Qazwini , the name is possibly derived either from both sources:
- Qazwini (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
:
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
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 a ...
, ''Qazvini''.
- Qazwini (ِ
Arabic
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:
قزويني ''qazwīni''), the old
Arabicized
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name of the
Caspian Sea
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, also called "''Bahr Qazwin'' (
بحر قزوين ''baḥr qazwīn'')".
May refer to the following persons
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Abu Abdallah Muh. b. Yazid b. Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini (fl. C9th)
hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
scholar
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Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–1283), Persian physician geographer
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Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (d. 1277 CE), Persian philosopher astronomer
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Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (1281–1349), Persian historian geographer
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Shah-Mohammad Qazvini (died 1557), palace physician and belle-lettrist
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Aref Qazvini (1882), Iranian poet
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Mullá Hádí-i-Qazvini of the Bábís
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Mir Emad Hassani Qazvini, (1554-1615), master of calligraphy
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Hassan Al-Qazwini, (1964- ) Islamic Center Imam
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Budaq Monshi Qazvini (1510-1577), Persian composer
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Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (d. 1699 CE), Iranian nobleman
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Goharshad Ghazvini (d. 1628 CE), Persian calligrapher
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Mohammad Qazvini (1876-1949), Iranian literary critic
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Murtadha al-Qazwini Twelver Shia
Marja'
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Iranian-language surnames