Abdul Wahid

Abdul Wahid (Arabic: عبد الواحد ‎) is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Wahid. The name means "servant of the One", Al-Wāhid 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. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Waahid, Abdul Wahed. Abdel Wahid, Abdelouahad (French transliteration) and others, all being subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

Abdul Wahed (Bangladesh politician)

Abdul Wahed was a Bengali politician who was a leading activist during the Language Movement.

Abdul Wahed was among the activists of the Awami League arrested for protesting the establishment of Urdu as the sole official language of Pakistan, excluding Bengali from official government documents.

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