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Halim or Haleem (Arabic: حليم ) is an Arabic masculine given name which means gentle, forbearing, mild, patient, understanding, indulgent, slow to anger, "what we call a civilized man".[1] In Islam, al-Halīm is one of the Names of God in Islam.

The name

  • Abdul Halim means servant of God, as thus described, and bearers of that name are listed on that page.

Halim is also used as an abbreviated version of Abdul Halim, or independently, as a name given to a male. Examples of that are:

  • Halim Barakat, Syrian novelist
  • Halim Benmabrouk, Algerian footballer
  • Haleem Brohi, Pakistani author
  • Haleem Chaudhri, Bengali cricketer
  • Halim El-Dabh, American composer
  • Halim Haryanto, Indonesian / American badminton player
  • Halim Perdanakusuma, Indonesian aviator and national hero, after whom Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport is named
  • Halim Medaci, Algerian footballer
  • Said Halim Pasha, Ottoman Empire Grand Vizier
  • Halim Saad, Malaysian businessman

Halim may also be a last name:

  • Aamer Haleem, Canadian radio and television personality
  • Asma Halim, Egyptian writer and journalist
  • Helmy Halim, Egyptian filmmaker
  • Mohammad Haleem, Pakistani judge
  • Mustafa Ben Halim, ex-Prime Minister of Libya
  • Rachman Halim, Indonesian businessman

References

  1. Golziher, Ignaz, Muslim Studies, ed. S.M. Stern (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1967), pp. 202–203, as cited in Stetkevych, Jaroslav, Muhammad and the Golden Bough: Deconstructing Arabian Myth (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1996), p. 14.





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