Abidi

Abidi, Abedi or Al-Abedi () is the surname for the descendants of Prophet Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn.

Notable people with the surname include: * Agha Hasan Abedi (1922–1995), Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI * Amir Abedi (1924–1964), Mayor of Dar es Salaam * Asad Abidi (born 1956), Pakistani electrical engineer * Azhar Abidi (born 1968), Pakistani-Australian author and translator * Colet Abedi, Iranian-American writer and producer * Intezar Abidi, alias Bobby, Indian politician and former member of the Uttar Pradesh state government * Hasan Abidi (1929–2005), Pakistani journalist, writer and Urdu-language poet * Javed Abidi, disability rights activist * Nain Abidi (born 1985), international cricketer from Pakistan * Omar Abidi, drummer for the English band Fightstar * Raza Ali Abidi (born 1936), Pakistani journalist and radio broadcaster * Razi Abedi, Pakistani writer * Faisal Raza Abidi (born 1971), former senator representing the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) for Sindh Province * Syed Ali Raza Abidi, Pakistani politician of the MQM party and also MPA of National Assembly * Bani Abidi (born 1971), Pakistani visual artist Provided by Wikipedia