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Abbas (Abbass, Arabic: عباس ‎) means "lion" in Arabic. (Austere: (1) severely simple in appearance. (2) strict, stern).^[1]

People[link]

• Abbas I of Egypt (1813–1854), known as Abbas Pasha, Wāli of Egypt 1848-1854.^[2]
• Abbas I of Persia (1557–1628), shah of Persia, known as King Abbas the Great.^[2]
• Abbas II of Egypt (1874–1944), known as Abbas Hilmi, Khedive of Egypt 1892-1914.^[2]
• Abbas II of Persia, shah of Persia 1642-1666
• Abbas III, shah of Persia 1732-1736
• Abbás Effendí - (`Abdu'l-Bahá) (1844-1921)' 2nd head of the Bahá'í Faith
• Abbas Ibn Firnas
• Abbas Mirza (1783-1833), leader of the Persian armies in the wars with Russia 1811-13 and 1826-28.^[2]
• ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib (566 - 652), the paternal uncle of Mohammed and forefather of the founder of the Abbasid Khalifate dynasty, who were the khalifs of Baghdad from 750 to 1258^[2]
• ‘Abbas ibn ‘Ali (647 - 680), son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib.^[2]
• ‘Abbas ibn al-Ma'mun (died 838), Abbasid prince and general
• ‘Abbas ibn al-Walid (died 750), Umayyad prince and general
• Abbas (actor), a south Indian film actor
• Abbas (photographer) (b. 1944), an Iranian photographer, member of Magnum Photos

Surname[link]

• Abu Abbas (1948–2004) known also as "Muhammad Zaidan", founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) organization
• Ali Asad Abbas (born 1976), United Arab Emirates cricketer
• Ali Ismail Abbas (born c.1990), Iraqi juvenile double amputee, a casualty of the United States invasion of Iraq in 2003
• Athar Abbas, Pakistani army general
• Bassim Abbas (born 1982), Iraqi footballer
• Bonfoh Abbass (born 1948), former interim president of Togo
• Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and first (provisional) President of Algeria
• Ghulam Abbas (writer) (1909–1982), Pakistani writer
• Ghulam Abbas (cricketer) (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
• Hiam Abbass (born 1960), Palestinian actress
• Hisham Abbas (born 1963), Egyptian musician
• Imad Abbas (died 2004), Palestinian militant
• Imran Abbas (born 1978), Pakistani cricketer
• Jesus Barabbas (Son of Abbas), Jewish rebel leader
• Jhangir Abbas (born 1970), English cricketer
• Khodayyir Abbas, Iraq government official
• Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (1914–1987), an Indian film director, Novelist, screenwriter, and a journalist.
• Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) aka "Abu Mazen", President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) January 2005- January 2009, office disputed since January 2009
• Nabeel Abbas (born 1986), Iraqi footballer
• Nader Sufyan Abbas (born 1975), Bulgarian-Qatari weightlifter
• Nasir Abbas, Malaysian militant
• Qaiser Abbas (born 1982), Pakistani cricketer
• Roshan Abbas, Indian television and radio host
• Sohail Abbas (born 1977), Pakistani field hockey player
• Tahir Abbas (born 1970), social scientist
• Wael Abbas, Egyptian human rights activist
• Yunis Khatayer Abbas, Iraqi journalist
• Yusef Abbas, Chinese extrajudicial prisoner of the United States
• Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer

Places[link]

• Abbas, Azerbaijan, in Shaki Rayon
• Bandar Abbas, Iran

References[link]

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Abbas may refer:

Places[link]

Abbas is Medieval Latin for "abbot", and is an element in a number of place names in England.

England[link]

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

Iran[link]

• Abbas, Dowreh, Lorestan

People[link]

• Abbas (name), an Arabic surname and given name
• Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian National Authority

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Ceremonies, such as baptism, can be used to give names.

A name is a word or term used for identification. Names can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. A personal name identifies a specific unique and identifiable individual person, and may or may not include a middle name. The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is a proper noun. Other nouns are sometimes, more loosely, called names; an older term for them, now obsolete, is "general names".

