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'