The fame & myth
Qeysar Aminpour (Khuzestan)
Qeysar Aminpour is one of the most influential poets of the post-Iranian Revolution period. He has written poems...
Suhrawardi (Zanjan)
Shahab ad-Din Suhrawardi, titled as the Illumination Sheikh, and Sheikh-e Shahid is the most important philosopher of the...
Bayazid Bastami (Semnan)
One of the Iranian Sufis, who righteously can be considered as one of the great religious leaders, is...
Manouchehr Atashi (Bushehr)
Manouchehr Atashi, known by his pen name Sorna, was a poet, critic and journalist. He was born in...
Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (Alborz)
Jalāl Āl-e-Alddin Sadat Al-e-Ahmad, known as Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, son of Sayyid Ahamad Hoseini Taleghani, was born on Azar...
Jaleh Amouzgar (West Azerbaijan)
Jaleh Amouzgar was born in Azar 1318 SH in Khoy. After spending a part of her high school,...
Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (Ardabil)
The ancestor of Safavid kings, Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili, was born in 650 AH in Ardabil. Being the 8th...
Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (East Azerbaijan)
Without any doubt, Abd al-Qadir Maraghi is one of the greatest musicians and musicologists in Iranian art history....