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Abid (name)
Abid ( ar, عابد ''‘Ābid''), also ''Abed'', literally meaning ''worshipper'', ''adorer'', ''devout'' may be either a surname or given name. In the Russian language, "" (''Abid''), or its form "" (''Avid''), is an old and uncommonPetrovsky, p. 34 male given name.Superanskaya, p. 29 Included into various, often handwritten, church calendars throughout the 17th–19th centuries, it was omitted from the official Synodal Menologium at the end of the 19th century.Superanskaya, pp. 23 and 29 Its origins are either Arabic (where it means ''desired'') or Aramaic (where it means ''work'', ''labor'').Superanskaya, pp. 29 and 32 The diminutive of "Avid" is Avidka (). The patronymics derived from "Avid" are "" (''Avidovich''; masculine) and "" (''Avidovna''; feminine). __NOTOC__ As a surname, in the form Al-Abid ( ar, العابد ) and its variants, it is shared by the following people: *Ahmad Izzat Pasha al-Abid (1855–1924), Syrian counselor to Ottoman Sultan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalbe Abid
Syed Kalbe Abid Naqvi (مولانا سيد كلب عابد نقوى) was a mujtahid from Lucknow, India who preached Shia Islam. His father was Syed Kalbe Hussain and grandfather was Syed Aqa Hasan. He was an elder brother of ''Dr. Kalbe Sadiq'', a Padma Bhushan-awarded scholar. His son, Syed Kalbe Jawad is also a scholar and the chief of the Shia population in Lucknow, India. He died in 1986 after being involved in a car crash while on his way to read a majlis. His funeral A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with the attendant observances. Funerary customs comprise the complex of beliefs and practices used by a culture to remember and respect th ... prayer was also performed at Teele Wali Masjid in the Imamat of Former Shahi Imam of Teele Wali Masjid Maulana Syed Shah Fazlur Rahman Waizi. His final 10 set of Majlises which he read in Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in 1986 has been entitled "Majlis-e-Azee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abid Hasan (diplomat)
Abid Hasan Safrani, IFS, born Zain-al-Abdin Hasan, was an officer of the Indian National Army (INA) and later, after 1947, an Indian diplomat. Born to an anti-colonialist family in Hyderabad, Abid Hasan was brought-up in India and later went to Germany to train as an engineer. While he was a student in Germany during World War II that Abid Hasan met Subhas Chandra Bose and decided to join the Indische Legion. Hasan would later serve as Bose's personal secretary and interpreter while Bose was in Germany. Hasan also sailed with Bose in the German U-boat U-180 in 1943 on Bose's voyage to South East Asia. Over the course of the reformation of the INA and its campaigns in the south east Asian theatre, Hasan rose to be a Major in the Azad Hind Fauj. It was also during this that he adopted "''Safrani''", after the holy Hindu colour of Saffron, to his name as a mark of communal harmony. After repatriation to India at the end of the war, Abid Hasan was released following the end of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abid Hamid Mahmud
Lieutenant General Abid Al-Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti ( ; ar, عبد الحميد محمود التكريتي) (21 September 1957 – 7 June 2012) was an Iraqi military officer and Saddam Hussein's personal secretary. Biography Mahmud began his military career as a non-commissioned officer in the Iraqi Army. He rose through the ranks to Lieutenant General, becoming part of Saddam Hussein's personal bodyguard, and finally, his personal secretary. A distant cousin of Saddam Hussein, observers regarded Mahmud as being Hussein's right-hand man. He always maintained constant contact with Hussein and acted as a gatekeeper, controlling access to him. He was trusted, with Saddam's son Qusay Hussein, in overseeing the Iraqi Special Security Organization. He was designated ''ace of diamonds'' in the U.S. administration's most-wanted Iraqi playing cards and fourth on the most-wanted list after Saddam and his sons Uday and Qusay. He was captured in a joint raid by members of B Squadron De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abid Ghoffar Aboe Dja'far
Haji Abid Ghoffar bin Aboe Dja’far or better known as Ebiet G. Ade (born in Wonodadi, Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia on 21 April 1955) is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and guitarist of Javanese descent. Early life Ebiet G. Ade was born in Wonodadi, Banjarnegara, Central Java on 21 April 1955. He lived in Yogyakarta since elementary school. During high school, he joined Pelajar Islam Indonesia. In 1971, he associated with artists Yogyakarta, including Emha Ainun Nadjib. He was interested in poetry and wanted to be a poet. However, he was unable to read poems properly. He instead sang his poems after adding melodies. Musical career Albums In 1979, he released his first studio album, ''Camellia I''. His voice is similar to John Denver and Said Effendi. Notable songs from this album were "Lagu untuk Sebuah Nama" ("Song for a Name"), "Pesta" ("Party") and "Camellia". The album was sold more than 2 million copies. In 1995, ''Kupu-Kupu Kertas'' (''Paper Butterflie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abed Daoudieh
Abed Khalaf Daoudieh (23 April 1920 – 10 January 2015) was a Jordanian politician. He served as Awqaf and Islamic Affairs minister in 1984. He later served as governor of the governorates of Irbid Irbid ( ar, إِربِد), known in ancient times as Arabella or Arbela (Άρβηλα in Ancient Greek language, Ancient Greek), is the capital and largest city of the Irbid Governorate. It also has the second largest metropolitan population in ..., Balqa and Ma'an. References 1920 births 2015 deaths Islamic affairs ministers of Jordan {{Jordan-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abid Briki
