Abdul Karim Zaidan (Arabic: عبد الكريم زيدان) was an Iraqi politician who formerly served as the Minister of State for Waqf Affairs.

Born in 1917, Abdul Karim Zaidan studied the Qur'an in his youth under several Islamic scholars with teaching qualifications.

At adulthood he served as a teacher and later a principal in several schools and universities throughout the city of Baghdad.

[3] One of Zaidan's most prominent works is his al-Mufassal fi 'Ahkam al-Mar'ah wa Bayt al-Muslim fi al-Shari'at al-Islamiyyah, an eleven-volume treatise about Women in Islam and the rulings regarding family issues.

[4] His body was transported back to Iraq, where he received a proper burial in the Sheikh Ma'ruf Cemetery in the Karkh district.