Qazwini with two possible derivations:
* Qazwini (
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 ...
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قزويني ''qazwīni''), the name derived from "
Qazvin
Qazvin (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Qazvin County), Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the provi ...
" (versions of the topographical surname: Qazvini, Qazwini, Qazvini, al-Quazvini), formerly the
Safavid
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often considered the begi ...
dynastic capital (1555-1598), which is Iran's calligraphy capital today. Also, the name refers to a dialect of
Persian language
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, ''Qazvini''.
* Qazwini (ِ
Arabic
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قزويني ''qazwīni''), the old
Arabicized
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name of the
Caspian Sea
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, also called "''Bahr Qazwin'' (
بحر قزوين ''baḥr qazwīn'')".
It may refer to the following persons:
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Abu Abdallah Muh. b. Yazid b. Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini (fl. 9th century), hadith scholar
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Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini
Zakariyya' al-Qazwini ( , ), also known as Qazvini (), (born in Qazvin, Iran, and died 1283), was a cosmographer and geographer.
He belonged to a family of jurists originally descended from Anas bin Malik (a companion of the Islamic prophet Muh ...
(1203–1283), Persian physician geographer
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Ahmad Ghaffari Qazvini (d. 1568), Persian scribe and historian
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Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī
Najm al-Dīn 'Alī ibn 'Umar al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (; born AH 600 / 1204 CE, died AH 675 / 1276 CE) was a Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school. He was a student of Athīr al-Dīn al-Abharī. His most important works a ...
(d. 1277), Persian philosopher astronomer
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Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (1281–1349), Persian historian geographer
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Shah-Mohammad Qazvini Shah-Mohammad ibn Mobarak Qazvini (), best simply known as Shah-Mohammad Qazvini (died 1557), was a 16th-century palace physician and man of letters in the Ottoman Empire. He wrote in Persian and flourished during the reigns of Selim I and Suleiman ...
(died 1557), palace physician and belle-lettrist
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Aref Qazvini
Abolqassem Aref Qazvini or َAref Qazvini (1882 – January 21, 1934; ), also known as National Poet ( Persian: شاعر ملی) was a distinguished Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician. Known for his significant contributions to Persian literatu ...
(1882), Iranian poet
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Mullá Hádí-i-Qazvini
Mullá Hádí () was the fifteenth Letter of the Living in the Bábí movement and also the son of Mullá Abdu'l-Vahhab-i-Qazvíni who was a close companion of Shaykh Ahmad with whom he shared the message of fast approaching Revelation. Mullá H ...
of the Bábís
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Mir Emad Hassani Qazvini, (1554-1615), master of calligraphy
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Hassan Al-Qazwini Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini (; born October 16, 1964) is an Iraqi- American Shia Imam.
He was the resident scholar of the Islamic Center of America for eighteen years. He then founded the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn Heights, Mic ...
, (1964- ) Islamic Center Imam
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Budaq Monshi Qazvini
Budaq Monshi Qazvini (), was a bureaucrat and historian in 16th-century Safavid Iran, who composed the universal history , which focuses on a significant portion of the Persianate world.
Born in 1510/11, Budaq came from a distinguished family ba ...
(1510-1577), Persian composer
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Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini
Mirza Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (; died 1700), was an Iranian bureaucrat, poet, and historian, who served as the grand vizier of two Safavid monarchs, Shah Suleiman () and the latter's son Soltan Hoseyn () from 1691 to 1699.
He is also notab ...
(d. 1699 CE), Iranian nobleman
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Goharshad Ghazvini
Goharshad Ghazvini, also known as Goharshad Hassani Ghazvini, was a Persian calligrapher of Nastaʿlīq script in the 17th century. She was Mir Emad's daughter. She learned calligraphy when she was a teenager and learned Nastaʿlīq script from he ...
(d. 1628), Persian calligrapher
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Mohammad Qazvini
Mohammad Qazvini ( ; 1876–1949) was a prominent figure in modern Iranian culture and literature.
Education and activities
Qazvini was born in Tehran.
Qazvini studied at literary and philosophical seminaries, studying culture, jurisprudence, pr ...
(1876-1949), Iranian literary critic
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Murtadha al-Qazwini
Ayatollah Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini (; born 1 August 1930) is an Iraqi senior Shia jurist, poet and orator.
Al-Qazwini is currently the Imam of the eastern wing of the Imam Husayn shrine. He lived in exile for twenty three years betw ...
Twelver Shia
Marja'
Marja (; plural ''marājiʿ''; ) is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia religious cleric, with the authority given by a hawzah (a seminary where Shi'a Muslim scholars are educated) to make legal decisions within the confines of Sh ...
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