Qazwini

Qazwini with two possible derivations:

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)".

It may refer to the following persons:

Abu Abdallah Muh. b. Yazid b. Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini (fl. 9th century), hadith scholar
Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–1283), Persian physician geographer
Ahmad Ghaffari Qazvini (d. 1568), Persian scribe and historian
Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (d. 1277), Persian philosopher astronomer
Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (1281–1349), Persian historian geographer
Shah-Mohammad Qazvini (died 1557), palace physician and belle-lettrist
Aref Qazvini (1882), Iranian poet
Mullá Hádí-i-Qazvini of the Bábís
Mir Emad Hassani Qazvini, (1554-1615), master of calligraphy
Hassan Al-Qazwini, (1964- ) Islamic Center Imam
Budaq Monshi Qazvini (1510-1577), Persian composer
Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (d. 1699 CE), Iranian nobleman
Goharshad Ghazvini (d. 1628), Persian calligrapher
Mohammad Qazvini (1876-1949), Iranian literary critic
Murtadha al-Qazwini Twelver Shia Marja'

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