Muhammad Khan

male, deceased (1338)
Muhammad Khan (d. July 1338) was a claimant to the throne of the Ilkhanate. He was a great-grandson of Mengu-Timur, who was a grandson of Batu...
Sattar Khan

Sattar Khan

male, deceased (1914)
Sattar Khan, honorarily titled Sardār-e Melli, born in Tabriz (Janali village), located in Iranian Azerbaijan, was a key figure in the Iranian C...
Ahmad Kasravi

Ahmad Kasravi

male, deceased (1946)
Ahmad Kasravi (29 September, 1890 - March 11, 1946), was a notable Iranian linguist, historian, reformer, and philosopher. Born in Hokmabad...
Shams Tabrizi

Shams Tabrizi

male, deceased (1248)
Shams-e-Tabrīzī was an Iranian Sufi mystic born in the city of Tabriz in Iranian Azerbaijan. He is responsible for initiating Mawlānā Jalāl ad-Dī...
Forough Farrokhzad

Forough Farrokhzad

female, deceased (1967)
Forough Farrokhzad. A new English translation of a selection of her poems by Maryam Dilmaghani is published on-line by the name of "Forough...
Al-Mu'Tasim

Al-Mu'Tasim

male, deceased (842)
Abu Ishaq al-Mu'tasim ibn Harun was an Abbasid caliph (833 - 842). He succeeded his half-brother al-Ma'mun.
Vartan Gregorian

Vartan Gregorian

male, 75 years old
Vartan Gregorian (born April 8, 1934 in Tabriz, Iran) is a distinguished American academic, currently serving as the president of Carnegie...
Samad Behrangi

Samad Behrangi

male, deceased (1967)
Samad Behrangi (June 24, 1939 - August 31, 1967) was an Iranian Azeri socialist and writer. He is famous for his book for children, "The Little...
Parvin E'Tesami

Parvin E'Tesami

female, deceased (1941)
Parvin E'tesami also "Parvin Etesami" was one of the most prominent Persian poets of 20th century. Parvin was the daughter of Yusuf E’tesami As...

Tahmasp II

male, deceased (1740)
Tahmasp II (1704? - 1740) was one of the last Safavid rulers of Persia (Iran). Tahmasp was the son of Husayn (Safavid), the Shah of Iran at that...