title: Abedin
text: # 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
  