Abd al-Aziz (, DMG: ʽAbd al-ʽAzīz), frequently also transliterated Abdul-Aziz, is a male Arabic Muslim given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the words ʽAbd, the Arabic definite article and ʽAzīz "Almighty". The name is commonly abbreviated as "ʽAzīz". The name means "servant of the Almighty", al-ʽAzīz being one of the names of God in Islam, 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, without spacing and hyphenation. It may refer to: Men 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 Nūr ad-Dīn 'Abd al-'Azīz Ibn al-Qamar (1326–1398), Tunisian Berber Muslim prince Abd al-Aziz of Mogadishu (active around 1346), Somali ruler in Kinolhas, Maldives Abu Faris Abdul Aziz (ruled 1366–1372), Marinid Sultan of Fez and Morocco Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz II (ruled 1394–1434, Hafsid Caliph of Ifriqiya (Tunisia) Abdelaziz al-Tebaa (died 1499), Moroccan Sufi Abdelaziz al-Maghrawi (died 1605), Moroccan poet Abd al-Aziz al-Fishtali (1549–1621), Moroccan poet and historian Abdul Aziz Hotak (died 1717), ruler of the Ghilzai Hotaki dynasty of Kandahar Abdülaziz Efendi (born 1735), Ottoman physician and poet Subhizade Abdulaziz (died 1782/1783), Ottoman physician Shah Abdul Aziz (1745–1823), Indian Islamic scholar Abdul Aziz ibn Muhammad ibn Saud (ruled 1765–1803), ruler of Saudi Arabia Abdülaziz (1830–1876), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Abd al Aziz al-Amawi (1832–1896), Somali diplomat, historian, poet, jurist and scholar living in Zanzibar Abdulaziz bin Mitab (ruled 1897–1906), ruler of Arabia Abdelaziz Thâalbi (1876–1944), Tunisian politician Abdul Aziz Al Saud, or Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, (1876–1953), King of Saudi Arabia Abdelaziz of Morocco (1878–1943), Sultan of Morocco Abdul Aziz of Perak (1887–1948), Sultan of Perak, Malaya Abdul Aziz Yamulki (1890–1981), Ottoman/Iraqi/Kurdish army officer Abdul Aziz Kurd (active 1920), Balochistan politician Abdul Aziz bin Musaid (active 1921), Saudi soldier Mehmed Abdulaziz (1901–1977), head of the Ottoman dynasty Abd al-Aziz ibn Abd Allah ibn Baaz (1910–1999), Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997), Moroccan Muslim scholar Abdol-Aziz Mirza Farmanfarmaian (born 1920), Iranian architect Ungku Abdul Aziz (born 1922), British-Malay academic administrator Abd El Aziz