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Maziar Ibn Qarin
Maziar or Mazyar (Persian language, Persian: مازیار) is a Persian masculine forename. Notable individuals with the name Maziar include: * Mazyar, Iranian prince from the Qarinvand dynasty * Maziar (singer), Maziar (1952–1997), Iranian singer * Mazyar Asadi (born 1979), Iranian photographer * Maziar Bahari (born 1967), Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker, and human rights activist * Maziar Behrooz (born 1959), Iranian-American historian * Maziar Ashrafian Bonab (born 1966), Iranian forensic pathologist * Maziar Elhami (born 1981), Iranian karateka * Mazyar Keshvari (born 1981), Iranian-Norwegian politician * Maziar Kouhyar (born 1997), Afghan footballer * Maziar Lorestani, Iranian director and actor * Maziar Miri (born 1974), Iranian filmmaker * Maziar Partow (1933–2014), Iranian cinematographer * Maziar Zare (born 1984), Iranian footballer and coach * Maziar Nekovee (born 1965), Iranian academic, author and inventor References {{given name Masculine given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian ( ), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, Fārsī ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, respectively Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964), and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazyar
Mazyar (Middle Persian: ''Māh-Izād''; Mazandarani language, Mazandarani/) was an Iranian peoples, Iranian prince from the Qarinvand dynasty, who was the ruler (''ispahbadh'') of the mountainous region of Tabaristan from 825/6 to 839. For his resistance to the Abbasid Caliphate, Mazyar is considered one of the national heroes of Iran by twentieth-century Iranian nationalist historiography. His name means "protected by the ''yazata'' of the moon". Origin Mazyar belonged to the Qarinvand dynasty, which was descended from Sukhra, a powerful magnate from the House of Karen, who was the ''de facto'' ruler of the Sasanian Empire from 484 to 493. However, due to his great influence and power, he was exiled and executed by the Sasanian king Kavadh I (r. 488–496 & 498–531). Sukhra was survived by eight sons, one of them being Karin, who in return for aiding Kavadh I's son and successor Khosrow I (r. 531–579) against the Western Turkic Khaganate in the 550s, received land to the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qarinvand Dynasty
The Qarinvand dynasty (also spelled Karenvand and Qarenvand), or simply the Karenids, was an Iranian dynasty that ruled in parts of Tabaristan (Mazandaran) in northern Iran from the 550s until the 11th-century. They considered themselves as the inheritors of the Dabuyid dynasty, and were known by their titles of ''Gilgilan'' and '' Ispahbadh''. They were descended from Sukhra, a Parthian nobleman from the House of Karen, who was the '' de facto'' ruler of the Sasanian Empire The Sasanian Empire (), officially Eranshahr ( , "Empire of the Iranian peoples, Iranians"), was an List of monarchs of Iran, Iranian empire that was founded and ruled by the House of Sasan from 224 to 651. Enduring for over four centuries, th ... from 484 to 493. The Qarinvand dynasty is also considered to be one of the last Zoroastrianism, Zoroastrian dynasties before the rise of the Islamic Iranian dynasties History The dynasty was founded by Karen, who in return for aiding the Sasanian Empire, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar (singer)
Abdolreza Kiani Nejad (; June 21, 1952 – April 5, 1997), more commonly known as Maziar (), also spelled Mazyar, was a prominent Iranian singer.Maziar died on April 5, 1997, of a heart attack and stroke at the age of 44. Discography Studio albums * ''A singer, A song Vol. 2 – Persian Music'' ℗ 1976 Caspian * ''Persian Music Hits CD 7'' ℗ 1976 Caspian * ''Golden Songs No. 8 – Persian Music'' ℗ 1976 Caspian * ''Mahigir – Persian Music'' ℗ 1978 Caspian * ''Harf Bezan'' ℗ 1985 Taraneh Enterprises Inc * ''50 Songs of 50 Years Vol 1 '' ℗ 2005 Taraneh Enterprises Inc * ''Mahee Gir '' ℗ 2008 Pars Video * ''Ay Iran'' ℗ 2008 Pars Video * ''Asheghaneh No. 1'' ℗ 2008 Pars Video * ''Old But Gold Vol. 8 '' ℗ 2008 Pars Video * ''Lazehyeh Bidari'' ℗ 2008 Pars Video * ''Khazteh – Ep'' ℗ 2009 Pars Video * ''Red House'' ℗ 2009 Pars Video * ''Love Songs 7'' ℗ 2009 Pars Video * ''Arezooye Farda'' * ''Zemzemeh'' * ''Tanhaei'' * ''Harf'' * ''Koodake Gharn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazyar Asadi
Mazyar Asadi (; born 1979) is an Iranian photographer who resides in Canada and specializes in photojournalism. He has received more than 40 awards and trophies from contests including a gold medal in Canada, silver medal in Canada (2015), silver medal in Turkey, and bronze medals in Spain and Turkey. He was awarded ribbons and honorable mention awards from Canada, Romania, UK (2014), and Iran. Early life Asadi was born in Tehran, Iran. His first work was with major news agencies, websites, and newspapers from 2010. In 2017, he graduated with a BA degree in photojournalism at Tehran News University, in addition to his diploma and Skill Trade Certificates from Iran's Technical and Vocational Training Organization in 2012. Career Asadi photographs have been used by news agencies including BBC, ''The Guardian'', Getty Images, Associated Press, CNBC, ABC News, and MSN. A series of Photo Exhibition by "The Universal Sea" about protecting our sea from pollution, held in the Centre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Bahari
Maziar Bahari (; born May 25, 1967) is an Iranian-Canadian journalist, filmmaker and human rights activist. He was a reporter for ''Newsweek'' from 1998 to 2011. Bahari was incarcerated by the Iranian government from June 21, 2009 to October 17, 2009, and has written a family memoir, '' Then They Came for Me'', a ''New York Times'' best seller. His memoir is the basis for Jon Stewart's 2014 film '' Rosewater''. Bahari later founded the IranWire citizen journalism news site, the freedom of expression campaign Journalism Is Not A Crime and the education and public art organization Paint the Change. Family and education Bahari was born in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran, but moved to Pakistan in 1987 before he immigrated to Canada in 1988 to study communications. His family has been involved in dissident politics in Iran: his father was imprisoned by the Shah's regime in the 1950s, and his sister Maryam under the revolutionary government of Ayatollah Khomeini in the 1980s. He is m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Behrooz
