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Alavi (surname)
Notable people with the surname Alavi include: * Ali Alavi, Theoretical chemist * Patrick Alavi, a German Musician * Abass Alavi, is Professor of Radiology and Neurology * Abrar Alvi, was an Indian film writer, director and actor * Ameer Faisal Alvi Awan, was the first General Officer Commanding of the elite Special Service Group of Pakistan Army * Arif Alvi, is president of Pakistan * Bozorg Alavi, was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual * Hakim ‘Alavi, was a royal Persian physician of the 18th century * Hasan Jamil Alvi, is a former Pakistani cricketer * Moniza Alvi, is a Pakistani-British poet and writer * Rashid Alvi, a politician from Indian National Congress party is presently a Member of the Parliament of India * Samroj Ajmi Alvi, is a Bangladeshi actress and model. * Sajida Alvi, is a female academic of Pakistani origin in Canada * Salman Alvi, is a Pakistani Ghazal and Semi-Classical Vocalist * Sattar Alvi, is a Pakistan Air Force's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Alavi
Ali Alavi Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (born May 10, 1966) is a professor of theoretical chemistry in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge and a Director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart. Education Alavi was born in Tehran and was educated at the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences (Cambridge), Natural Sciences followed by a PhD in 1990 for research on the molecular dynamics of thin films and charge-transfer complexes. Research and career His research is focused on the electron correlation and the Schrödinger equations, combining quantum chemistry with Monte Carlo methods, which enable solutions to problems which are very difficult to solve using standard ''Ab initio'' Ab initio quantum chemistry methods, quantum chemistry methods alone. His research has been funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salman Alvi
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Salman may refer to: People * Salman (name), people with the name Places in Iran * Salman, Khuzestan, a village in Khuzestan Province * Salman, alternate name of Deh-e Salman, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province * Salman, Razavi Khorasan, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * Salman, alternate name of Salami, Iran, a city in Razavi Khorasan Province * Salman, Semnan, a village in Semnan Province * Salman, Tehran, a village in Tehran Province * Salman, Zanjan, a village in Zanjan Province Other * Salman (myth), a god worshipped in pre-Islamic southern Arabia See also * * David S. Weiss, ''Salman'' on the Dennis Miller radio show * Salmon, fish species * Salmon (other) * Solomon (other) Solomon (Shlomo '' he, שלמה, link=no'') is a figure identified in the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) as the king of Israel, and the son of King David. Solomon may also refer to: Music * ''Solomon'' (Boyce), a 1742 serenata by Boyce * ''Solomon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yousef Alavi
Yousef Alavi (March 19, 1928 – May 21, 2013) was an Iranian born American mathematician who specialized in combinatorics and graph theory. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in 1958. He was a professor of mathematics at Western Michigan University from 1958 until his retirement in 1996; he chaired the department from 1989 to 1992. In 1987 he received the first Distinguished Service Award of the Michigan Section of the Mathematical Association of America The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on mathematics accessible at the undergraduate level. Members include university, college, and high school teachers; graduate and undergraduate students; pure a ... due to his 30 years of service to the MAA; at that time, the Michigan House and Senate issued a special resolution honoring him. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Alavi (footballer)
Seyed Mohammad Alavi ( fa, سید محمد علوی, born 29 January 1982 in Kashan, Iran) is an Iranian retired footballer and football manager. He manages Esteghlal Khuzestan in Persian Gulf Pro League. He usually played in the defensive midfield position. Club career A product of the football rich province of Khuzestan and the young team of Foolad, he was a pivotal player within this young team and his consistency and solid defending was one of the factors for the success of his club in becoming the champions of the IPL 2004/05. He played for the club in Iran's Premier League till its relegation to the lower division, Azadegan League, in 2007. He also played for Foolad in the 2006 AFC Champions League group stage. He moved to Pas and stayed there for a season. He moved to Persepolis and stayed for few months where he only played 2 games and had no spot in the team because of excellent performances by Karim Bagheri and Maziar Zare and moved for back to Pas for 6 mon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani ( fa, سيد محمد على حسينى علوى گرگانى; 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 the fall of Pahlavi Iran in 1979. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani studied under the late Ayatollah Bourujerdi, Ayatollah Khomeni, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki, and Ayatollah Golpaygani. Alavi Gorgani died on 15 March 2022. See also * Reza Ostadi * List of Marjas * Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ... References 1940 births 2022 deaths Iranian grand ayatollahs Iranian people of Iraqi descent People from Najaf People from Gorgan {{islam-b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Alavi (nuclear Engineer)
