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Sohrab (other)
Sohrab (Persian: ) may refer to: People *Sohrab, one of Shahnama's characters * Sohrab Aarabi, Iranian man whose murder drew international attention to the 2009 Iranian election protests *Sohrab Ahmari, an Iranian-American journalist * Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh, an Iranian football player * Sohrab Fakir, a Sufi singer * Sohrab Khan Gorji (Georgian general), Georgian noble and a general of the Georgian army * Sohrab Khan Gorji (Iranian commander), Iranian commander and chief of staff in the Qajar era of Georgian origin * Sohrab Khan Gorji (Iranian treasurer), Iranian courtier, treasurer, and chief of customs in the Qajar era of Georgian origin * Sohrab Mehmed Pasha, an Ottoman official *Sohrab Modi (1897–1984), Indian theatre and film actor, director and producer *Sohrab Sepehri, was a notable modern Iranian poet and a painter * Sohrab Shahid-Sales, an Iranian film director *Mirza Ahmad Sohrab (1890–1958), Persian-American author * Ardeshir Burjorji Sorabji Godrej (1868–193 ... [...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] |
Sohrab Khan Gorji (Iranian Treasurer)
Sohrab Khan Gorji (1783, 1862), also known by his nickname Naqdi, was a courtier, treasurer, and chief of customs in 19th-century Qajar Iran during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah, Mohammad Shah Qajar, Mohammad Shah, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser-ed-din Shah. Sohrab was a Georgians, Georgian Tavadi noble. Biography Sohrab Khan had fought in the Russo-Persian Wars, Russo-Iranian Wars and held several titles and positions, amongst which was ''tahvildar vojooh khaseh'' ("the treasurer") during the reign of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar (). He was tasked with managing the pocket money of king Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Naser-ed-din Shah (); thus, he received the nickname ''Naqdi'' ("the cash payer"). He was later appointed as the chief of Customs, and was also involved in buying land in relation to the ''Waqf, vaqf'' system. Russo-Persian War (1804) In 1804, a few months after the Russian Empire, Russian invasion of Iran, Persia, the Russian army under the command of Pav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
