Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
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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 ...
(Persia), may refer to:
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Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As o ...
, a city in southwestern Iran
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Shirazi people
The Shirazi people, also known as Mbwera, are a Bantu ethnic group inhabiting the Swahili coast and the nearby Indian ocean islands. They are particularly concentrated on the islands of Zanzibar, Pemba and Comoros.Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (1003–1083), a leading Shafi'i scholar who was the first teacher at the Nizamiyya school in Baghdad
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Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi
Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas'ud b. Mosleh Shirazi (1236–1311) ( fa, قطبالدین محمود بن ضیاالدین مسعود بن مصلح شیرازی) was a 13th-century Persian polymath and poet who made contributions to a ...
(1236–1311), Persian polymath
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Abdullah Musawi Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Abdullah Al-Musawi Al-Shirazi (February 25, 1892 – September 29, 1984) was a Grand Ayatollah of Twelver Shi'a Islam.
Life
Grand Ayatollah Haj Sayyed Abdullah al-Shirazi was born in Shiraz, Iran, Shiraz, Iran. At th ...
(1892–1984), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
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Ali Sayad Shirazi
Ali Sayyad Shirazi ( fa, علی صیاد شیرازی, June 1944 – 10 April 1999) was an Iranian regular military (''Artesh'') officer. He served as commander of the Ground Force during Iran–Iraq War. He was assassinated by Mojahedin-e Kh ...
(1944–1999), Iranian general of the Iran-Iraq War
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Hasan al-Shirazi Hassan, Hasan, Hassane, Haasana, Hassaan, Asan, Hassun, Hasun, Hassen, Hasson or Hasani may refer to:
People
*Hassan (given name), Arabic given name and a list of people with that given name
*Hassan (surname), Arabic, Jewish, Irish, and Scottis ...
(1935–1980), Iranian-Iraqi Ayatollah, and activist
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Kamran Shirazi
Kamran Shirazi ( fa, کامران شیرازی; born 21 November 1952) is an International Master of chess, who won the Iranian Chess Championship in 1972. Born in Tehran, he has represented Iran, the United States, and France. He moved to the Un ...
grand Ayatollah
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...
widely known for his 1891 verdict against the usage of tobacco
* Muhammad al-Shirazi (1928–2001), Iranian-Iraqi grand Ayatollah, and author
* Muhammad-Ridha al-Shirazi (1958–2008), Iranian-Iraqi Ayatollah
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Bagher Shirazi
Bagher Ayatollahzadeh Shirazi ( fa, ; born Baqir al-Husayni al-Shirazi ( ar, باقر الحسيني الشيرازي); August 23, 1936 – August 19, 2007), was an Iranian professor and architect.
Shirazi was the deputy coordinator at the Iran ...
(1936–2007), Iranian-Iraqi professor and architect
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Mu'ayyad fi'l-Din al-Shirazi
Al-Mu'ayyad fid-din Abu Nasr Hibat Allah b. Abi 'Imran Musa b. Da'ud ash-Shirazi (c. 1000 CE/390 AH – 1078 CE/470 AH) was an 11th-century Isma'ili scholar, philosopher-poet, preacher and theologian of Persian origin. He served the Fatimid Ca ...
(1000–1078), 11th-century Persian Isma'ili scholar
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Mujtaba al-Shirazi
Ayatollah Sayyid Mujtaba al-Husayni al-Shirazi. ( ar, مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, ; b. ِ6 August 1943) is an Iraq-Iranian Shia jurist.
Early life and education
al-Shirazi was born to Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi and Halima al ...
(born 1943), Iranian-Iraqi Ayatollah
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Naser Makarem Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi (, born 25 February 1927 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Shia ''marja and religious leader.
Biography
He was born in the city of Shiraz, Iran. According to his website, his father was Ali Mohammad, his gr ...
