The famous Persian Characters
Up to our times, the territory of Persia has been known internationally as the home of the various celebrities who have given invaluable value to the development of civilization and human culture in the scientific, artistic, political, engineering, philosophy, literature and etc.
Suffice it to specify that UNESCO has recognized thirty-three Persian characters in its list of famous such as Saàdi, Hafez, Attar, Ferdowsi, Rumi, Naser Khosrow, Abu Saed Abol Kheyr, Molla Sadra, Mir Damad, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Ghazali , Farabi, Avicenna, Khayam and etc.
Ferdowsi (935-1020)
Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Tusi was born in Tābarān-e Tus around the year ... Read more
Abu Reyhan Biruni (973-1048)
Abu Reyhan Mohammad Ben Ahmad Biruni, Iranian scholar and mathematician ... Read more
Baba Taher Oryan
Baba Taher Hamedāni, known as “Bābā Tāher Oryān”, Gnostic, Iranian poet ... Read more
Umar Khayyām (1048-1131)
Omar Khayyam Neishāburi (full name: Ghyās Ad-Din Abu'l Fath Omar ... Read more
Al-Ghazali (1058-1111)
Abu Hamed Mohammad Ben Mohammad Ben Ahmad Ghazali, (1058-19 December ... Read more
Attar Neishaburi (1145-1221)
Farid Al-Din Abu Hāmed Mohammad Attar Neishaburi, known as Sheikh ... Read more
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201-1274)
Abu Ja'far Mohammad Ben Mohammad Ben Hasan Jaharudi Tusi, better ... Read more
Kamāl ud-Din Behzād (1450-1545)
Kamāl ud-Din Behzād, the most famous Iranian painter and miniaturist, ... Read more
Mohammad Bāqer Majlesi (1627-1700)
Mohammad Baqer Ben Mohammad Taqi Ben Almaqsud Ali Al-Majlesi, born ... Read more
Amir Kabir (1807-1852)
Mirzā Mohammad Taghikhān Farāhāni, born in 1807 in Hazāveh, Arāk, ... Read more
Ali Akbar Dehkhoda (1880-1956)
Ali Akbar Dekhodā (Dehkhoda), born in Tehran on February 24 ... Read more
Nima Yushij (1897-1960)
Ali Esfandiāri, known as "Nima Yushij", was born on November 11, 1897 ... Read more
Seyed Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902-1989)
Seyed Ruhollah Mostafavi, born September 24, 1902 in the city ... Read more
Mahmoud Hessābi (1903-1992)
Seyed Mahmoud Khān Mirzā Hessabi, known as Professor Hessabi, was born ... Read more
Parvin Etesami (1906-1941)
Parvin Etesami was born on March 17, 1906 in Tabriz. Rakhshande ... Read more
Morteza Motahhari (1920-1979)
Morteza Motahhari, born on February 3, 1920 in Farimān in the ... Read more
Mohammad Taghi Jafari (1925-1998)
Mohammad Taghi Jafari, born in 1925 in Tabriz, known as ... Read more
Gholām Rezā Takhti (1930-1958)
Gholam Reza Takhti, known as "Jahān Pahlevān" (Pahlevān of the world, ... Read more
Ali Shariati Mazināni (1933-1977)
Ali Shariati Mazināni, born on November 23, 1933 in the village ... Read more
Seyed Morteza Āvini (1947-1993)
Seyed Morteza Āvini, born on 23 September 1947 in the city ... Read more
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