Kashani or Qashani (), often shortened to Kashi or al-Kashi (), is a surname meaning a person who comes from
Kashan
Kashan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kashan County), Central District of Kashan County, in the northern part of Isfahan province, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
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, Iran. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include:
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Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd (died 1219), called Abu Zayd al-Kashani, Persian potter
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Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian, author of the ''History of Öljaitü''
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Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī, 14th-century Sufi mystic
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Mahmud ibn Ali al-Qashani (died 1335), Sufi scholar
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Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931-2010), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
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Abol-Ghasem Kashani
Sayyed Abol-Ghasem Mostafavi-Kashani ( ''Abu’l-Qāsem Kāšāni''; 19 November 1882 – 13 March 1962) was an Iranian politician and Shia Marja. He played an important role in the 1953 coup in Iran and the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohamma ...
(1882–1962), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
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Afdal al-Din Kashani
Afḑal al-Dīn Maraqī Kāshānī (), also known as Baba Afzal (), was a Persian poet and philosopher. Several dates have been suggested for his death, with the best estimate being around 1213/1214.
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(died 1214), Persian poet and philosopher
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Ali Hojjat Kashani (1921–1979), Iranian military officer and politician
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Dariush Kashani, American-Iranian actor
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Eliezer Kashani (1923–1947), an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine
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Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet
Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet is an American-Iranian historian. Currently, she serves as Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on boundary disputes, borderland histories, gender, and identity po ...
, American-Iranian historian
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Habib Kashani, Iranian businessman and football administrator
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Jafar Kashani
Jafar Ashraf Kashani (, March 21, 1944 – October 2, 2019) was an Iranian football player. He was scouted by Abbas Ekrami, Shahin F.C.'s founder when he was 16. After Shahin's dissolution, he joined Persepolis F.C. and played until 1974 when h ...
(1944–2019), Iranian footballer
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Jamshīd al-Kāshī
Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd Masʿūd al-Kāshī (or al-Kāshānī) ( ''Ghiyās-ud-dīn Jamshīd Kāshānī'') (c. 1380 Kashan, Iran – 22 June 1429 Samarkand, Transoxiana) was a Persian astronomer and mathematician during the reign of Tamerlane.
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( 1380–1429), Persian astronomer and mathematician
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Khalil Mobasher Kashani (born 1951), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
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Mahmoud Kashani (born 1942), Iranian politician and academic
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Mehran Kashani (born 1969), Iranian engineer and screenwriter
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Mohammed Emami-Kashani
Mohammad Emami-Kashani (; 3 October 1931 – 2 March 2024) was an Iranian politician who was a member of the Assembly of Experts of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was the Interim Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran. He was also the head of Shahi ...
(born 1931), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
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Mohsen Fayz Kashani
Mullā Muḥammad b. Murtaḍā b. Maḥmūd al-Kāshānī knows as Mullā Muḥsin & al-Fayḍ al-Kāshānī (Persian pronuciation: 'Fayz-e-Kashani') () was an Iranian Akhbari Twelver Shi'i Muslim, mystic, poet, philosopher, and muhaddith (1598- ...
(1598–1680), Iranian poet, philosopher and muhaddith
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Muhtasham Kashani
Muhtasham Kashani (1500–1588) () was an Iranian poet of the Safavid era. He was influential in Shi'ite religious poetry, especially '' marsiyah'' poetry mourning the tragedy of Ashura. He was born in Kashan
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(1500–1588), Persian poet
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Sarmad Kashani (c. 1590–1661), Persian mystic, poet and saint in India of Jewish or Armenian origin
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Shahrum Kashani (1971–2021), Italian-Iranian pop singer
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Kashani Ríos
Kashani Isamara Ríos Miller (born 7 February 1991) is a female Panamanian track and field athlete who specialises in the high jump. She holds a personal best of , set in 2012, which is the List of Panamanian records in athletics, Panamanian nati ...
(born 1991), Panamanian athlete
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