Abd al-Aziz
Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: عبد العزيز, DMG: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz), frequently also transliterated Abdul Aziz, is a male Muslim given name and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Aziz. The name means "servant of the Almighty", Al-Azīz being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.
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 second part may appear as Aziz or Azeez, or in other ways. The whole name is subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.
It may refer to:
Males
Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire (1830–1876), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan (died 705), Umayyad prince and governor of Egypt
Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa (died 716), governor of Al-Andalus
Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb, emir of Crete 949–961
Abd al-Aziz ibn Mansur (ruled 1104–1121), ruler of the Hammadids (Berber dynasty)
Abdelaziz al-Malzuzi (died 1298), Moroccan poet and historian