The use of personal names is not unique to humans. Dolphins also use symbolic names, as has been shown by recent research.^[1] Individual dolphins have distinctive whistles, to which they will respond even when there is no other information to clarify which dolphin is being referred to.

Caution must be exercised when translating, for there are ways that one language may prefer one type of name over another. A feudal naming habit is used sometimes in other languages: the French sometimes refer to Aristotle as "le Stagirite" from one spelling of his place of birth, and English speakers often refer to Shakespeare as "The Bard", recognizing him as a paragon writer of the language. Finally, claims to preference or authority can be refuted: the British did not refer to Louis-Napoleon as Napoleon III during his rule.

Etymology[link]

The word "name" comes from Old English nama; akin to Old High German (OHG) and Sanskrit नामस् (naamas), Latin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma),^[2] possbly from the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) *nomn-.^[3]

In mythology[link]

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In Arthurian mythology, part of the code of honor and chivalry practiced by knights was that a knight who lost a duel must reveal his name to the victor. It was considered a breach of honor or decorum to reveal one's name before combat. A frequent topos in the legends is that a defeated knight would, after revealing his name, ask the victor what his name was: if the victor turned out to be a much stronger and more famous knight (e.g. one of Arthur's knights) the loser actually saved face, because he was beaten by a knight already held to be stronger than him, and thus there was no shame in defeat. However, if a strong and powerful knight was defeated, and the victor turned out to be a relatively unknown and not particularly strong knight, it was a grave humiliation.

As a result of this pattern, it was considered extremely odd within the rules of Arthurian society when a knight refused to take off his helmet or reveal his identity, even after he had won a duel. Sometimes this happened because the victorious knight simply did not know his own name, as was the case with Lancelot and Percival during their early careers. This inability to reveal their own names even in victory led many to assume incorrectly that they were trying to insult the vanquished.

A major exception to the rule was Sir Gawain: Gawain considered himself to be the greatest of his uncle Arthur's knights; he felt that his honor was so great that he did not need to hide his name before a duel. Thus at the opening of any duel Gawain would openly announce "I am Gawain", as he expected never to be defeated and so it would not diminish his honor to reveal his name.

In religious thought[link]

In the ancient world, particularly in the ancient near-east (Israel, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia) names were thought to be extremely powerful and to act, in some ways, as a separate manifestation of a person or deity.^[4] This viewpoint is responsible both for the reluctance to use the proper name of God in Hebrew writing or speech, as well as the common understanding in ancient magic that magical rituals had to be carried out "in [someone's] name". By invoking a god or spirit by name, one was thought to be able to summon that spirit's power for some kind of miracle or magic (see Luke 9:49, in which the disciples claim to have seen a man driving out demons using the name of Jesus.) This understanding passed into later religious tradition, for example the stipulation in Catholic exorcism that the demon cannot be expelled until the exorcist has forced it to give up its name, at which point the name may be used in a stern command which will drive the demon away.

Biblical names[link]

In the Old Testament, the names of individuals are meaningful; for example, Adam is named after the "earth" (Adamah) from which he was created. (Genesis 2)

A change of name indicates a change of status. For example, the patriarch Abram and his wife Sarai are renamed "Abraham" and "Sarah" when they are told they will be the father and mother of many nations (Genesis 17:4, 17:15). Simon was renamed Peter when he was given the Keys of Heaven. (Gospel of Matthew 16).

Throughout the Bible, characters are given names at birth that reflect something of significance or describe the course of their lives. For example: Solomon meant peace, and the king with that name was the first whose reign was without warfare. Likewise, Joseph named his firstborn son Manasseh (Hebrew: "causing to forget") as a gesture of forgiveness to his brothers for selling him into slavery.

Biblical Jewish people did not have surnames which were passed from generation to generation. However, they were typically known as the child of their father. For example: דוד בן ישי (David ben Yishay) meaning, David, son of Jesse. In a sense, they used their fathers' first names as their own last names, a practice done by most Muslims today. Similar to Jewish names, the "ben" is in place by "bin" or "ibn" for males, "binte", "binti" or "ibnu" for females to Muslims. Sometimes, names include "Al-", "Ali-", "-allah", "-lah/-llah" or "-ullah" as it means "a servant to God" or "God's servant". They would sometimes indicate the place they or their child live in.

