Abidi

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Abidi, Abedi or Al-Abedi (Arabic: عابدي) 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