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Abbas (name) ʿAbbās () is an old Arabic name that means "Lion". The name traces back to Al-‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib in 536 CE (an uncle of Muhammad) and Abbas ibn Ali, a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who participated in the battle of Karbala alongside his ...

, list of people with the name, including: **

Abbas ibn Ali Al-Abbas ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (, 15 May 647 10 October 680 CE), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (), was a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam in Shia Islam. His mother was Fatima bint ...

(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 Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib () was a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, just three years older than his nephew. A wealthy merchant, during the early years of Islam he protected Muhammad while he was in Mecca, ...

(567–653), uncle of Muhammad **

Abbas ibn Firnas Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardūs al-Tākurnī (; c. 809/810 – 887 CE), known as ʿAbbās ibn Firnās () was an Andalusi polymath: Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (Spring, 1961). "Eilmer of Malmesbury, an Eleventh Century Aviator: A C ...

(810–887), an Andalusian polymath, mathematician, physician, astronomer, inventor, poet, and reported to have experimented with a form of flight **

Abbas the Great Abbas I (; 27 January 1571 – 19 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (), was the fifth Safavid Iran, Safavid shah of Iran from 1588 to 1629. The third son of Mohammad Khodabanda, Shah Mohammad Khodabanda, he is generally considered ...

(1571–1629), Fifth Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1587–1629) **

Wazir Abbas Abbas ibn Abogn ibn Ibrahim () also known as Wazir Abbas was an Adalite general who became Grand Vizier of the Adal Sultanate in 1535. The nephew of Ahmed Gurey, he led the Adalite conquest of Medri Bahri and was briefly the Bahr Negash. He was ...

(Died 1545), Grand Vizier of the

Adal Sultanate The Adal Sultanate, also known as the Adal Empire or Barr Saʿad dīn (alt. spelling ''Adel Sultanate'', ''Adal Sultanate'') (), was a medieval Sunni Muslim empire which was located in the Horn of Africa. It was founded by Sabr ad-Din III on th ...

Abbas II of Persia Abbas II (; born Soltan Mohammad Mirza; 30 August 1632 – 26 October 1666) was the seventh Shah of Safavid Iran, ruling from 1642 to 1666. As the eldest son of Safi and his Circassian wife, Anna Khanum, he inherited the throne when he was ni ...

(1632–1666), Seventh Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1642–1666) **

Abbas I of Egypt Abbas Helmy I of Egypt (also known as ''Abbas Pasha'', , 1 July 181213 July 1854) was the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan. He was a son of Tusun Pasha, the younger son of Muhammad Ali Pasha whom he succeeded as ''de facto'' ruler of Egypt and Sudan. T ...

(1812–1854), founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time (r. 1849–1854) **

Abbas II of Egypt Abbas Helmy II (also known as ''ʿAbbās Ḥilmī Pāshā'', ; 14 July 1874 – 19 December 1944) was the last Khedive of Egypt and the Sudan, ruling from 8January 1892 to 19 December 1914. In 1914, after the Ottoman Empire joined the Cent ...

(1874–1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (r. 1892–1914) **

Mahmoud Abbas Mahmoud Abbas (; born 15 November 1935), also known by the Kunya (Arabic), kunya Abu Mazen (, ), is a Palestinian politician who has been serving as the second president of Palestine and the President of the Palestinian National Authority, P ...

(born 1935), president of the Palestinian National Authority **

Abbas (actor) Mirza Abbas Ali (born 21 May 1975) is an Indian actor known for his works predominantly in Tamil cinema, Tamil and Telugu cinema, and few Malayalam and Hindi films. Following a career as a fashion model, he made his film debut with Kathir's ''K ...

(born 1975), Indian actor **

Abbas (photographer) Abbas Attar (; full name: ''ʿAbbās ʿAṭṭār''; 29 March 1944 – 25 April 2018), better known by his mononym Abbas, was an Iranian photographer known for his photojournalism in Biafra, Vietnam and South Africa in the 1970s, and for his exte ...

