Abbas

Abbas may refer to:

People

• Abbas (name), list of people with the name, including:
  • Abbas ibn Ali (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 (567–653), uncle of Muhammad
  • Abbas ibn Firnas (810–887), an Andalusian polymath, mathematician, physician, astronomer, inventor, poet, and reported to have experimented with a form of flight
  • Abbas the Great (1571–1629), Fifth Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1587–1629)
  • Wazir Abbas (Died 1545), Grand Vizier of the Adal Sultanate
  • Abbas II of Persia (1632–1666), Seventh Safavid Shah of Iran (r. 1642–1666)
  • Abbas I of Egypt (1812–1854), founder of the reigning dynasty of Egypt and Sudan at the time (r. 1849–1854)
  • Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), last Khedive of Egypt and Sudan (r. 1892–1914)
  • Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935), president of the Palestinian National Authority
  • Abbas (actor) (born 1975), Indian actor
  • Abbas (photographer) (1944-2018) Iranian photographer
  • Abbas, one half of the Indian filmmaking duo Abbas–Mustan
  • Wasiullah Abbas (born 1948), Indian Islamic scholar

Places

Algeria

• Kingdom of Ait Abbas
  • Kalâa of Ait Abbas

Azerbaijan

• Abbas, Azerbaijan

Iraq

• Al Abbas Mosque, shrine of Abbas ibn Ali in Karbala

Iran

Khuzestan Province

• Abbas, Ahvaz
• Abbas, Behbahan

Lorestan Province

• Abbas, Dowreh
• Abbas Barfi
• Abbas-e Kalpat

United Kingdom

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

• Abbas Combe, Somerset
• Abbas Hall, Suffolk
• Bradford Abbas, Dorset
• Cerne Abbas, Dorset
• Compton Abbas, Dorset
• Itchen Abbas, Hampshire
• Melbury Abbas, Dorset
• Milton Abbas, Dorset
• Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset

See also

• Abbasi (disambiguation)
• Abba (disambiguation)
• Ab (Semitic), "father" in Semitic languages
• Darreh-ye Abbas (disambiguation) (meaning "Abbas Valley")