Kirmani or Kermani () is a

locational surname A toponymic surname or habitational surname or byname is a surname or byname derived from a place name,

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

origin, which originally meant a person from the city of

Kerman Kerman (; ) is a city in the Central District (Kerman County), Central District of Kerman County, Kerman province, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. History Kerman was founded as a def ...

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 ...

. Notable people with the surname include: *

Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani Abu al-Hakam al-Kirmani (; 970–1066) was a prominent philosopher and scholar from al-Andalus. He was born in Córdoba, Spain, Cordoba but lived most of his life in Saragossa after a journey in the East where he studied in Harran. He was student ...

(died 1066), Andalus philosopher * Afdhal al-Din abu Hamid Kermani (1136–1218), Persian writer * Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931), Iranian politician * Asif Kirmani, Pakistani senator * Auhaduddin Kermani (died 1298), Persian poet * Burhan-ud-din Kermani (died 1449), Persian physician * Faris Kermani (born 1952), Pakistani film director * Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (died 1021), Persian theologian * Daud Bandagi Kirmani (born 1513), Sufi saint * Houshang Moradi Kermani (born 1944), Iranian writer * Karim Khan Kermani (1810-1873), Persian scholar * Kazem Sami Kermani (1935–1988), Iranian politician * Khwaju Kermani (1280–1352), Persian poet * Mehdi Sadegh Taghavi Kermani (born 1987), Iranian wrestler * Milad Kermani (born 1992), Iranian football player * Mirza Aqa Khan Kermani (1854–1897), Iranian literary critic * Morteza Kermani-Moghaddam (born 1965), Iranian football player * Muhammad Aqa-Kermani (

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1747), Persian physician * Navid Kermani (born 1967), German writer * Sadiq Kirmani (born 1989), Indian cricketer * Sayed Jaffar (field hockey) (born 1911), Indian hockey player *

Shams-ud-Din Kermani Abū 'Abd Allāh Shams al-Din Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. ʿAlī al-Kirmāni, better known as Shams al-Din al-Kirmani (; 1317 – 1384) was a Sunni, Sunni Muslim ulama, scholar originally from Kerman. He was a distinguished scholar who specialized in ...

(died 1384), Persian scholar * Syed Kirmani (born 1949), Indian cricketer *

Zaheer Abbas Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani PP, (in Punjabi and Urdu: سید ظہیر عباس کرمانی; born 24 July 1947), popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a Pakistani former cricketer. He is among the few professional cricketers who used to wear spect ...

(born 1947), Pakistani cricketer and administrator * Syed Shah Kazem Kirmani (born 1998), Bangladeshi cricketer

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