Maziar Behrooz (; born 1959) is an Iranian-born American historian of modern Iran, and educator. He lives in Berkeley, California. Biography Maziar Behrooz was born in 1959, in Tehran, to Sara Khosrovi-Azarbaijani and Jahangir (Changiz) Behrouz. He received his high school diploma from the United Kingdom. Behrooz received his B.A degree in History-Political Science from Saint Mary's College of California (1982), his M.A. degree in Modern History of Europe from San Francisco State University (1986), and his PH.D. in Modern History of the Near East from University of California, Los Angeles (1993). He has taught at a number of universities and colleges including the University of California, Berkeley; Saint Mary's College of California; Stanford University; Bridgewater State College; and is currently professor at the History Department of San Francisco State University where he teaches various courses concerning the modern history of the Middle East. He has authored numerous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Ashrafian Bonab
Maziar Ashrafian Bonab (Persian: مازیار اشرفیان بناب) is an Iranian forensic pathologist and a medical geneticist specialising in forensic and cancer genetics (the use of the DNA markers in the investigation of crime, biological anthropology and cancer genetics) and Forensic Facial Reconstruction. Part of his groundbreaking research uses human DNA markers (mainly mtDNA and the Y chromosome markers) to identify the ancestral history of humans/human populations in both anthropological and forensic cases. His main area of research is Cancer Genetics. Maziar was born in Tehran, Iran (September 1966). Before completing his PhD in Cambridge, he first qualified as a Medical Doctor from Tehran University of Medical Sciences (1984–1991) and worked as a Medical Practitioner in Iran. After completing a postgraduate course in Forensic Medicine at the Iranian Legal Medical Organization (1992), he worked as the head of Hormozgan Province Legal Medical Centre (Iran) for f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Elhami
Maziar Elhami Varmazani (), born June 16, 1981 in Kermanshah is an Iranian karateka. He also won bronze medals in the 2002 and 2012 world karate championships and four medals in the Asian Championships. He began karate training at age 14 with his first coach, Shahab Soltani, in the Amjadieh Karate Club in Zanjan Province Zanjan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Zanjan. It is a mountainous province with close to 22,000 km2 of land placed in Iran's Region 3. Two-thirds of the people of the province live in the cit .... Varmazanis participated six times in world championships from 2002 to 2012, and has the record for most appearances in the World Karate Championships. He was also the Iran karate national team's captain from 2010 to 2012. Mixed martial arts After saying goodbye to karate, he entered the world of martial arts. This year he is fighting for the New Fighting Generation Sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mazyar Keshvari
Mazyar Keshvari (; born 5 March 1981) is an Iranian-born Norwegian former politician for the Progress Party and a convicted felon who is serving two prison sentences for fraud and violent threats. He was elected as a substitute member of the Norwegian parliament for the city of Oslo in 2013, representing the right-wing and anti-immigration Progress Party, and attended parliamentary sessions from 2013 to 2018 as the substitute of the mandate holder Siv Jensen who has been on leave from parliament during her government service. As a politician he was known for taking a hard stance on immigration, calling for a complete ban on further immigration to Norway, a stop to the practice of accepting asylum seekers in Norway, and the deportation of immigrants convicted of crimes. In 2019 he was convicted of aggravated fraud for defrauding the Norwegian parliament and in 2020 he was sentenced to 11 months imprisonment. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Kouhyar
Qamaruddin Maziar Kouhyar (Dari: مازیار كوهيار; born 30 September 1997) is an Afghan professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder for club York City, and the Afghanistan national team. He is the first Afghan to play professionally in Great Britain. He will join Notts County on 1 July 2025. Club career Born in Badakhshan Province in Afghanistan, Kouhyar moved to England as a two-year-old due to conflict in his home country. His parents settled in Handsworth suburb of Birmingham and his father worked as a pizza delivery driver, before returning to Afghanistan to work as an interpreter, leaving his mother to bring up the four children."Setting an example", ''When Saturday Comes'', April 2019, pp16–17 At the age of eleven he was spotted by a Coventry City scout after attending a Saturday football session with his cousin, and joined the club's youth system. Walsall After being released from Coventry at the age of sixteen, he played in Sunday league footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maziar Lorestani
Maziar Lorestani (born October 18, 1966, Tehran) is an Iranian director and film, television, and stage actor. Early life and education Lorestani was born in Tehran. His father was a judge, and his mother was a teacher. The two were initially unsupportive of Lorestani's desire to pursue theatre as a career, but came to support him after seeing his theatre projects. Lorestani graduated from Islamic Azad University, where he studied music. The performance of his thesis show, ''Matori'', was cancelled, due to the show containing dance. Career In 2021, Lorestani organized the digital "coo.coo 19" festival, which exhibited creative works created by children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acting Lorestani began acting in the 1980s under the name Shohreh Lorestani. He debuted in the 1987 film ''Goldooneh Khanom''. He began acting in television series in 1990. Directing By 2013, Lorestani was working on a documentary for the United Nations on children's education in rural Irani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