(1944-2018) Iranian photographer ** Abbas, one half of the Indian filmmaking duo

Abbas–Mustan Abbas–Mustan are an Indian filmmaker duo consisting of brothers Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla and Mustan Alibhai Burmawalla, working in Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily pr ...

Places

Algeria

Kingdom of Ait Abbas The Kingdom of Beni Abbas or Sultanate of Beni Abbas () was a state in North Africa, then a fief and a principality, controlling Lesser Kabylie in Kabylia and its surroundings from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century. It is referre ...

Kalâa of Ait Abbas The Kalâa of the Aït Abbas or Kalâa of the Beni Abbes (Berber: ⵇⴰⵍⵄⴰ ⵍⴰⵉⵜ ⵄⴰⴱⴰⵙ alεa nāt εabbas ), sometimes spelled Qal'a or Guelaa, was a citadel and the capital of the kingdom of Ait Abbas, which was founded i ...

Azerbaijan

* Abbas, Azerbaijan

Iraq

Al Abbas Mosque The Al-Abbas Shrine () is the mausoleum of Abbas ibn Ali and a mosque, located near the Imam Husayn Mosque in Karbala, Iraq. Abbas was son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the half-brother of Imam Hasan and Imam Husayn. He was Husayn's flag-bearer i ...

, shrine of Abbas ibn Ali in Karbala

Iran

Khuzestan Province

* Abbas, Ahvaz * Abbas, Behbahan

Lorestan Province

* Abbas, Dowreh *

Abbas Barfi Abbas Barfi (, also Romanized as ‘Abbās Barfī; also known as Abbās Bar, ‘Abbās Barfī-ye Soflá, and ‘Abbās Barqī) is a village in Pishkuh-e Zalaqi Rural District, Besharat District, Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran ...

Abbas-e Kalpat Abbas-e Kalpat (, also Romanized as ‘Abbās-e Kalpat, ‘Abbās-e Galpat, and ‘Abbās Kolpat) is a village in Veysian Rural District, Veysian District, Dowreh County, Lorestan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic o ...

United Kingdom

In English place-names the affix "Abbas" denotes former ownership by an

abbey An abbey is a type of monastery used by members of a religious order under the governance of an abbot or abbess. Abbeys provide a complex of buildings and land for religious activities, work, and housing of Christians, Christian monks and nun ...

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Abbas Combe Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, east of Yeovil, and west of Salisbury. It is in the Blackmore Vale. Templecombe is the main settlement in the civil parish of Abbas and ...

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Abbas Hall Abbas Hall is a small country house in Great Cornard, a village located near the town of Sudbury, Suffolk in England, the Elizabethan exterior of which masks a medieval two-bay aisled hall of c.1290, from which two massive oak posts with mould ...

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Bradford Abbas Bradford Abbas is a village and civil parish in north-west Dorset, England, on the border with Somerset. The village is south-east of Yeovil and south-west of Sherborne. The parish includes the small settlement of Saxon Maybank to the north, a ...

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Cerne Abbas Cerne Abbas () is a village and civil parish in Dorset in southern England. It lies in the Dorset Council administrative area in the Cerne Valley in the Dorset Downs. The village lies just east of the A352 road north of Dorchester. At the ...

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Compton Abbas Compton Abbas is a village and civil parish in north Dorset, England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, ...

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Itchen Abbas Itchen Abbas is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Itchen Valley, in the Winchester district, in the county of Hampshire, England. The village is on the River Itchen about north-east of Winchester. Parish church The Ch ...

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Melbury Abbas Melbury Abbas is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in north Dorset, England. It is situated at the edge of the Blackmore Vale under the scarp of Cranborne Chase, south-southwest of the town of Shaftesbury. The parish includes ...

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Milton Abbas Milton Abbas is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, lying around southwest of Blandford Forum. In the 2011 Census the civil parish had a population of 755. This planned community was built after the old Town was demolished in the 1 ...

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Winterbourne Abbas Winterbourne Abbas is a village and civil parish in south west Dorset, England, situated in a valley on the A35 road west of Dorchester. In the 2011 census the parish had a population of 355. History In the early hours of 6 May 2023, a la ...

, Dorset

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* ''Abbas'' (film), 2019 Bangladeshi film

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