Abedin
# Abedin

Abedin is an Arabic name and surname ʿĀbidīn عابدين). There are also the variant Abideen and the shortened form Abdeen. Abedin means worshipping or worshippers.

## People

* Zainu-l-Abideen, "Jewel of the Worshipper", byname of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin or Ali ibn Husayn (d. 713), a great-grandson of Muhammad
* Abidin Bey (c. 1780–1827), an Albanian commander and politician of Egypt during the early era of Muhammad Ali's rule
* Huma Abedin (born 1976), American aide to Senator Hillary Clinton
* Humayra Abedin (born 1976), Bangladeshi physician
* Ishaq Isa Abedeen (born 1988), Kenyan-born Bahraini runner
* Kazi Zainul Abedin (1892–1962), Pakistani poet
* Minhajul Abedin (born 1965), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Nurul Abedin (born 1964), Bangladeshi cricketer
* Zainul Abedin (1914–1976), Bangladeshi artist
* Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (1931 – 2015), 11th President of India

## Places

* Named after Abidin Bey:
   * Abdeen (Cairo), a district of Cairo
   * Abdeen Palace, one of the official residences of the President of Egypt
      * Abdeen Palace Incident of 1942, military confrontation that took place on 4 February 1942
* Abdeen, a village in the Bsharri District of Lebanon
* Abdeen Mosque, the main mosque in the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, named after Omar Abdeen
* Abedin (crater), a crater on Mercury