Talmudic attitudes[link]

The Babylonian Talmud maintains that names exert a mystical influence over their bearers, and a change of name is one of four actions that can avert an evil heavenly decree, that would lead to punishment after one's death. Rabbinical commentators differ as to whether the name's influence is metaphysical, connecting a person to their soul, or bio-socio-psychological, where the connection affects his personality, appearance and social capacities. The Talmud also states that all those who descend to Gehenna will rise in the time of Messiah. However, there are three exceptions, one of which is he who calls another by a derisive nickname.

Technical names for names[link]

Naming convention[link]

For Wikipedia's own naming conventions see Wikipedia:Article titles

A naming convention is an attempt to systematize names in a field so they unambiguously convey similar information in a similar manner.

Several major naming conventions include:

• In astronomy, planetary nomenclature
• In classics, Roman naming conventions
• In computer programming, identifier naming conventions
• In computer networking, computer naming schemes
• In the sciences, systematic names for a variety of things

Naming conventions are useful in many aspects of everyday life, enabling the casual user to understand larger structures.

Street names within a city may follow a naming convention; some examples include:

• In Manhattan, roads that cross the island from east to west are called "Streets". Those that run the length of the island (North-South) are called "Avenues". Manhattan streets and avenues are numbered, with "1st Street" being near the southern end of the island, and "219th Street" being near the northern end, while "1st Avenue" is near the eastern edge of the island and "12th Avenue" near the western edge.
• In Ontario, numbered concession roads are East-West whereas "lines" are North-South routes.
• In San Francisco at least three series of parallel streets are alphabetically named, e.g. Irving, Judah, Kirkham, Lawton, Moraga, Noriega, Ortega, Pacheco, Quintara, Rivera, Santiago, Taraval, Ulloa, Vicente, Wawona.
• The same tendency is seen in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, where Arlington Street is followed by roads to the west running parallel to it and named Berkeley, Clarendon, Dartmouth, Exeter, Fairfield, Gloucester, and Hereford.
• In Washington, DC, East Capitol Street runs east-west through the Capitol. East-west streets moving away from Capitol Street toward both the south (toward the Potomac River) and the north are lettered A, B, C,..., omitting J to avoid confusion on street signs and addresses, but after these are exhausted to the north, the streets are named with simple words in alphabetical order, omitting a few letters such as "x". The first cycle of names consists all of one-syllable words; then followed by a cycle of two-syllable words; then followed by a cycle of three-syllable words, and before these are exhausted, Maryland is reached. (Washington has north-south streets that are numbered, increasing to either side of North Capitol which likewise runs through the Capitol.) Suffixes (NE, SW, etc.) are used to distinguish between (up to four) duplicate addresses. For example 140 D Street SW, to indicate the 140 D Street location southwest of the Capitol
• In Montgomery, Alabama, the old major avenues are named for the Presidents of the United States, in their order of entering office, omitting John Quincy Adams. Hence, these streets are Washington Ave., Adams Ave., Jefferson Ave., Madison Ave., Monroe Ave., Jackson Ave., but not much farther than that. This was just the old plan from a long time ago, and it was eventually dropped. For example, there is not a Buchanan Ave., a Lincoln Ave., or a Johnson Ave.
• In Brampton, Ontario, different sections of town all have streets starting with the same letter and the alphabetical order reflects chronology.
• In Phoenix, Arizona, roads east of Central Avenue are termed streets while those west are avenues. A similar system applies in Nashville, Tennessee, but only to the numbered avenues and streets, west and east of the Cumberland River respectively, all of which run roughly north-south.

Large corporate, university, or government campuses may follow a naming convention for rooms within the buildings to help orient tenants and visitors. Otherwise, rooms may be numbered in some kind of a rational scheme.

