Tabatabaei (, ''Ṭabāṭabāʾī''; , ''Ṭabâṭabâyī'') (also spelled Tabatabai, Tabatabaee, Tabatabaie, Tabatabaeyan) is a surname denoting descent from someone called Tabataba, in particular Ismail bin Ibrahim al-Ghamr (son of Hasan ibn Hasan), a great-grandson of Ali, the fourth and last of the Rightly Guided Caliphs. It is one of many families of

Sayyid ''Sayyid'' is an honorific title of Hasanid and Husaynid lineage, recognized as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his daughter Fatima and Ali's sons Hasan ibn Ali, Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali, Husayn. The title may also refer ...

Shia Muslim Shia Islam is the second-largest Islamic schools and branches, branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad in Islam, Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political Succession to Muhammad, successor (caliph) and as the spiritual le ...

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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 ...

, but also in

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People

(by order of year of birth) * Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai (1842–1920), Iranian leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution * Ali Haider Tabatabai (1854–1933), Indian poet and translator *

Ali Tabatabaei Ali Qazi Tabatabai, also known as "Allamah Qadi" and "Ayatollah Qazi" (1866–1947 CE; 1285–1366 AH), was an Iranian Ulama, alim (Islamic scholar) and mystic. He was the son of Husseyn and was born in Tabriz, Iran. He was born on 29 April 1866 ...

(1869–1947), Iranian ayatollah commonly known as al-Qadi Tabatabai, who was famous for his high level of

Irfan In Islam, irfan (Arabic/ Persian/Urdu: ; ), literally 'knowledge, awareness, wisdom', is a concept in Islamic mysticism akin to gnosis, or spiritual knowledge. Sunni mysticism According to the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order, Abdul ...

* Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875–1961), Iranian grand ayatollah * Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888–1969), Iranian politician * Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), Iraqi Marja * Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1903–1981), Iranian philosopher, commonly known as Allameh Tabatabai * Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (1912–2007), Iranian cleric who has repeatedly criticized the velayat-e faqih *

Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi ( , February 21, 1923–October 26, 2016) was an Iranian Shia marja'. He, along with Ali al-Sistani, and Ali Falsafi, were among the only three people to receive a written statement declaring their ijti ...

(born 1923), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja * Ali Akbar Tabatabaei (1930–1980), Iranian exiled politician, murdered in America * Jazeh Tabatabai (1931–2008), Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor * Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936–2018), Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. Served as a member of the Parliament of Iran * Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943–2015), Iranian politician, former Deputy Prime Minister * Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945–2017), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja * Waleed Al-Tabtabaie (born 1964), Member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly. * Javad Tabatabai (born 1964), Iranian philosopher * Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), German-Iranian singer, songwriter and actress * Hadi Tabatabaei (born 1973, Iranian footballer * Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), American punk musician, member and lead singer of

Zebrahead Zebrahead is an American rock band from La Habra, California, formed in 1996. The group's current line-up comprises rapper Ali Tabatabaee, bassist Ben Osmundson, drummer Ed Udhus, lead guitarist Dan Palmer and lead vocalist and rhythm guita ...

* John Tabatabai, Welsh poker player * Ali Tabatabaei (actor) (1983–2015), Iranian film and television * Amin Tabatabaei (born 2001), Iranian chess grandmaster * Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai (born 1991), Iranian who could recite the entire Koran at age seven

Institutions and buildings

* House of Tabatabaei in

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. History Earlies ...

, Iran * Allameh Tabatabai University, public university in Tehran, Iran * Allameh Tabatabaei High School, high school in Tehran, Iran {{surname

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