Abidi or Abedi (Arabic: عابدی ) is the surname for a family belonging to the offsprings of Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They belong to the Sayyid community. Abidis (or people belonging to this family) can be found all over the world especially in Iran and Indo-Pak subcontinent.
[edit] Notable people with the surname Abidi
- Agha Hasan Abidi (1922–1995), Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI
- Amir Abidi (1924–1964), Mayor of Dar es Salaam
- Asad Abidi, is a Pakistani electrical engineer, who was the first dean of Lahore University of Management Sciences's School of Science and Engineering
- Azhar Abidi (born 1968), is a Pakistani Australian author and translator
- Colet Aidi, Iranian-American writer and producer
- Ikram Abidi, A Canada-based Pakistani health feature writer, researcher & novelist
- Faisal Raza Abidi, Pakistani politician and senator
- Farid Abedi (born 1977), Iranian footballer
- Hasan Abidi (1929–2005), was a noted Pakistani journalist, writer and a senior Urdu language poet
- Irfan Abidi (1950–1998), was a noted Pakistani scholar, religious leader, public speaker and poet
- Javed Abidi - Disability rights activist
- Nain Abidi (born 1985), international cricketer from Pakistan
- Raza Ali Abidi (born 1936), is a Pakistani journalist and Radio broadcaster
- Razi Abidi, Pakistani writer
- Omar Abidi drummer for the English band Fightstar.
- Shahab Abidi Banker.
- Syed Firoz Haider Abidi was a noted Indian Scholar, Orator, Religious Leader, Public Speaker. Maulana Firoz Hyder was the famous orator, reciter of Majlis. He gave speeches in every part of the world. He has his huge supporters in USA, UAE, India, Pakistan, Canada, Arab, Africa, Europe, England and many more. He is known to be one of the best speakers of Urdu language in Indian history of Oratory.He was very much educated and his speeches are full of knowledge. He did many social works for example he established Fatema girls inter college in Naugawan Sadat specially for girls and Sakina Public School. He died in 2002 while coming to India from Germany.
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