Abdullah Malik (Arabic: 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.[1][2]
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 (Arabic: 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:
Males
- Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646–705), 5th Umayyad Caliph, ruling from Damascus
- Abd al-Malik ibn Salih (750–812), Abbasid governor and general
- Abd al-Malik ibn Quraib al-Asma'i (ca. 740–828), Iraqi scholar
- Abd al-Malik I (Samanid emir) (944–961), 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
- 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
- Abd al-Malik ibn Rabi, early narrator of hadith
- Abd al-Malik Abd al-Wahid (died 1339) son of Marinid Sultan of Morocco Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman
- Ali ibn Abd-al-Malik al-Hindi (1472–1567), Sunni Muslim scholar
- 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 bin Abdul Malik (1898–1998), Malaysian politician
- Abdul Malek Ukil (1924–1987), Bangladeshi lawyer and politician
- Ahmed Abdul-Malik (1927–1993), Sudanese-American jazz musician
- Abdul Malik, name used by Michael X (1933–1975), Trinidadian black revolutionary
- Abdul Malik (athlete) (born 1939), Pakistani Sprinter
- Abdulmalik Dehamshe (born 1943), Arab-Israeli politician
- Abdul Malik Mujahid (born 1951), Pakistani-American imam
- Abdelmalek Droukdel (born 1970), Algerian al-Qaeda member
- Abd al Malik (rapper) (born 1975), Congolese-French rapper
- Abdul Malik Mydin (born 1975), Malaysian swimmer
- Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (born 1980), Egyptian footballer
- Abdelmalek Cherrad (born 1981), Algerian footballer
- Abdelmalek Djeghbala (born 1983), Algerian footballer
- Abdolmalek Rigi (ca. 1983–2010), Iranian Sunni militant
- Abdelmalek Ziaya (born 1984), Algerian footballer
- Abdul Malik (born 1983), Prince of Brunei
- Abdelmalek Mokdad (born 1985), Algerian footballer
- Abdul Malik, Bangladeshi Brigadier (rtd.), first Pakistani cardiologist, founder of National Heart Foundation
- Abdul Malik Jaber, Palesinain businessman
- Johari Abdul-Malik, American imam
- Haji Abdul Malik Karim Amrullah, Indonesian Muslim scholar
- Abdul Malik Pahlawan, Afghan militia leader who led his forces for both the Taliban and Northern Alliance
- Abdulmalik Mohammed, Kenyan suspected of hotel bombing, held in Guantanamo
- Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, Yemeni rebel
- Michael X known as Abdul Malik
- Abdul-Malik Abu basketball player
- Abdul Malik (Sergeant), Ghanaian military officer
- Abdul Malik (cricketer), Afghan cricketer
Females
- Hanadi Tayseer Abdul Malek Jaradat, or just Hanadi Jaradat (1975–2003), Palestinian suicide bomber
Places
- Ramadan Ben-Abdelmalek Stadium, stadium in Constantine, Algeria