Qasim (name)
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Qasim (Arabic: قاسم) is a male Arabic given name that means "the person who distributes."
People named Qasim include:
- Qasim ibn Muhammad, son of Muhammad
- Qasim ibn Hassan, son of the second Shia Imam Hasan and grandson of Muhammad
- Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr, grandson of the first Muslim caliph Abu Bakr
- Qasim Amin, a jurist most noted as an early advocate of women's rights in Egypt.
Tatar khans
Famous people also often referred to by their patronymic name:
- Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi, Umayyad general who conquered Sindh
- Leila Qasim, a Kurdish activist against the Iraqi Ba'ath party
A khanate, named after Qasim khan:
and it's capital, also named after Qasim khan
