List of people from Gorgan
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Following is a list of notable people from Gorgan, the capital of Golestan Province in northern Iran.
Notables from Gorgan[edit]
Contemporary prominent figures[edit]
- Mohammad Reza Lotfi, Musician.
- Maryam Zandi, Photographer.
Historical figures[edit]
- Abd-al-Qaher Jorjani, Grammarian and literary theorist.
- Mir Damad
- Gorgani, Zayn al-Din Isma‘il ibn, royal physician
- Gorgani, Abu Saeed, astronomer and mathematician
- Gorgani, Rustam, physician
- Masihi Gorgani, Avicenna's master
- Ali ibn Mohammed al-Jurjani, encyclopedic writer and theologian
- Fazlallah Astarabadi, 14th century Islamic mystic and founder of the Hurufi movement
- Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi, a notable writer, satirist, and one of the pioneering figures of the women's movement of Iran
Mayors after the Islamic Revolution, February 1979 onwards[edit]
- Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), holder of B.A. in Theology & Islamic Laws
- Ebrahim Karimi (son of Abbass), appointed (selected by the Gorgan City Islamic Council), in June 2007, for the 2nd time
Famous guests[edit]
Califs[edit]
- Abbasid Calif Harun Al-Rashid
- Imam Reza