Abbasi (surname)
Abbasi is a surname derived from the personal name Abbas, implying descent or association with someone called Abbas. The name is especially popular in Pakistan and Iran.[1] In particular, it may be used by families claiming descent from Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) or from similar ancestral sources.[2][3] Notable people with this surname include:
- Ali Abbasi (director) (born 1981), Iranian-Danish film director
- Ali Abbasi (television host) (1961–2004), Pakistani-born Scottish television presenter
- Amanullah Abbasi, Pakistani judge
- Anoushay Abbasi, Pakistani actress
- Ansar Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
- Aram Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Armita Abbasi (born 2001), Iranian protester, assaulted and detained as a prisoner
- Asadollah Abbasi, Iranian politician
- Ashraf Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman, prime minister of Pakistan 2017–2018
- Muhammad Hanif Abbasi, Pakistani politician and businessman
- Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Pakistani Politician, Senator
- Davoud Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Forough Abbasi, Iranian alpine skier
- Hamza Ali Abbasi, Pakistani actor and the religious student of Islamic scholar Javed Ahmad Ghamidi
- Heydar Abbasi, Iranian poet
- Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricketer
- Javeria Abbasi, Pakistani film–television actress
- Kashif Abbasi, Pakistani journalist
- Kazi Jalil Abbasi, Indian politician
- Mohammad Abbas Abbasi, Pakistani politician
- Mohammad Abbasi, Iranian politician
- Mohammadreza Abbasi, Iranian football player
- Muhammad Nawaz Abbasi, Pakistani judge
- Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan
- Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, Bangladeshi musicologist
- Muztar Abbasi, Pakistani Muslim scholar
- Nadeem Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
- Nawab Salahuddin Abbasi, Pakistani politician&
- Pericles Abbasi, Alpha male
- Sardar Mehtab Abbasi, Pakistani politician from Abbottabad, who also served as Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan from 2014 to 2016
- Shaykh 'Abbasi, Persian painter
- Soulmaz Abbasi, Iranian rower
- Tanveer Abbasi, Pakistani poet
- Vahid Seyed-Abbasi, Iranian volleyball player
- Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, Pakistani navy officer
- Zeeshan Abbasi, Pakistani cricketer
References
[edit]- ^ Hanks, P.; Coates, R.; McClure, P. (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. OUP Oxford. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-19-252747-9. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ^ Patrick Hanks (2003). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-19-977169-1.
- ^ Shibani Roy; S. H. M. Rizvi (2002). Encyclopaedia of Indian surnames. B.R. ISBN 978-81-7646-247-1.