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Abbas, medieval Latin for "abbot", is an element in a number of place names in England and may refer to:

Places

• Abbas Combe, Somerset
• Bradford Abbas, Dorset
• Cerne Abbas, Dorset
• Compton Abbas, Dorset
• Itchen Abbas, Hampshire
• Melbury Abbas, Dorset
• Milton Abbas, Dorset
• Winterbourne Abbas, Dorset
• Abbas, Azerbaijan, in Shaki Rayon
• Bandar Abbas, Iran

People

• Abbas ibn Ali (647 - 680), son of ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib.
• Abbas I of Persia (1557-1628), shah of Persia, known as King Abbas the Great.
• Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985), political leader and first (provisional) President of Algeria
• Mahmoud Abbas (born 1935) aka "Abu Mazen", President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) January 2005- January 2009, office disputed since January 2009
• Abbás Effendí - (`Abdu'l-Bahá) (1844-1921)' 2nd head of the Bahá'í Faith

See also

• Abbas (name), an Arabic surname and given name

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Mahmoud Abbas

Mahmoud Abbas (Arabic: محمود عباس) (born March 26, 1935), commonly known as Abu Mazen (ابو مازن), was elected President (Ra'ees) of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on January 9, 2005 and took office on January 15, 2005.

Sourced

• The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth
  • After Withdrawal, Palestinians Shift Focus to the Economy by Gil Sedan[1]

• From here [the Gaza withdrawal], our people begin the march towards establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital
  • Gaza boats mass to mark pullout[2]

• This is a deal reached between Sharon and Bush. We knew nothing about it. It shocked us.
  • On the Gaza withdrawal

• Of course we need dialogue with Hamas and [Islamic] Jihad. I believe that we can reach an understanding.
  • On the Gaza withdrawal

• We have at least 12 security apparatuses that cannot be controlled by anybody.

• I don't have any relationship with the chairman from the resignation to this day.

• I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand. [3]

Attributed

• There is absolutely no substitution for dialogue.
  • 2003

• Today we are visitors to the airport, tomorrow we will come here as travellers.
  • 19 August 2005
  • Regarding the Yaser Arafat International Airport

See also

• Ismail Haniyeh

External links

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Mahmoud Abbas

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Abbas

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English

Etymology

From Arabic عباس (ʕabbās), “‘one who frowns a lot; untamed lion’”), from عبس (ʕábasa), “‘to frown’”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.

Proper noun

Abbas

1. A male given name
2. A surname.

Translations

Anagrams

• Anagrams of aabbs
• babas