Kashani
Kashani or Qashani, often shortened to Kashi or al-Kashi, is a surname meaning a person who comes from Kashan, Iran. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include:
People
Surname
- Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd, called Abu Zayd al-Kashani, Persian potter
- Abu al-Qasim Kashani, Persian historian, author of the History of Öljaitü
- Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī, 14th-century Sufi mystic
- Mahmud ibn Ali al-Qashani, Sufi scholar
- Masih Kashani, Iranian physician and poet
- Abbas Hosseini Kashani, Iranian Grand Ayatollah
- Abol-Ghasem Kashani, Iranian Ayatollah and politician
- Afdal al-Din Kashani, Persian poet and philosopher
- Ali Hojjat Kashani, Iranian military officer and politician
- Dariush Kashani, American-Iranian actor
- Eliezer Kashani, an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine
- Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, American-Iranian historian
- Habib Kashani, Iranian businessman and football administrator
- Jafar Kashani, Iranian footballer
- Jamshid al-Kashi, Persian astronomer and mathematician
- Khalil Mobasher Kashani, Iranian Grand Ayatollah
- Mahmoud Kashani, Iranian politician and academic
- Mehran Kashani, Iranian engineer and screenwriter
- Mohammed Emami-Kashani, Iranian Ayatollah and politician
- Mohsen Fayz Kashani, Iranian poet, philosopher and muhaddith
- Mohtasham Kashani, Persian poet
- Sarmad Kashani, Persian mystic, poet and saint in India of Jewish or Armenian origin
- Shahrum Kashani, Italian-Iranian pop singer
Given name
- Kashani Ríos, Panamanian athlete