Abdul Ali

Abdul Ali (Arabic: عبد العالي‎) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Ali. The name means "servant of the most High", Al-'Aliyy being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to:

• Humayun Abdulali (1914–2001), Indian ornithologist
• Khan Abdul Ali Khan (1922–1997), Pashtun educationalist
• Abdol-Ali Mirza Farmanfarmaian (1932–1973), Qajar prince
• Abdolali Bazargan (born 1943), Iranian politician
• Abdul Ali Mazari (1946–1996), Afghan politician
• Muhammed Abdul Ali (born 1951), Prince of Arcot
• Abdolali Changiz (born 1959), Iranian footballer
• Abdelali Kasbane (born 1962), Moroccan runner
• Nacim Abdelali (born 1981), French footballer

• Abdul Ali Malik, Pakistan Army engineer officer (served 1947–1974)
• Abdul Ali Bahari, Kenyan politician

References

1. ↑ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ↑ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.