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, Pakistani banker and founder of BCCI
- Amir Abedi , Mayor of Dar es Salaam
- Asad Abidi, Pakistani electrical engineer
- Azhar Abidi, 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, Pakistani journalist, writer and Urdu-language poet
- Javed Abidi, disability rights activist
- Nain Abidi, international cricketer from Pakistan
- Omar Abidi, drummer for the English band Fightstar
- Raza Ali Abidi, Pakistani journalist and radio broadcaster
- Razi Abedi, Pakistani writer
- Faisal Raza Abidi, former senator representing the Pakistan People's Party for Sindh Province
- Syed Ali Raza Abidi, Pakistani politician of the MQM party and also MPA of National Assembly
- Bani Abidi, Pakistani visual artist