Afghan rebel leader during the Khost rebellion (1924–1925) *Mehmed Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu (1906-1935), Ottoman prince invited to Japan to set up a puppet state in Xinjiang during the Kumul Rebellion *Abdul Karim Disu (1912–2000), Nigerian journalist *Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963), Iraqi Army officer who seized power in a 1958 coup d'état *Abdelkarim Ghellab (1919–2017), Moroccan writer *Abdelkrim Ghallab (1919–2006), Moroccan writer *Abdul Karim Haghshenas (1919–2007), Iranian Shia Cleric *Abdul Karim (soil scientist) (1922–1973), Bangladeshi scientist * Abdul Karim (Bengali politician) (1925–2000), Bangladeshi politician *Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi (1926–2016), Syrian military officer and politician *Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926–2016), Iranian Twelver cleric *Abdul Karim (historian) (1928–2007), Bangladeshi historian and academic *Abdul Karim Khandker (1930–2025), Bangladeshi air officer and politician *Abdelkarim Tabbal (born 1931), Moroccan poet *Abdolkarim Hasheminejad (1932–1981), Iranian Shia Cleric *Abdel Karim el Kably (1932–2021), Sudanese singer *Abdul Karim Abdullah al-Arashi (1934–2006), Yemeni politician *Abd al-Karim al-Iryani (1934–2015), Yemeni politician *Abdelkrim Motii (born 1935), Moroccan religious activist *Abdul Karim Tunda (born 1943), alleged Indian bomb maker *Abdul Karim Koroma (born 1944), Sierra Leonean politician *Abdolkarim Soroush (born 1945), Iranian scientist and philosopher *Abdelkarim Badjadja (born 1945), Algerian historian *Abdul Karim Saeed Pasha (born 1945), leader of Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement *Abdulkareem Adisa (1948–2005), Nigerian soldier and politician *Abdul Karim al-Kabariti (born 1949), Jordanian politician *Abdul Karim, name used by Bruno Metsu (born 1954), French football manager *Abdul Karim Joumaa (born 1954), Syrian Olympic athlete *Abdul Karim Brahui (born 1955), Afghan politician *Abdelkrim Merry (born 1955), Moroccan footballer *Abdel Karim Obeid (born 1957), Lebanese Shi'a imam *Abdul Karim Luaibi (born 1959), Iraqi politician *Abdul Karim Telgi (born 1961), Indian fraudster *Abdul Karim Farhani (born 1964), Iranian Shia Cleric *Abdul Karim Irgashive (born 1965), Tajik held in Guantanamo *Abdul Karim el-Mejjati (1967–2005), French-Moroccan Islamic activist killed in Saudi Arabia *Abdul Karim (canoeist) (born 1967), Indonesian canoeist *Abd al-Karim, the name CIA torture victim Mohamed Ahmed Ben Soud (born 1968/69) was referred to by in the Senate report on CIA torture *Abdelkrim El Hadrioui (born 1972), Moroccan footballer *Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (born 1974), American footballer *Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (born 1977), Nigerian writer and artist *Abdul Karim Ahmed (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer *Abdelkarim Kissi (born 1980), Moroccan footballer *Abdelkarim Nafti (born 1981), Tunisian footballer *Abdelkrim Mammeri (born 1981), Algerian footballer *Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1981), Guinean footballer *Abdul Karim (Guantanamo detainee 520) (born 1982), Afghan *Abdul Kareem Nabeel Suleiman Amer, or just Kareem Amer (born 1984), Egyptian blogger *Abdulkareem Khadr (born 1989), Egyptian-Canadian injured in Pakistan *Abdulkarim Al-Ali (born 1991), Qatari footballer *Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 1992), Guinean footballer *Abdülkerim Bardakcı (born 1994), Turkish footballer *Abdul Karim (Ghanaian footballer) (born 2000), Ghanaian footballer *Abdulkarim Al-Arhabi (died 2021), Yemeni politician *Abdul Karim al-Anizi, Iraqi politician *Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi, Iraqi politician *Abdelkarim Hussein Mohamed Al-Nasser, Saudi alleged terrorist *Abdul Karim (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa politician), Pakistani politician * Abdul Karim (Bengal Legislative Assembly member) * Md. Abdul Karim, Bangladeshi civil servant * Md. Abdul Karim (Gaibandha politician) (born 1960), Bangladeshi politician

==Surname== *Abdul Malik Abdul Kareem (born 1972), one of the perpetrators of Curtis Culwell Center attack *Ali Abdul Karim (born 1953), Syrian diplomat *Awatef Abdel Karim (1931–2021), Egyptian composer *Eedris Abdulkareem (born 1974), Nigerian rapper *Khalil Abdel-Karim (1928–2003), Egyptian Islamic activist *Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–1998), President of the Comoros *Rohani Abdul Karim (born 1955), Malaysian politician *Shah Abdul Karim (1916–2009), Bangladeshi folk musician *Yahaya Abdulkarim (born 1944), Nigerian politician

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