Abid Briki (born 20 June 1957; ''Arabic'': عبيد البريكي) is a Tunisian trade unionist and politician. He served as Minister of Civil Service, Governance and the Fight against Corruption in the Chahed Cabinet. Early life Briki was born in Zarzis. Political career Briki founded the Tunisia Forward Tunisia Forward ( ''French'': Tunisie en avant; ''Arabic'': تونس إلى الأمام ) is a political party in Tunisia. History The party is left-wing and was founded 7 May 2018 by Abid Briki. The party will participate in the 2022 parlia ... party in 2018. He was a candidate in the 2019 presidential election and came in 17th place. Briki announced he would not stand as a candidate in the 2022 parliamentary election. References 1957 births Living people 21st-century Tunisian politicians Government ministers of Tunisia Tunisian political party founders Tunisian trade unionists {{DEFAULTSORT:Briki, Abid People from Zarzis Candidates for President of Tun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abed Azrie
Abed Azrie or Abed Azrié ( ar, عابد عازرية) (born 1945 in Aleppo) is a French-Syrian singer and composer, who performs Classical music in a variety of languages, including Arabic, English, French, German, Spanish, and other. He describes his works as not belonging to any particular music tradition. In his work he sets ancient and modern Arabic, Sumerian, and other West Asian texts to traditional instruments (such as the ney, kanun, darbuka, violin, flute and lute), and synthesizers. He was born in Aleppo, and after living for a time in Beirut moved to Paris at the age of 22 where he studied Western classical music. While there he translated classical poetry, such as the Sumerian ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', into French. He has stated that he prefers to live in the West, saying in a 2000 interview that he has an "inability to work in the Arab countries, in which the way people live is still conditioned by halal and haram ''Haram'' (; ar, حَرَام, , ) is an Arabic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zara Abid
Zara Abid ( ur, ; 4 April 199222 May 2020) was a Pakistani model and actress. She was featured in various photo shoots. She made her film debut in '' Chaudhry'', directed by Azeem Sajjad. She was one of the passengers who died aboard PIA Flight 8303, which crashed in Karachi, Pakistan, on 22 May 2020. Personal life Zara Abid was born on 4 April in Lahore, Punjab. She grew up and resided in Karachi with her family and completed her schooling at St. Patrick's Girls High School, before graduating with a bachelor's degree and going into show business. Modeling career As a fashion icon, she was known for her tall height and tanned complexion, which made her stand out in an industry dominated by lighter-skin models. According to Abid, when she started modeling, she faced discrimination in being hired, allegedly due to her looks and skin colour. However, she stated she worked her way up and received opportunities on the basis of her professional skills and talent. She was describ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramzi Abed
Ramzi Albert Irani ( Arabic: رمزي عيراني) (June 1966 - 20 May 2002) born in Lebanon was a well-known Lebanese Forces (LF) student representative at Lebanese University in Beirut. He was abducted and later found dead in 2002, following a series of events marking the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of Lebanese Forces party leader Samir Geagea. Early life Irani was born in Hazmieh on 21 June 1966 to a Maronite family. He attended Sisters of Ibrin School, Collège de la Salle in Clémenceau and Collège Mont-la-Salle in Ain Saadeh. He studied engineering at the Lebanese University Faculty of Engineering in Roumieh where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1992. He worked in Total Liban in Beirut from 1993 until his death. Political background Irani was a well-known outspoken critic of the Syrian-occupied government in Lebanon. He led the Lebanese Forces in Lebanon's Order of Engineers elections to win a seat on the order's board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramzi Abid
Ramzi Abid (born March 24, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player of Tunisian descent, who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Phoenix Coyotes, Pittsburgh Penguins, Atlanta Thrashers and the Nashville Predators. Playing career As a youth, Abid played in the 1994 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Longueuil, Quebec. Typically playing as a left winger, Ramzi Abid was selected by the Colorado Avalanche as the first choice in the second round (28th overall) of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft and was redrafted in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, 85th overall, by the Phoenix Coyotes, who on March 11, 2003, traded him to the Pittsburgh Penguins with Dan Focht and Guillaume Lefebvre for Jan Hrdina and François Leroux . In March 2003, he successfully underwent surgery to repair a torn ACL and missed the remainder of the 2002–03 season. He played for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, an affiliate team of the Pittsb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Abed Al-Jabri
Mohammed Abed Al Jabri ( ar, محمد عابد الجابري; 27 December 1935 – 3 May 2010 Rabat) was one of the most known Moroccan and Arab philosophers; he taught philosophy, Arab philosophy, and Islamic thought in Mohammed V University in Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ar, الرِّبَاط, er-Ribât; ber, ⵕⵕⴱⴰⵟ, ṛṛbaṭ) is the capital city of Morocco and the country's seventh largest city with an urban population of approximately 580,000 (2014) and a metropolitan populati ... from the late 1960s until his retirement. He is considered one of the major philosophers and intellectual figures in the modern and contemporary Arab world. He is known for his academic project "Critique of Arab Reason", published in four volumes between the 1980s and 2000s. He published several influential books on the Arab philosophical tradition.Sonja Hegasy, "Mohammed Abed al-Jabri, Pioneering Figure in a New Arab Enlightenment" at ''Qantara.de'', 06 May 201/ref> Biography Jabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
