Abbas Explained
Abbas may refer to:
People
- Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including:
- Abbas ibn Ali (645–680), popularly known as Hazrat-e-Abbas, the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first imam in Shia Islam)
- Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567–653), uncle of Muhammad
- Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an Andalusian polymath, mathematician, physician, astronomer, inventor, poet, and reported to have experimented with a form of flight
- Abbas the Great (1571–1629), Fifth Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1587–1629)
- Wazir Abbas (Died 1545), Grand Vizier of the Adal Sultanate
- Abbas II of Persia (1632–1666), Seventh Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1642–1666)
- Abbas I of Egypt (1812–1854), founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time (r. 1849–1854)
- Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (r. 1892–1914)
- Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), president of the Palestinian National Authority
- Abbas (actor) (born 1975), Indian actor
- Abbas (photographer) (1944-2018) Iranian photographer
- Abbas, one half of the Indian filmmaking duo Abbas–Mustan
Places
Algeria
Azerbaijan
Iraq
Iran
Khuzestan Province
Lorestan Province
United Kingdom
In English place-names the affix "Abbas" denotes former ownership by an abbey.
Other uses
- Abbas (film), 2019 Bangladeshi film
See also
