Abidi
Abidi or Abedi is the surname for a family belonging to the offspring of Muhammad's great-grandson Imam Zain-ul-Abideen or Imam Abid whose real name was Ali ibn Husayn. They belong to the Sayyid community. Abidis can be found all over the world especially in Iran and Indo-Pak subcontinent. 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
- 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 Peoples Party for Sindh Province.
- Syed Ali Raza Abidi Pakistani politician of MQM Party and also MPA of National Assembly
- Baneen Abidi
- Syed Muhammad Ali Hussain Abidi
