Abedin Explained

Abedin is an Arabic name and surname (Arabic: ʿĀbidīn Arabic: عابدين|rtl=yes). There are also the variant Abideen and the shortened form Abdeen. Abedin means 'worshipping' or 'worshippers'.

People

• Zainu-l-Abideen, "Jewel of the Worshipper", byname of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin or Ali ibn Husayn (d. 713), a great-grandson of Muhammad
• Abidin Bey (c. 1780–1827), Albanian commander and politician of Egypt during the early era of Muhammad Ali's rule
• Huma Abedin (born 1976), American aide to Senator Hillary Clinton
• Humayra Abedin (born 1976), Bangladeshi physician
• Ishaq Isa Abedeen (born 1988), Kenyan-born Bahraini runner
• Kazi Zainul Abedin (1892 - 1962), Pakistani poet
• Minhajul Abedin (born 1965), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Nurul Abedin (born 1964), Bangladeshi cricketer
• Zainul Abedin (1914 - 1976), Bangladeshi artist
• Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931–2015), 11th President of India

Places

• Named after Abidin Bey:
  • Abdeen (Cairo), a district of Cairo
  • Abdeen Palace, one of the official residences of the President of Egypt
    • Abdeen Palace incident of 1942, military confrontation that took place on 4 February 1942
• Abdeen, a village in the Bsharri District of Lebanon
• Abdin, Daraa Governorate, a village in southern Syria
• Abdin, Idlib, a village in northwestern Syria
• Abdeen Mosque, the main mosque in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, named after Omar Abdeen
• Abedin (crater), a crater on Mercury

See also

• Abidin (disambiguation)
• Zayn al-Abidin (disambiguation)
• Zainal Abidin (disambiguation)
• Vavodin, a village in Mazandaran Province, Iran, also known as Ābedīn
• Aberdeen (disambiguation)