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List Of People From Gilan
{{short description, None These people have been born, died or have spent time in Gilan province, Iran as residence. *Abdul-Qadir Gilani, 12th century founder of the Qadiri order of Sunni Islam * Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi Gilani * Ardeshir Mohassess *Mirza Kuchek Khan *Arsen Minasian * Hazin Lahiji * Mirza Kouchak Khan Jangali, Soviet Republic of Gilan 1920-1921 * Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani * Al-Jilani *Mahmoud Behzad *Majid Samii *Pejman Nouri *Mohammad Moin *Sirous Ghayeghran *Ghafour Jahani *Hushang Ebtehaj *Mardavij * Shams Langeroodi *Ebrahim Nabavi *Roozbeh Mirebrahimi *Fazlollah Reza *Enayatollah Reza *Akbar Radi *Hooshang Amirahmadi Hooshang Amirahmadi ( fa, هوشنگ امیراحمدی; born May 24, 1947) is an Iranian American academic and political analyst. Amirahmadi is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, at Rutgers University. H ... People from Gilan province Gilan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Moin
Mohammad Moin ( fa, , his surname could also be transliterated as Mo'in) (July 12, 1914, Rasht, Iran – July 4, 1971, Tehran, Iran)Date of birth July 12, 1914, is according to Professor Mo'in's own notes. However, some sources indicate April 29, 1918, as the date of birth. The latter date seems somewhat unlikely, since it would imply that he should have obtained his BA at the age of approximately sixteen, requiring his entrance to university at approximately twelve or perhaps fourteen, depending on the duration of the BA course. Increasing these values by four leads to reasonable ages, leading one to consider July 12, 1914, as the correct date of birth. was a prominent Iranian scholar of Persian literature and Iranian Studies. Moin studied at the Higher Institute of Science in Tehran and obtained his BA in literature and philosophy in 1934. He subsequently went to Belgium and graduated in applied psychology, anthropology and cognitive science under Elmer Knowles. On returni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooshang Amirahmadi
Hooshang Amirahmadi ( fa, هوشنگ امیراحمدی; born May 24, 1947) is an Iranian American academic and political analyst. Amirahmadi is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, at Rutgers University. He has stepped forward as a candidate for Iranian presidential elections in 2005, 2013 and 2017. Career Amirahmadi is the founder and president of American–Iranian Council, holds a Ph.D. in planning and international development from Cornell University and is a professor of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers University (The Bloustein School) serves as a center for the theory and practice of urban planning, public policy and public health/health administration scholarship. The sc ... at Rutgers University. He has served as director of Rutgers University's Center for Middle Eastern Studies, as chair and graduate director of his departme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akbar Radi
Abar Radi or Akbar Rādi ( fa, ; 2 October 1939 – 26 December 2007) was an Iranian playwright. He completed his studies at the University of Tehran in social sciences. He published his first story, ''Rain'', in 1959. ''Melody of a Rainy City'', ''The Descent'', ''The Fishermen'', ''Death in Autumn'', ''From behind the Glasses'', ''The Glorious Smile of Mr. Gil'', and ''Beneath the Saqqakhaneh Passage'' are among his well-known works. The 68-year-old playwright whose works have been compared with those of Anton Chekhov and Henrik Ibsen died in a Tehran hospital on December 26, 2007. Life Radi was born to a middle-class family and was raised in the city of Rasht, where he lived the first eleven years of his life until his father, the owner of a confectionery factory, went bankrupt. Consequently, the family moved to Tehran in 1948, where he attended Lycée Razi (see FRANCE xv. FRENCH SCHOOLS IN PERSIA) in 1951, graduating in 1959. After completing a yearlong course in teachers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enayatollah Reza
Enayatollah Reza ( fa, عنایتالله رضا; June 18, 1920 in Rasht – July 20, 2010 in Tehran) was an Iranian historian and professor of philosophy, a former member of the Iranian Communist Party, and a former Iranian military officer. He was a member of the Supreme Academic Council of the Centre for Iranian and Islamic Studies in Tehran, Iran, the publishers of the ''Encyclopaedia Islamica''. His research concerned the historical regions of Iranian Azerbaijan and Caucasian Arran; based on this research, he claimed that "Azerbaijan" should properly refer only to the land south of the Aras River (in Iran) and that the country of Azerbaijan should instead be called "Aran". Interview with Reza, Iran Chamber Society. Retrieved 2010-02-28. Works |
Fazlollah Reza
Fazlollah Reza ( fa, فضلالله رضا) (January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor. Career Reza graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Tehran in 1938, receiving a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. He received a master's and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Columbia University in 1946 and Polytechnic University of New York (now New York University Tandon School of Engineering) in 1950 respectively. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS for his contribution to network and information theory. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and wrote and spoke extensively on classical Persian poetry. Positions Reza served as the head of Aryamehr University of Industry (Sharif University of Technology), University of Tehran, Iran's ambassador to Canada and Iran's ambassador to UNESCO. As a professor, he taught at Massachusetts I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roozbeh Mirebrahimi
