Qasim

Qasim
Pronunciation	Arabic pronunciation: [qa'sɪm] Persian pronunciation: [ɢæʼsem]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	one who distributes
Other names
Alternative spelling	Qāsim: Qaasim, Casim, Cassim, Kacem, Kasem, Kassem, Kassim, Qasem, Kasim, Qassim, Ghasem, Kassam Qasīm: Kaseem, Kasseem, Qaseem, Kasim,

Qasim is the transliteration of the male given name (Arabic: قاسم‎, Qāsim), pronounced with a long first syllable. The meaning is one who distributes. The first known bearer of the name was the son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.

There is an occasional variant spelling, (Arabic: قسیم‎, Qasīm), distinguished by a long second syllable. Both names can also be used as surnames.

Males

Qasim ibn Muhammad (died 605), son of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Qasim ibn Hasan (ca. 666–680), son of the Imam Hasan ibn Ali and grandson of Muhammad
Muhammad bin Qasim Al-Thaqafi (695–715), Umayyad general who conquered Sindh
Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr (died ca. 728), jurist in early Islam
Al-Qasim ibn Harun al-Rashid (fl. ca. 800–813), third son of Harun al-Rashid
Qasem-e Anvar (1356-1433), Iranian Sufi poet
Qasim Khan (died 1469), first khan of the Qasim Khanate
Qasim I of Astrakhan (ruled ca. 1470-1500), Khan of Astrakhan
Qasim II of Astrakhan (died 1532), Khan of Astrakhan
Gasim bey Zakir (1784-1857), Azerbaijani poet
Muhammad Qasim Nanotvi (1833-1880), Indian Islamic scholar and social activist
Qasim Amin (1863-1908), Egyptian jurist, early advocate of women's rights
Qassem Khan Vali (1878 – 1935), known as Sardar Homayoun, Iranian army general, trained in France
Kasım Gülek (1905–1996), Turkish statesman
Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914–1963), Prime Minister of Iraq from July 1958 to February 1963
Kassim al-Rimawi ( 1918–1982), prime minister of Jordan in 1980
George A. Kasem (1919-2002), American congressional representative
Qassem Al-Nasser (1925–2007), Jordanian officer who participated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
Abdullah Kassim Hanga (1932–1969), Zanzibar Prime Minister
Casey Kasem (1932–2014), American radio personality and voice actor
Awn Alsharif Qasim (1933–2006), Sudanese writer
Isa Qassim (born 1937), Bahraini Ayatollah
Pirzada Qasim (born 1943), Pakistani scholar, Urdu poet, scientist and educationist
Dollah Kassim (1949–2010), Singaporean footballer
Iqbal Qasim (born 1953), Pakistani cricketer
Kasim Sulton (born 1955), American bass guitarist
Qassem Suleimani (born 1957), Iranian commander of the Quds Force
Cassim Chilumpha (born 1958), Malawian politician
Qasem Taei (born 1960), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja (grand ayatollah)
Kassim Basma (born 1960), Sierra Leonean businessman
Kassem Ibadulla (born 1964), New Zealand cricketer
Peyman Ghasem Khani (born 1966), Iranian film screenwriter and actor
Ashraf Kasem (born 1966), Egyptian footballer
Qasim Melho (born 1968), Syrian television and theatre actor
Kasim Reed (born 1969), Democratic politician and the 59th Mayor of Atlanta
Mehrab Ghasem Khani (born 1970), Iranian film writer
Mehdi Belhaj Kacem (born 1973), French-Tunisian actor, philosopher, and writer
Peter Qasim (born 1974), Indian detained by Australian immigration
Kaseem Sinceno (born 1976), American football player
Kasseem Dean (born 1978), better known by his stage name, Swizz Beatz, American record producer
Kassim Ouma (born 1978), Ugandan boxer
Yasin Qasem Muhammad Ismail (born ca. 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
Kassim Osgood (born 1980), American footballer
Kasım Yıldız (born 1980), Turkish footballer
Ghasem Dehnavi (born 1981), Iranian footballer
Kassim Guyazou (born 1982), Togolese footballer
Ghasem Haddadifar (born 1983), Iranian footballer
Ghasem Rezaei (born 1985), Iranian wrestler
Qasem Burhan (born 1985), Qatari footballer
Mehdi Kacem (born 1986), Algerian footballer
Yaser Kasim (born 1991), Iraqi footballer
Tal'at Fu'ad Qasim (died 1995), Egyptian leader of militant Gama'a Islamiyya organization
Kasim Abid, Iraqi-British cameraman, film director and producer
KassemG or Kassem Gharaibeh, American comedian
Kasem Chatikavanich, Thai business leader
Kassem Daher, Lebanese-Canadian Islamic militant
Yahya Kassim Issa, Tanzanian politician
Ismail Qasim Naji, Somali politician
Ghasem Sholeh-Saadi, Iranian politician
Rafiq Belhaj Kacem, Tunisian politician

Females

Leyla Qasim (1952-1974), executed Iraqi Kurdish activist
Jean Kasem (born 1954), American actress
Kerri Kasem (born 1978), American radio and television host
Maryam Kassim, Somali politician

Places

Iran

Qasem Beygi, Qasem Begi, two different villages in Kuhdasht County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Qasem Qeshlaqi, Ardabil, village in Ardabil County, Ardabil Province, Iran
Qasem Qeshlaqi, Bileh Savar, village in Ardabil Province, Iran
Emamzadeh Qasem, Lorestan, village in Azna County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Emamzadeh Qasem, Isfahan
Emamzadeh Qasem, Mazandaran
Emamzadeh Qasem, Qazvin

Pakistan

Bin Qasim Town, town in Karachi, Pakistan
Bagh Ibne Qasim, park in Karachi, Pakistan
Port Qasim, port in Karachi, Pakistan

Others

Qasimabad (disambiguation), several places
Qasim Khanate, Tatar Kingdom in medieval Russia
Kafr Qasim, Israeli Arab city
Sidi Kacem, city in Morocco
Kasım and Casim, respectively the Ottoman Turkish and Romanian names for General Toshevo, Bulgaria
Kasimov, town in Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Fountain of Qasim Pasha, Jerusalem
Al-Qassim Region, Saudi Arabia