Mazloum Abdi

Mazloum Abdi
Mazloum Abdi
	Abdi in 2019
Birth name	Farhad Abdi Shaheen
Other name(s)	Noms de guerre:; Şahîn Cilo; Mazloum Abdî
Born	21 March 1967; Kobani, Syria
Allegiance	Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (2012–present)
Branch	Kurdistan Workers' Party (~1990–2011); Syrian Democratic Forces (2015–present) People's Protection Units (YPG, 2011/2012–present); ;
Years of service	~1990–present
Rank	General Commander
Battles / wars	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War Rojava conflict; Eastern Syria insurgency; 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria; 2024 Syrian opposition offensives; ;
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Farhad Abdi Shaheen, better known by his nom de guerre Mazlum Kobane, is a Syrian Kurdish military leader, serving as the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

According to organizational media, Mazloum Abdi was a member of the executive council of the PKK‘s branch, Kurdistan Communities Union, in 2013. Abdi's SDF reached an integration agreement with the Syrian transitional government on 10 March 2025 after Abdi congratulated Ahmed al-Sharaa on assuming the Syrian transitional presidency.