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 (died 1219), called Abu Zayd al-Kashani, Persian potter Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian, author of the History of Öljaitü Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī, 14th-century Sufi mystic Mahmud ibn Ali al-Qashani (died 1335), Sufi scholar Masih Kashani (1577–1656), Iranian physician and poet Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931–2010), Iranian Grand Ayatollah Musa Khan Kashi (1856–1939), Iranian Jewish musician Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian Ayatollah and politician Afdal al-Din Kashani (died 1214), Persian poet and philosopher Ali Hojjat Kashani (1921–1979), Iranian military officer and politician Dariush Kashani, American-Iranian actor Eliezer Kashani (1923–1947), an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, American-Iranian historian Habib Kashani, Iranian businessman and football administrator Jafar Kashani (1944–2019), Iranian footballer Jamshid al-Kashi ( 1380–1429), Persian astronomer and mathematician Khalil Mobasher Kashani (born 1951), Iranian Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Kashani (born 1942), Iranian politician and academic Mehran Kashani (born 1969), Iranian engineer and screenwriter Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born 1931), Iranian Ayatollah and politician Mohsen Fayz Kashani (1598–1680), Iranian poet, philosopher and muhaddith Mohtasham Kashani (1500–1588), Persian poet Sarmad Kashani (c. 1590–1661), Persian mystic, poet and saint in India of Jewish or Armenian origin Shahrum Kashani (1971–2021), Italian-Iranian pop singer
Given name Kashani Ríos (born 1991), Panamanian athlete
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