The Safavid dynasty was one of the most significant ruling dynasties of Iran from 1501 to 1736. The Safavid dynasty had its origin in the Safavid order of Sufism, which was established in the city of Ardabil in the Iranian Azerbaijan region. It was an Iranian dynasty of Kurdish origin, but during their rule they intermarried with Turkoman, Georgian, Circassian, and Pontic Greek dignitaries, nevertheless they were Turkish-speaking and Turkified. From their base in Ardabil, the Safavids established control over parts of Greater Iran and reasserted the Iranian identity of the region, thus becoming the first native dynasty since the Sasanian Empire to establish a national state officially known as Iran.
Mirza Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi, also known as Tajosh-Sho'arā, was an Iranian poet, journalist and senior politician of the Perisan Constitutional Revolution and the Reza Pahlavi era.
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Hossein Vahid Khorasani is an Iranian author and Shia marja'.
Ibn Babawayh cemetery, also spelled as Ebn-e Babviyeh, Ebn-e Babooyeh, is located in Iran in the town of Rey.
Abul Hasan Shahid ibn Hussain Jahudanaki Balkhi was a Persian theologian, philosopher, poet and sufi. Famous Persian poet Rudaki has a poem in Balkhi's elegy. He was born in Balkh, modern day Afghanistan. Shahid Balkhi was contemporary to Ahmed ibn Sahl al-Balkhi and they had connections. He also had conversations with Zakariya al-Razi, the well-known Persian polymath and both had objections toward the nature of the pleasure.
Mirza Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabai was one of the leaders of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution who played an important role in the establishment of democracy and rule of law in Iran. He was the son of Sayyed Sādegh Tabātabā'i, one of the influential Scholar during the reign of Naser ad-Din Shah Qajar. His paternal grandfather, Sayyed Mehdi Tabātabā'i, was a reputed clergy in Hamedan. He is the father of Sayyed Sādegh Tabātabā'i editor of Ruznāmeh-ye Majles, the Majles newspaper.
The Mojabi Shirazi or Mojabi family is a prominent Iranian family of cultural significance from Qazvin, Iran. Between 1908 and 1997, the family was associated with around 40 publications in Iran.
Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani also known as Kumpani was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia Scholar, philosopher, jurist and Poet.
Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khorasani Sanglakh, also known as Mirza Sanglakh, was a celebrated Iranian calligrapher and stone carver of the 19th century. He was also a poet and author. Sanglakh flourished during the reign of three successive Iranian monarchs; Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Mohammad Shah Qajar and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. He was born in Quchan and died in Tabriz.
Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid Mirza Abu Muhammad Mu'iz al-DinMuhammad-Hassan al-Husayni al-Shirazi, better simply known as Mirza Shirazi, was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'.
Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Kooh Kamari was a contemporary Iranian Muslim Faqīh and a Twelver Marja' who was in charge of the administration of the Qom Seminary for ten years. He was born on March 17, 1893 and died on January 19, 1953. He was a prominent student of Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi and after him held the position of Shia authority.
The Iranian Enlightenment, sometimes called the first generation of intellectual movements in Iran, brought new ideas into traditional Iranian society from the mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. During the rule of the Qajar dynasty, and especially after the defeat of Iran in its war with the Russian Empire, cultural exchanges led to the formation of new ideas among the educated class of Iran. This military defeat also encouraged the Qajar commanders to overcome Iran's backwardness. The establishment of Dar ul-Fonun, the first modern university in Iran and the arrival of foreign professors, caused the thoughts of European thinkers to enter Iran, followed by the first signs of enlightenment and intellectual movements in Iran.
Hossein Ali Mirza, a son of Fath-Ali Shah, was the Governor of Fars and pretender to the throne of Qajar Iran.
Agha Hossein Khansari, full name Hossein ibn Jamal al-Din Mohammad Khansari, known as Mohaghegh Khansari and also known as "Master of all in all", who was nicknamed "the disciple of mankind" because of the many masters he acquired knowledge in their presence, was one of the great Iranian jurists of Isfahan jurisprudential school in the 11th century AH, who was also engaged in philosophy and wisdom. He was one of the high level scholars during the reign of Sultan Suleiman of the Safavid dynasty and after the death of Mir Seyyed Mohammad Masoom in 1683, he became the Shaykh al-Islām of Isfahan. His children are Jamaluddin Mohammad known as Agha Jamal Khansari and Raziauddin Mohammad known as Agha Razi Khansari.
Seyed Reza Bahaadini was an Iranian Shiite jurist, teacher of ethics and practical mysticism. He was one of the disciples of Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi, Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Kooh Kamari, Seyyed Mohammad Taghi Khansari and Hossein Borujerdi. His greatest occupation and fame was his public or private debates on Islamic ethics courses, which lasted until the last days of his life.
Seyyed Qutb al-Din Mohammad Neyrizi was an Iranian famous and prominent mystic of the Safavid period. He was 32nd Qutb of Zahabiya genealogy. All historians have written his name as Mohammad and his title as Qutb al-Din. In addition to his high position in the history of Shiite mysticism, he was one of the most important and influential political thinkers of the late Safavid period.
Mohammad Hossein Esheni or Mohammad Hossein Esheni Qudejani was an Iranian Shiite cleric and experienced Faqih.
