Shirin

female, deceased (628)
persian, nestorian, Sassanid dynasty, Indian, armenian, Queen…Persiannames
Shirin (? – 628) was the Christian wife of the Sassanid Persian Shahanshah (king of kings), Khosrau II. In the revolution after the death of Kh...

Mírzá Muhammad `alí

male, deceased (1937)
Baha'i Faith, Will and Testament of `Abdu'l-Bahá, ottoman empire, Bahá'í holy family, will and testament, tehran…Persiannames
Mírzá Muhammad `Alí was one of the sons of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He was born from his father's second wife, Fatimih Khanum,...

Afrasiab

male
warrior, Persian mythology, Middle-Persian, Archaeological sites in Uzbekistan, Cities in Uzbekistan, Freangrāsyāk…Persiannames
Afrasiab (Avestan: Fraŋrasyan; Pahlavi: Frāsiyāv, Frāsiyāk and Freangrāsyāk), is the name of the mythical King and hero of Turan and an archene...
Jahangir

Jahangir

male, deceased (1627)
persian, Nuruddin Salim Jahangir, Persiannames, Persian language, turkish, mughal empire
Nuruddin Salim Jahangir was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1605 until his death. The name Jahangir is from Persian جهانگير, meaning "Conque...

Roxana

female
Bactrian, Romanian given names, Stateira II, Stateira, Bactrian language, Persiannames…Given names, Persian Empire
Roxana (Bactrian: Roshanak; literally "little shiny star" or "light"), was a Bactrian noble and a wife of Alexander the Great. She was born earlier...

Táhirih

female, deceased (1852)
Former Muslim, Baha'i Faith, Bahá'í literature, bayani, babi, persian…Persiannames
Táhirih ("The Pure One") or Qurratu'l-`Ayn are both titles of Fátimih Baraghání (b. 1814-1820, d. 1852), an influential poet and theologian of the...

Quddús

male, deceased (1849)
Baha'i Faith, Persiannames, title, executed for heresy, Bábí individuals, prophet
Jináb-i-Quddús (c.1820-1849), is the title of Mullá Muḥammad ‘Alí-i-Bárfurúsh, was the most prominent disciple of the Báb, a nineteent...