Parents may follow a naming convention when selecting names for their children. Some have chosen alphabetical names by birth order. In some East Asian cultures, it is common for one syllable in a two syllable given name to be a generation name which is the same for immediate siblings. In many cultures it is common for the son to be named after the father or a grandfather. In certain African cultures, such as in Cameroon, the eldest son gets the family name for his given name, also, giving names such as "Thomas Thomas" (but the names are not European names like this one).

In other cultures, the name may include the place of residence, or the place of birth. The Roman naming convention denotes social rank.

Products may follow a naming convention. Automobiles typically have a binomial name, a "make" (manufacturer) and a "model", in addition to a model year, such as a 2007 Chevrolet Corvette. Sometimes there is a name for the car's "decoration level" or "trim line" as well: e.g., Cadillac Escalade EXT Platinum, after the precious metal. Computers often have increasing numbers in their names to signify the next generation.

Courses at schools typically follow a naming convention: an abbreviation for the subject area and then a number ordered by increasing level of difficulty.

Many numbers (e.g. bank accounts, government IDs, credit cards, etc.) are not random but have an internal structure and convention. Virtually all organizations that assign names or numbers will follow some convention in generating these identifiers. Airline flight numbers, space shuttle flight numbers, even phone numbers all have an internal convention.

Brand names[link]

The process of developing a name for a brand or product is heavily influenced by marketing research and strategy to be appealing and marketable. The brand name is often a neologism or pseudoword, such as Kodak or Sony.

Literary names[link]

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In fiction, proper names of people or places are often unique to the work in which they appear. Although, within the work of fiction proper, the name may nonetheless be said to have a certain ethnic origin, the name itself may not actually exist. For example, the character of Ororo Munroe (Storm of the X-Men franchise) is of African descent.^{[citation needed]} Her first name, however is not an authentic African name. Names may also be created to either represent ethnic neutrality or corruption of a name with the passage of time. This is a common technique used by science fiction and fantasy writers who may also employ alternate spellings of existing names. Also, many science fiction operates on the premise that racial and ethnic boundaries will cease to exist in the future thus producing names that appear to be mixes of different ethnic sources.^{[original research?]} Yoshiyuki Tomino (creator of the anime Mobile Suit Gundam) is notable for creating character names that are unusual, exotic, and sometimes silly sounding. Examples include Char Aznable (which is actually based on a real person), Bright Noa, Quess Paraya, and Marvel Frozen. The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov has also created names which may or may not be variants or corruptions of existing or ancient names. Examples include Dors Venabili, R. Daneel Olivaw, and Giskard Reventlov. The Star Wars and Dune franchises contains many character names that juggle existing names with created ones; Leia Organa, Ben Kenobi, Paul Atreides, Vladimir Harkonnen.^{[citation needed][original research?]}

.name domains[link]

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According to Verisign,^[5] the .name top-level domain name (TLD) is designed for individuals to create a presence and make online communications easy and accessible. Not exclusive to registrars, social networking and community sites may also offer .name registration to their members and customers as a value-added service to help establish an individual identity online.^[6]

See also[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• "Names" by Sam Cumming, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP), a philosophical dissertation on the syntax and semantics of names
• Matthews, Elaine; Hornblower, Simon; Fraser, Peter Marshall, Greek Personal Names: Their Value as Evidence, Proceedings of The British Academy (104), Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 0-19-726216-3
• Name and Form - from Sacred Texts Buddhism

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Name

• Kate Monk's Onomastikon (Dictionary of Names) or Kate Monk's Onomastikon Names over the world throughout the history
• The etymology of first names
• Meaning of Names The etymology of first names
• What is a Name?

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Hisham Abbas
Hisham Abbas performing at the International Garden, Cairo, Egypt (July 15, 2008)
Background information
Birth name	Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas
Also known as	Hisham Abbas
Born	(1963-09-13) September 13, 1963 (age 48) Cairo, Egypt
Origin	Shoubra, Egypt
Genres	Arabic pop, Egyptian music
Occupations	Singer
Years active	1977–1978 Pats Band 1978–present Solo Artist
Labels	Alam El Phan (2002–present)
Website	Official Website

Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (Arabic: محمد هشام محمود محمد عباس‎; born September 13, 1963), commonly known as just Hisham Abbas (Egyptian: هشام عباس), is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song "Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and his religious song "Asmaa Allah al-husna".

