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Qazwini (other)
Qazwini , the name is possibly derived either from both sources: - Qazwini ( Persian: قزويني ''qazwīni''), the name derived from " Qazvin" (versions of the topographical surname: Qazvini, Qazwini, Qazvini, al-Quazvini), formerly the Safavid dynastic capital (1555-1598), which is Iran's calligraphy capital today. Also, the name refers to a dialect of Persian language, ''Qazvini''. - Qazwini (ِ Arabic: قزويني ''qazwīni''), the old Arabicized name of the Caspian Sea, also called "''Bahr Qazwin'' (بحر قزوين ''baḥr qazwīn'')". May refer to the following persons * Abu Abdallah Muh. b. Yazid b. Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini (fl. C9th) hadith scholar * Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–1283), Persian physician geographer * Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī Najm al-Dīn 'Alī ibn 'Umar al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (died AH 675 / 1276 CE) was a Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Shafi`i school. A student of Athīr al-Dīn al-Abhar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutually intelligible standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Iran. It is written officially within Iran and Afghanistan in the Persian alphabet, a derivation of the Arabic script, and within Tajikistan in the Tajik alphabet, a der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aref Qazvini
Abolqassem Aref Qazvini ( fa, ابوالقاسم عارف قزوینی , 1882 – January 21, 1934) was an Iranian poet, lyricist, and musician. Biography He was born in Qazvin. He composed many poems about Iran and was called a ''national poet''. Along with his powerful poetry, he also wrote lyrics for numerous songs and played music. He was a revolutionary during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution and made many political and pro-revolutionary songs. He moved to Hamadan later in his life and died there in January 1934 at the age of 52. After his death his complete works were published in Berlin and Tehran. One of his poems is called "- ناله مرغ اسیر" (imprisoned bird's moaning)" in which he invites his fellows to fight for their freedom in the first sixth verses. He believes that their country is not supposed to be developed by the help of foreigners. Instead, he believes that people should sacrifice their lives in order to protect and save their country. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murtadha Al-Qazwini
Ayatollah Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini (; b. August 1, 1930) is a senior Iraqis, Iraqi Shia Faqīh, jurist, poet and orator of Iranian descent. al-Qazwini is currently the Imam of the eastern wing of the Imam Husayn Shrine, Imam Husayn shrine. He lived in exile for twenty three years between Kuwait, Iran and the United States, until he returned to Iraq after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, 2003 invasion. He is the founder of the Development and Relief Foundation, a charitable institution that has established schools, a seminary, a state of the art hospital, and clinic in Karbala. He is currently the chief of the Al-Qazwini (family), al-Qazwini family. Early life and education al-Qazwini was born in Karbala to the prominent religious al-Qazwini family. His father was Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad-Sadiq al-Qazwini, a Ijtihad, mujtahid, that was the Imam at the Al Abbas Mosque, Abbas shrine. He was abducted by the Baathist regime on April 18, 1980 at the age of eighty. He has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Qazvini
Mohammad Qazvini ( fa, محمد قزوینی ; 1876–1949) was a prominent figure in modern Iranian culture and literature. Education and activities Qazvini was born in Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul .... Qazvini studied at literary and philosophical seminaries, studying culture, jurisprudence, principles, theology, ancient wisdom and gained knowledge of the various branches of Arabic literature. His brother Mirza Ahmad Khan invited 28-year-old Qazvini to London. Orientalist Edward Granville Browne was familiar and interested in Qazvini's research and expertise and met him at the University of Cambridge. Qazvini remained in Europe for almost thirty five years. References Sources * Further reading * {{DEFAULTSORT:Qazvini, Mohammad Iranian expatriate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goharshad Ghazvini
Goharshad Ghazvini, also known as Goharshad Hassani Ghazvini, was a prominent 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 her father. After her father's death, she went in 1623 to her birthplace, Qazvin, 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 Turkmeni ..., and worked as a calligraphy teacher and stayed there until her death in 1628. References People from Qazvin Iranian calligraphers 16th-century births Women calligraphers 17th-century calligraphers 1628 deaths {{Iran-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini
Mirza Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini ( fa, محمد طاهر وحید قزوینی; died 1700), was a Persians, Persian bureaucrat, poet, and historian, who served as the grand vizier of two Safavid Iran, Safavid monarchs, Suleiman I of Persia, Shah Suleiman () and the latter's son Soltan Hoseyn () from 1691 to 1699. He is also notable for writing the ''Abbas-nama'', the principal Iranian source regarding the events during the reign of Shah Abbas II (). Background A native of Qazvin, Taher Vahid was born around 1621. He was of Tajik (Persians, Persian) Sayyid ancestry, and belonged to a family that was notable for occupying the office of ''vaqa'i-nevis'' (court registar). His father Mirza Mohammad had occupied the office under Shah Abbas I (), and Taher Vahid would also later occupy it. Career Taher Vahid served as a chronicler during the reign of Shah Abbas II (), composing the ''Abbas-nama'', the principal Iranian source regarding the events during the reign of Shah Abbas II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budaq Monshi Qazvini
Budaq Monshi Qazvini ( fa, دال منشی قزوینی), was a Persian composer of the ''Jawaher al-akbar'', a general history of a considerable part of the Persianate realm, and representative of the Safavid financial cabinet during the reign of shah Tahmasp I Tahmasp I ( fa, طهماسب, translit=Ṭahmāsb or ; 22 February 1514 – 14 May 1576) was the second shah of Safavid Iran from 1524 to 1576. He was the eldest son of Ismail I and his principal consort, Tajlu Khanum. Ascending the throne after t ... (r. 1524-1576). Sources * {{authority control 1510 births 16th-century writers of Safavid Iran Safavid historians People from Qazvin 16th-century deaths Safavid civil servants 16th-century Iranian writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mir Emad Hassani
Mir Emad (born Emad al-Molk Qazvini Hasani ( fa, ), 1554 – August 15, 1615) is perhaps the most celebrated Persian calligrapher. He was born in Qazvin, Iran. It is believed that the Nastaʿlīq style reached its highest elegance in Mir Emad's works. These are amongst the finest specimens of Nastaʿlīq calligraphy and are kept in several museums in the world. Early life and education Mir Emad was born in Qazvin, where he had his early education. Mir Emad's family had librarian and accountant positions in Safavid court. He was trained in calligraphy at first by Isa Rangkar and then Malek Deylami. Mir Emad later on moved to Tabriz to study with Mohammad Hossein Tabrizi. Afterward, he traveled to Ottoman Turkey, Baghdad, Halab and Hijaz. He returned to Semnan and worked as a scribe in Shah Abbas's library and later on his court in the capital of Isfahan. Rivalry with Ali Reza Abbasi In Shah Abbas's court, Mir Emad was not the only calligrapher. Ali Reza Abbasi Ta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullá Hádí-i-Qazvini
Mullá Hádí ( ar, ملا هادي) 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 Hádí was initially a Shaykhi a student of Siyyid Kázim. He did not get involved in the Battle of fort Shaykh Tabarsi and shielded his life through the practice of Taqiyya. He was also the brother of another letter of the living Mullá Muhammad-'Aliy-i-Qazvini. After the death of the Báb, the Bábís split into a number of factions one of which was led by Mullá Hádí. He later became a devout Azalí and was expelled from the community by Baháʼu'lláh during the Edirne period "and spent his final days in oblivion". Mullá Hádí is a controversial Letter of the Living since it is not entirely clear that he was actually one. He is noted as absent in the list formed by Amanat 987 Year 987 ( CMLXXXVII) was a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shah-Mohammad Qazvini
Shah-Mohammad ibn Mobarak Qazvini ( ota, Şah Mehmed ibn Mübarek-i Kazvinî), 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 the Magnificent. Biography Qazvini, a Persian émigré, emigrated to the Ottoman Empire on the recommendation of his old schoolmate Müʾeyyedzade after a stop in Mecca where he studied. Through Müʾeyyedzade's advice, Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II offered Qazvini a salary of 120 silver aspers per day for his skills and talents as a doctor (''hakim'', spelled as ''hekim'' in Turkish) and man of letters. Finding himself at the Ottoman court, Qazvini's reputation as a refined and cultivated belle-lettrist continued to spread and strengthen. During the reign of Bayezid's son and successor Selim I, Qazvini was repeatedly present at the foremost social and learned gatherings of the royal court and of wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qazvin
Qazvin (; fa, قزوین, , also Romanized as ''Qazvīn'', ''Qazwin'', ''Kazvin'', ''Kasvin'', ''Caspin'', ''Casbin'', ''Casbeen'', or ''Ghazvin'') is the largest city and capital of the Province of Qazvin in Iran. Qazvin was a capital of the Safavid dynasty for over forty years (1555–1598) and nowadays is known as the calligraphy capital of Iran. It is famous for its traditional confectioneries (like Baghlava), carpet patterns, poets, political newspaper and Pahlavi influence on its accent. At the 2011 census, its population was 381,598. Located in northwest of Tehran, in the Qazvin Province, it is at an altitude of about above sea level. The climate is cold but dry, due to its position south of the rugged Alborz range called KTS Atabakiya. History Qazvin has sometimes been of central importance at major moments of Iranian history. It was captured by invading Arabs (644 AD) and destroyed by Hulagu Khan (13th century). In 1555, after the Ottoman capture of Tabriz, Shah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
