Tabatabaei ( ar, طباطبائي, ''Ṭabāṭabāʾī''; fa, طباطبایی, ''Ṭabâṭabâyī'') (also spelled Tabatabai, Tabatabaee, Tabatabaie, Tabatabaeyan) is a surname of
Iranian/
Persian origin Arabic family name (Tabataba’i), an adjectival form denoting descent from someone called Tabataba, in particular Ismail bin Ibrahim Al-Ghamr,ibn
Hasan ibn Hasan,a great-grandson of
Ali a fourth and last of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (see Ali) It is one of many families of Shia Muslims, Sunni Muslims primarily predominant in
Iran, but also in
Iraq,
Lebanon,
Kuwait and
Pakistan.
People
(by order of year of birth)
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Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai (1842–1920), Iranian leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
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Ali Haider Tabatabai (1854-1933), Indian poet and translator
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Ali Tabatabaei (1869-1947), Iranian ayatollah commonly known as
al-Qadi Tabatabai, who was famous for his high level of
Irfan
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Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875-1961), Iranian grand ayatollah
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Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888–1969), Iranian politician
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Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), Iraqi Marja
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Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1903-1981), Iranian philosopher, commonly known as
Allameh Tabatabai
Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i or Sayyid Mohammad Hossein Tabataba'i (16 March 1903 – 15 November 1981) was an Iranian scholar, theorist, philosopher and one of the most prominent thinkers of modern Shia Islam. He is perhaps best known for his ''T ...
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Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (1912-2007), Iranian cleric who has repeatedly criticized the velayat-e faqih
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Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (born 1923), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
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Ali Akbar Tabatabaei
Ali Akbar Tabatabaei ( fa, علیاکبر طباطبایی ; 4 September 1930 – 22 July 1980) was an Iranian exile and former press attache to the Iranian embassy in the United States during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Biograp ...
(1930–1980), Iranian exiled politician, murdered in America
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Jazeh Tabatabai (1931-2008), Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor
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Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. Served as a member of the Parliament of Iran
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Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943-2015), Iranian politician, former Deputy Prime Minister
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Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945-2017), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
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Mumtaz (born 1947), Indian actress
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Waleed Al-Tabtabaie (born 1964), Member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
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Javad Tabatabai (born 1964), Iranian philosopher
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Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), German-Iranian singer, songwriter and actress
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Hadi Tabatabaei (born 1973, Iranian footballer
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Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), American punk musician, member and lead singer of
Zebrahead
Zebrahead is an American rap-punk band from La Habra, California. Formed in 1996, the band has released thirteen studio albums to date.
History
1996–2001: Formation and early years
Zebrahead was formed in La Habra, California in summer ...
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John Tabatabai
John Tabatabai is a Welsh professional poker player (Lisvane, Cardiff) based in London, England. He was the runner-up to Norwegian poker player Annette Obrestad in the first World Series of Poker Europe Main Event.
Education
Tabatabai was a L ...
, Welsh poker player
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Ali Tabatabaei (actor)
Ali Tabatabaei ( fa, علی طباطبایی) (24 October 1983 – 30 August 2015) was an Iranian film and television actor.
Personal life
Tabatabaei was born in Tehran in 1983 and was the son of Iranian film and television producer Kamal Taba ...
(1983–2015), Iranian film and television
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Amin Tabatabaei (born 2001), Iranian chess grandmaster
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Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai (born 1991), Iranian who could recite the entire Koran at age seven
Institutions and buildings
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House of Tabatabaei
The Tabatabai House is a historic house museum in Kashan, Iran. It was built around 1880, during the reign of the Qajar dynasty, for the affluent Tabātabāei family. It is one of the prominent historic houses of Kashan and Iran, together with the ...
in
Kashan, Iran
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Allameh Tabatabai University
Allameh Tabataba'i University (ATU; ælɒːˈme tæbɒːtæbɒːˈʔiː fa, دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی, ''Danushgah-e 'lâmh-e Tâbatâbai'') is one of the largest and the leading specialized public university in humanities and ...
, public university in Tehran, Iran
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Allameh Tabatabaei High School
Allameh Tabatabaei High School, under supervision of Allameh Tabatabaei Complex of Cultural and Educational units (ATCCE), is a selective independent educational institution in Tehran, Iran, with six main campuses. It was registered as a High Sc ...
, high school in Tehran, Iran
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See also
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Sayyid
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''Tabataba'' (film), 1988 African film
Hashemite people
Iranian-language surnames