Biography[link]

Hisham Abbas was born in Cairo, Egypt. He had his primary education in Dar El Tefl school. He was home-schooled for his secondary education & GCE. Later on he enrolled in American University in Cairo as he graduated with a major in Mechanical Engineering. He decided to pursue art as his profession rather than Engineering.

Abbas took his first step as a professional singer being a member of "Pats Band" band with his partner in the band Aliaa Saleh and other friends. They covered a number of Egyptian and Arabic classing songs, such as "Halawet Shamsena", "Ala Remesh Oyonha", "El Wala Dah" and more. Then he met up with widely-known producer and singer Hameed El Shaery. They collaborated to produce successful songs that highlighted Abbas' position in the music scene. Songs like "Halal Aleik", "Allah Yesalem Halak", "Habetah", and "Saea Albak".

Abbas' career bloomed later on to release several songs. He rose in the early 1990s with successful hits like "Wana Wana Wana", "Eineha El Sood", "Ta'ala", "Ya Leila", "Shoofi" and his most successful hit, "Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" featuring Indian singer Jayashri. Up to this day, he has 10 solo studio albums in his account. He received a number of awards, the most notable one was Orbit's Arabic Song Award in 1997.^[1]

He collaborated later on with Hamid El Shaery several times. Hamid featured him in the hit "Einy" which featured Lebanese model, now singer, Nicole Saba.

Discography[link]

Studio Albums[link]

• Matbatalesh (2009)
• Ta'ala Gamby (2007)
• Sebha Tehebbak (2004)
• Gowwa F Alby (2002)
• Habibi Dah (2000–2001)
• Kalam El Leil (1999)
• Shoufi (1999)
• Habaitha (1998)
• Ya Leila (1997)
• Gawabak (1996)
• Zay El Aol (1995)
• Ard El Sharq (1994)
• Ta'ala (1994)
• Hisham (1992)
• Halah (1992)
• Fainoh
• Sahara

Collections/Compilations[link]

• Ahla Ma Ghanna Hisham Abbas / From The Best of Hisham Abbas
• Atfal
• Hisham Abbas Collection'

Singles[link]

• "Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)

References[link]

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Constituency	Rampur
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-15) October 15, 1957 (age 54) Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)	Seema Naqvi
Children	1
Religion	Shia Muslim[1][2][3][4]

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is a prominent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Indian federal minister. He was born in Allahabad on October 15, 1957.^[1]

Naqvi studied at Allahabad University.^[1] He was jailed for activism during the Emergency of 1975–77.^[4]

His first bid at elected office was in 1980, when he ran for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly seat for the Allahabad West constituency representing the Janata Party.^[1] He ran again in 1989, this time for the Ayodhya constituency as an independent candidate.^[1]

He also contested in 1991 and 1993 from Mau Vidhansabha.^[5]

He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1998 from Rampur.^[1]

In 1998 he was appointed Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and was also given responsibility over the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs.^[1]

As of 2010^[update], he is a national vice-president of the BJP, and is the party's most prominent Muslim member.^{[6][1][2][3][7]} For the second time, he is a member of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. He has written two books: Syah in 1991 and Danga in 1998.

He has been member of following parliamentary and other committees:

• Committee on Finance
• Committee on Commerce
• Joint Committee on the Functioning of Wakf Boards
• Committee on Information Technology

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Singh, Nahendra Kr, ed. (2001). "Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi". Encyclopedia of Muslim Biography. Volume 4: Muh–R. A.P.H. Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 9788176482349. 
• "Varun's extreme Hindutva stand cost us votes". Times of India. TNN. 20 June 2009. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Varuns-extreme-Hindutva-stand-cost-us-votes/articleshow/4677993.cms. 
• "People slam politicians; BJP leader calls them terrorists". IBN Live. 2 December 2008. http://ibnlive.in.com/news/people-slam-politicians-bjp-leader-calls-them-terrorists/79480-3-2.html. 

External links[link]

• Official website