'''Abdul Malik''' ({{langx|ar| عبد الملك}}) is an Arabic (Muslim or Christian) male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ''Abd'', ''al-'' and ''Malik''. The name means "servant of the King", in the Christian instance 'King' meaning 'King of Kings' as in Jesus Christ and in Islam, ''Al-Malik'' being 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>
The letter ''a'' of the ''al-'' is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by ''e''. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part may appear as Malik, Malek or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
There is a distinct but related name, '''Abdul Maalik''' ({{langx|ar| عبد المالك}}), meaning "servant of the Owner", referring to the Qur'anic name ''Mālik-ul-Mulk''. The two names are difficult to distinguish in transliteration, and some of the names below are instance of the latter one.
It may refer to:
==Given name== ===Political and military figures=== *Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705), 5th Umayyad Caliph, ruling from Damascus *Abd al-Malik ibn Umar ibn Marwan (718–778), Umayyad elder statesman, general, and governor of Seville. *Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (died 812), Abbasid prince and general *Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir) (died 961), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia) *Abd al-Malik II (Samanid emir) (fl. 999), emir of the Sāmānids (Persia) *Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar (died 1008), general and vizier of the Caliphate of Cordoba, and governor of Seville and Saragossa *Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid (died 1339) son of Marinid Sultan of Morocco Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman *Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik I Saadi (died 1578), Sultan of Saadi Dynasty in Morocco *Abu Marwan Abd al-Malik II (reigned 1627–1631), Sultan of Morocco *Abdalmalik of Morocco (1696–1729), Sultan of Morocco *Anwar Abdul Malik (1898–1998), Malaysian politician *Abdul Malek Ukil (1924–1987), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician *Abdelmalek Sellal (born 1948), Prime Minister of Algeria *Abdul Malik (sergeant), Ghanaian soldier who co-led a coup attempt in 1983 *Abdulmalik Dehamshe (born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician *Abdelmalek Droukdel (1970–2020), Algerian al-Qaeda leader *Abdul Malik Pahlawan, Afghan militia leader who led his forces for both the Taliban and Northern Alliance *Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (born 1979), Yemeni rebel *Abdolmalek Rigi (ca. 1983–2010), Iranian Sunni militant *Prince Abdul Malik of Brunei (born 1983), Prince of Brunei
===Sportspeople=== *Abdimalik hashem (athlete) (born 2011), somali sprinter *Abdul Malik (athlete) (born 1939), Pakistani sprinter *Abdul Malik Mydin (born 1975), Malaysian swimmer *Abdelmalek Cherrad (born 1981), Algerian footballer *Abdelmalek Djeghbala (born 1983), Algerian footballer *Abdelmalek Ziaya (born 1984), Algerian footballer *Abdelmalek Mokdad (born 1985), Algerian footballer *Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (born 1980), Egyptian footballer *Abdul-Malik Abu (born 1995), American basketball player in the Israeli Premier Basketball League *Abdul Malik (cricketer) (born 1998), Afghan cricketer
===Scholars=== *Abd al-Malik ibn Quraib Al-Asmaʿi (ca. 740–828), Iraqi scholar *Abu Manşūr 'Abd ul-Malik ibn Mahommed ibn Isma'īl, known as Tha'ālibī (961–1038), Persian-Arabic philologist and writer *Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr (1091–1161), Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist and teacher in Al-Andalus *Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (1472–1567), Sunni Muslim scholar *Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah (1908–1981), Indonesian Muslim scholar
===Pseudonym or stage name=== *Abdul Malik, name used by Michael X (1933–1975), Trinidadian black revolutionary *Abd al Malik (rapper), French rapper Régis Fayette-Mikano (born 1975)
===Other=== *Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi, early narrator of hadith *Abd al-Malik Nuri (1921–1998), Iraqi novelist and fiction writer *Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993), Sudanese-American jazz musician *Abdul Malik (physician) (1929–2023), Bangladeshi professor and cardiologist, founder of Bangladesh National Heart Foundation *Abdul Malik Jaber, Palestinian businessman *Abdulmalik Mohammed (born 1973), Kenyan suspected of hotel bombing *Abdul Malik Usman (died 2008), Malaysian killer sentenced to death in Singapore
==Surname== *Johari Abdul-Malik, American imam *Nebila Abdulmelik (born 1987), Ethiopian activist *Zainal Abidin Abdul Malik (1967–1996), Singaporean murderer
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