Mohammad Alavi is an Iranian nuclear engineer and a former employee at Palo Verde, the largest nuclear power plant of the United States. He was held in jail for 54 days by US court. He was arrested April 8, 2007 as he stepped off a plane in Los Angeles. He had returned to the United States with his wife for the birth of their first child. Iran's foreign minister sent a letter to U.S. officials demanding Alavi's immediate release. He was released in June 2007 after it was cleared that he had not taken any designs or blueprints of the Palo Verde power plant. As conditions of release, Alavi was forced to surrender his passport, wear a GPS monitoring device, and forfeit a $200,000 retirement account if he failed to appear in court. Alavi's friends in Huntington Beach, California, also agreed to put up their home as surety of his appearance in court. See also * Haleh Esfandiari Notes External linksJudge: Nuclear engineer no threat: Ex-Palo Verde worker who took laptop to Iran or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Great f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mahmoud Alavi
Al-Zobb Mahmoud Alavi ( fa, محمود علوی; born 4 May 1954) is an Iranian conservative politician, and formerly minister of intelligence in Hassan Rouhani's government. Early life Alavi was born in Lamerd, Fars province, in 1954. He holds a PhD in Islamic jurisprudence and law from Ferdowsi University in Mashad. Career Alavi is a cleric and a scholar of Islamic jurisprudence. He holds the religious rank of Ayatollah. He is the former head of the political and ideological body of the Iranian Army to which he was appointed by the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Alavi served in the post from 2000 to August 2009. In addition, Alavi was Khamenei's special representative in the army until August 2009. He also assumed the post of deputy defense minister. He served at the Majlis as Tehran representative for four terms during the terms of former presidents Rafsanjani and Khatami. He ran for office in the list of Resistance Front of the Islamic Revolution led by Mohsen Rezaee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahood Alvi
Shahood Alvi (Punjabi, Urdu:شہود علوی) (born in Multan, Punjab) is a Pakistan TV actor, Director and a Producer. He has been working in Pakistani television dramas since 1994. He started work in TV industry as an assistant of sound mixer. He has worked in films and drama serials on many television channels. During March 2010 Alvi visited the Karachi University, where he was attacked by the female students because of his negative role in the serial ''Bol Meri Machli''. According to Daily Nai Baat, he tried to ensure the students that the role has nothing to do with his real life but they didn't believe him and hurled eggs and shoes at him. Personal life He marries Samia Alvi and has three daughters: Areeba Shahood Alvi, Sajal Shahood, and Areeja Shahood. Filmography Cinema * '' Ramchand Pakistani'' Television * '' Aao Laut Chalein'' * '' Banna Mera Bara Anmol'' * '' Bol Meri Machli'' * ''Chanda'' * '' Chahatein'' * ''Drama Fever (Aurat aur Char Dewari)'' * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suroosh Alvi
Suroosh Alvi (; born ) is a Canadian journalist and filmmaker. He is the co-founder of Vice Media, a digital media and broadcasting brand that operates in more than 50 countries. Alvi is a travelled journalist and an executive producer of film, covering youth culture, news, and music globally. He has hosted and produced documentaries investigating controversial issues, armed conflicts, movements, and subcultures, including conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Iraq War, the takeover of Gaza by Hamas in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban and global terrorism. Early life Alvi was born in Toronto, Canada, to Pakistani parents, both of whom are academics; his mother is Sajida S. Alvi, whose focus is on Islamic studies and Mughal history and who is now professor emerita at McGill University, and his father is Sabir A. Alvi, professor emeritus in psychology at the University of Toronto. Alvi studied philosophy at McG ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shams Ur Rehman Alavi
Shams Ur Rehman Alavi ( ur, شمس الرحمن علوی) is a journalist from Madhya Pradesh, India. He works with ''Hindustan Times'' and also writes for various publications like ''Firstpost'', ''The Wire'', and '' Huffington Post''. He has widely written on crime, especially Chambal bandits, leftist militancy, and organised crime. He also writes on Muslim issues and communal harmony. He works for Bhopal Bhopal (; ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of both Bhopal district and Bhopal division. It is known as the ''City of Lakes'' due to its various natural and artificial lakes. It i ... edition of the ''Hindustan Times''. References * "Ten year reign of terror cut short," Arts, ''Hindustan Times'', 17 April 2007, page 1 External links An Indian Muslim - blog by the authorTwitter {{DEFAULTSORT:Alavi, Shams Ur Rehman Hindustan Times journalists Indian Muslims Writers from Bhopal Living people Journal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sattar Alvi
Air Commodore Abdus Sattar Alvi ( Urdu: عبد الستار علوی), , is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War of 1973. In 1974, Alvi shot down the Israeli Air Force's Mirage III over the dogfight took place in Golan Heights in Syria, and was honored for his bravery with gallantry war-time medals by Syrian and Pakistan government. Biography Sattar Alvi was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, British India in 1944, into a Punjabi family that had the military background. His father was an officer in the British Indian Army who later served in the Pakistan Army. He was educated at the Bannu where he did his matriculation and attended the Emerson College in Multan, Punjab where he secured his graduation. In 1963, he was accepted to join the Air Force Academy in Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