(born 1924), Iranian grand Ayatollah
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Nitzan Shirazi
Nitzan Shirazi ( he, ניצן שירזי, 21 July 1971 – 22 July 2014) was an Israeli association football player and manager.
Playing career
Born in Tel Aviv in 1971, at the age of eight he played in the Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv F.C., Bnei ...
(1971–2014), Israeli footballer and manager
* Sadr al-Din Muhammad al-Shirazi or Mulla Sadra (1571–1636), Persian philosopher and theologian
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Sadiq al-Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Sadiq al-Husayni al-Shirazi ( ar, صادق الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, سید صادق حسینی شیرازی; born August 20, 1942) is an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'.
He hails from an influential transnational c ...
(born 1942), Iranian-Iraqi grand Ayatollah
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Razi Shirazi
Ayatollah Sayyid Radhi al-Husayni al-Shirazi ( ar, رضي الحسيني الشيرازي; fa, ; 29 March 1927 – 1 December 2021), also known as Razi Shirazi, was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia who was a jurist, philosopher and theologian. He was the ...
(born 1927), Iranian-Iraqi grand Ayatollah
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Báb
The Báb (b. ʿAlí Muḥammad; 20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850), was the messianic founder of Bábism, and one of the central figures of the Baháʼí Faith. He was a merchant from Shiraz in Qajar Iran who, in 1844 at the age of 25, claimed ...
(Sayyid `Alí Muḥammad Shírází, 1819–1850), founder of Bábism and a central figure in the Bahá'í Faith
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Firuzabadi
Firuzabadi ( fa, فیروزآبادی) also spelled as al-Fayrūzabādī ( ar, الفيروزآبادي (1329–1414) was a lexicographer and was the compiler of ''al-Qamous'' (), a comprehensive and, for nearly five centuries, one of the most wi ...
, also known as Abu Tahir Majid al-Din Muhammad ibn Ya'qub ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Shirizi al-Fairuzabadi
Places
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Shirazi, Kenya Shirazi (also known as Kifunzi, Kifundi or Chifundi) is a coastal village in the Coast Province of Kenya
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Shirazi, Iran
Shirazi ( fa, شيرازي, also Romanized as Shīrāzī) is a village in Charam Rural District, in the Central District of Charam County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
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Shirazi-ye Olya
Shirazi-ye Olya ( fa, شيرازي عليا, also Romanized as Shīrāzī-ye ‘Olyā; also known as Shīrāzī) is a village in Qarah Su Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
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, Iran
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Shirazi-ye Sofla
Shirazi-ye Sofla ( fa, شيرازي سفلي, also Romanized as Shīrāzī-ye Soflá) is a village in Qarah Su Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Re ...
, Iran
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Shirazi-ye Vosta
Shirazi-ye Vosta ( fa, شيرازي وسطي, also Romanized as Shīrāzī-ye Vosţá; also known as Shīrāzī-ye Babrī) is a village in Qarah Su Rural District, in the Central District of Kermanshah County, Kermanshah Province, Iran
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Afro-Shirazi Party
The Afro-Shirazi Party (ASP) was a Marxist-Leninist, African nationalist Zanzibari political party formed between the mostly Shirazi Shiraz Party and the mostly African Afro Party.
In the 1963 Zanzibari general election, the ASP claimed 1 ...
, a former political party in Zanzibar
* Shirazi era, a mythic origin in the history of Southeast Africa
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Shirazi salad
Shirazi salad ( fa, سالاد شیرازی ''sālād shirāzi'') is an Iranian cuisine, Iranian salad that originated from and is named after Shiraz in southern Iran. It is a relatively modern dish, dating to sometime after the introduction of th ...
, an Iranian salad
*Shirazi, another name for the
Persian cat
The Persian cat (), also known as the Persian longhair, is a long-haired breed of cat characterized by a round face and short muzzle. The first documented ancestors of Persian cats were imported into Italy from Persia around 1620. Widely recog ...