Gorgani () means "of or related to

Gorgan Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately to the nor ...

", a city in north of

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. *

Gorgani language Gorgani or Gurgani is the extinct language of the city of Gorgan Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the provi ...

Gorgani or Gurgani is a

nisba The Arabic language, Arabic word nisba (; also transcribed as ''nisbah'' or ''nisbat'') may refer to: * Arabic nouns and adjectives#Nisba, Nisba, a suffix used to form adjectives in Arabic grammar, or the adjective resulting from this formation **c ...

that refers to the city of

(also known as "Astarabad" and "Jurjan"), and may refer to: * Fakhraddin Gorgani (fl. 1050), Persian poet * Rostam Gorgani, mid-16th century Persian physician who lived in India * Abul Qasim Gurgani, Sufi *

Mohammad Alavi Gorgani Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani (; March 1940 – 15 March 2022) was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a marja. He was born in a religious family in Najaf, Iraq. He rose to a leading scholar in Najaf, and moved to Qom after th ...

, Iranian Twelver shi'a marja

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