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see Abbas
Etymology
From sc=Grek, from sc=Hebr.Noun
- An abbot
Extensive Definition
Abbas (or Abbass, ) means "austere" in Arabic. (Austere:
(1) severely simple in appearance. (2) strict, stern)
People named Abbas
Given name
- Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib (c.566–c.653), paternal uncle of Muhammad
- Abbas ibn Ali, son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Ummal Baneen; revered in Sh'ia Islam for his loyalty to Husayn ibn Ali, the third Sh'ia Imam
- Abbas Mirza (1789–1833), Qajar crown prince of Persia
- Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854), Pasha of Egypt
- Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944) aka "Abbas Hilmi Pasha", last khedive of Egypt
- Abbas I of Persia (1571–1629) aka "Abbas the Great", Persian Shah
- Abbas II of Persia (1642–1666), Persian Shah
- Abbas III of Persia (1732–1736), Persian Shah, last of the Safavid dynasty.
- `Abdu'l-Bahá (`Abdu'l-Bahá `Abbás Effendí) (1844–1921), second head of the Bahá'í Faith after his father, Founder of the Faith
- Ali ibn Abbas al-Majusi (died 994), Persian scientist
- Abbas (photographer) (born 1944), Iranian photojournalist
- Abbas Abdi, Iranian politician
- Abbas Aghaei, Iranian footballer
- Abbas Bayat, Iranian businessman
- Abbas Kiarostami, Iranian film director
- Abbas Samimi, Iranian athlete
Surname
- Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) aka "Abu Mazen", President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA)
- Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and first (provisional) President of Algeria
- Bonfoh Abbass (born 1948), former interim president of Togo
- Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (born 1914), an Indian film director, Novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist.
- Ali Ismail Abbas (born c.1990), Iraqi juvenile double amputee, a casualty of the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003
- Hiam Abbass (born 1960), Palestinian actress
- Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter
- Sohail Abbas (born 1977), Pakistani field hockey player
- Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
People with the Kunya Abbas
- Abu Abbas (1948–2004) aka "Muhammad Zaidan", founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) organization
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abbas in German: Abbas
abbas in French: Abbas (homonymie)
abbas in Italian: Abbas
abbas in Georgian: აბას I
abbas in Japanese: アッバース
abbas in Polish: Abbas (ujednoznacznienie)
abbas in Portuguese: Abbas (desambiguação)
abbas in Russian: Аббас (значения)
abbas in Slovak: Abbás
abbas in Finnish: Abbas
abbas in Swedish: Abbas (olika betydelser)
abbas in Ukrainian: Аббас (значення)
abbas in Chinese: 阿拔斯