# Rafiq

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**Rafiq** or **Rafique** (Arabic: رفیق), ([Persian](/source/Persian_language): رفیق), meaning "intimate friend," "companion," and "[comrade](/source/Comrade)," is an Arabic masculine given name and surname also used in Persian and several other languages. Notable people with the name include:

## Constituent of compound name

- [Rafiqul Islam (disambiguation)](/source/Rafiqul_Islam_(disambiguation))
- [Mohammad Rafiq (disambiguation)](/source/Mohammad_Rafiq_(disambiguation)), several people

## Given name

- [Rafiq Uddin Ahmed](/source/Rafiq_Uddin_Ahmed) (1926–1952), demonstrator killed during Bengali Language Movement
- [Rafiquddin Ahmad](/source/Rafiquddin_Ahmad) (1932–2013), chairman of Bangladesh Engineering and Shipbuilding Corporation
- [Rafiq Azad](/source/Rafiq_Azad) (1941-2016), Bengali poet
- [Rafiq Bhatia](/source/Rafiq_Bhatia) (born 1987), American musician
- [Rafiq Sabir](/source/Rafiq_Sabir) (born 1950), Kurdish poet
- [Rafiq Shahadah](/source/Rafiq_Shahadah) (born 1956), Syrian military officer
- [Rafiq Tağı](/source/Rafiq_Ta%C4%9F%C4%B1) (1950–2011), Azerbaijani journalist
- [Rafiq Zakaria](/source/Rafiq_Zakaria) (1920–2005), Indian politician

## Surname

- [Azeem Rafiq](/source/Azeem_Rafiq) (born 1991), English cricketer
- [Bilal Rafiq](/source/Bilal_Rafiq) (born 1985), Pakistani footballer

## Other

- *Rafiq* or companion, a title in the hierarchy of the [Nizari Ismailis](/source/Nizari_Ismaili_state) of Alamut period

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