Roozbeh Mirebrahimi is an Iranian Journalist and blogger born in 1978 in Rasht, Iran. He started his career by writing for some of Gilan's local newspapers. His professional career as a Journalist started at the beginning of the Iranian Reform Era. During the next years he wrote for several newspapers including Jomhuriyat, Roozna and Etemade Melli, Etemad, Hambastegi, Sharq etc. He worked for those newspapers as reporter or political editor or writer. He has been chief in editor of Iran dar Jahan magazine since 2006. He also has written many books including Untolds of Revolution, Eslahat Zire Hasht (Interrogating Reform Movement) and Nagofteha (Untolds) He has lived in New York since fall of 2006 and has been among the faculty of the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City. One of the 24 institutions comprising the City Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebrahim Nabavi
Seyyed Ebrahim Nabavi ( fa, سید ابراهیم نبوی; born 1958 in Astara, Iran) is a prolific Iranian satirist, writer, diarist, and researcher. He currently writes in the news website ''Gooya'' and the online newspaper ''Rooz'', and has a satirical program for the website and broadcasts on the Amsterdam based Radio Zamaneh. Early career During and after studying sociology at Shiraz University and University of Tehran, but before starting his political career in Tehran, Nabavi also worked as a school teacher, and taught philosophy in the Jihad of Construction (جهاد سازندگی) effort. Nabavi started his political career working for the Iranian dalahoo in the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, the Ministry of Interior (personally invited by Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri), and the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (personally invited by Mohammad Hashemi). His posts include the Manager of the Political Office of the Ministry of Interior in 1361–1364 AP (ca. 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shams Langeroodi
Mohammad Shams Langeroodi ( fa, محمد شمس لنگرودی) (born November 17, 1950) is one of the most celebrated contemporary Iranian poet, actor, singer, author and university lecturer. He has researched extensively on different periods of Persian poetry, most famous of which has resulted in the book named '' An Analytic History of Persian Modern Poetry'' in four volumes. He is currently in the process of publishing his second novel. Life and early works Shams Langeroodi was born in Langerood, Gilan, Iran as Mohammad Taghi Javaheri Gilani. Later his father changed their last name to Shams. He published his first poetry book in 1976, but it wasn't until the 1980s that he established himself as one of the major poets of that decade when his poetry gained attention due to its novel imagery and surreal elements. He currently lives in Tehran, Iran and is also the editor of Ahang-e Digar publications along with Hafez Mousavi and Shahab Mogharabin. An Analytic History of Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mardavij
Mardavij ( Gilaki/ fa, مرداویج, meaning "man assailant") was an Iranian prince, who established the Ziyarid dynasty, ruling from 930 to 935. Born to a Zoroastrian family native to Gilan, Mardavij sought to establish a native Iranian Zoroastrian empire akin to the Sasanian Empire that had been conquered in the 7th century by the Rashidun Caliphate and subsequently ruled by Muslims. He first started his career by joining the army of his kinsman Asfar ibn Shiruya. Mardavij, however, later betrayed and killed him, conquering much of Jibal. He then set out to conquer Hamadan, Dinavar and Isfahan from the Abbasid Caliphate, and thereafter declared himself king of Iran, making Isfahan his capital. He then defeated the Daylamite military leader Makan ibn Kaki, and conquered Tabaristan in 932. By 934, his authority was acknowledged as far as Shiraz and Ahvaz. However, his goal of recreating the Iranian Empire was ruined when he was murdered by his own Turkish slaves in 935. Back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hushang Ebtehaj
Amir Hushang Ebtehaj ( fa, امیر هوشنگ ابتهاج; 25 February 1928 – 10 August 2022), also known by his pen name H. E. Sayeh ( fa, ه.ا.سایه, lit. ''Shadow''), was an Iranian poet of the 20th century, whose life and work spans many of Iran's political, cultural and literary upheavals. Life Ebtehaj was born 25 February 1928 in Rasht in a prominent Baha'i family in Iran and had his primary schooling there before moving to Tehran. His first book of poetry, with an introduction by eminent poet Mehdi Hamidi Shirazi, was published when he was 19 years old. During Iran's open period following World War II, Sayeh got involved in various literary circles and contributed to various literary magazines such as Sokhan, Kavian, Sadaf, Maslehat, and others. Unlike many other literary figures of the time who got deeply involved in politics and left-leaning activities, Sayeh stayed true to his social and political consciousness but refrained from deeper involvement. He was emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghafour Jahani
Ghafour Jahani (born 19 June 1951 in Bandar Anzali, Iran) is an Iranian football coach and former player. He mostly played for Malavan. He was one of the key players of Malavan reaching the third place in the Iranian Takht Jamshid in 1978. 1974 and 1977 he was the second best scorer of the Iranian league. He also won the Iranian Cup – Hazfi Cup – in 1976. Jahani, who was capped 30 times for the national team between 1974 and 1978, was a member of the Iranian team winning the football tournament of the Asian Games in Tehran in 1974 as well as participating in 1976 Olympics in Montreal, when Iran reached the quarterfinalsthe Asian Cup 1976 in Tehran. He also played two games for Iran in the 1978 World Cup The 1978 FIFA World Cup was the 11th edition of the FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football world championship tournament among the men's senior national teams. It was held in Argentina between 1 and 25 June. The Cup was won by t .... Jahani scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
