Kazmi
Encyclopedia
Kazmi or Kazemi is the surname
for a family belonging to the offsprings of Muhammad
's great-grandson Imam Musa al-Kadhim
. They belong to the Sayyid
community. Kazmi (or people belonging to this family) can be found all over the world especially in Iran
, Iraq
and the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent.
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
for a family belonging to the offsprings of Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad |ligature]] at U+FDF4 ;Arabic pronunciation varies regionally; the first vowel ranges from ~~; the second and the last vowel: ~~~. There are dialects which have no stress. In Egypt, it is pronounced not in religious contexts...
's great-grandson Imam Musa al-Kadhim
Musa al-Kadhim
' was the seventh of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'a Islam. He was the son of Imam and his mother was Hamidah Khātūn, a student and former Zanjiyyah slave...
. They belong to the Sayyid
Sayyid
Sayyid is an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as descendants of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through his grandsons, Hasan ibn Ali and Husain ibn Ali, sons of the prophet's daughter Fatima Zahra and his son-in-law Ali ibn Abi Talib.Daughters of sayyids are given the titles Sayyida,...
community. Kazmi (or people belonging to this family) can be found all over the world especially in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
and the Indo-Pakistani subcontinent.
Notable people with the surname Kazmi
- Ahmad Saeed Kazmi, was a well known scholar and Sufi of international fame, living in Multan, Pakistan
- Arsalan KazmiArsalan KazemiArsalan Kazemi Naeini is an Iranian basketball player who currently plays for Rice University and the Iran national basketball team.He was the captain of the Iranian under-18 national basketball team and has previously played for the main team of Zob Ahan Isfahan at the age of 17 before travelling...
, Iranian basketball player - Farhad KazmiFarhad KazemiFarhad Kazemi is an Iranian football manager. With many professional clubs in his résumé, Kazemi has established himself as one of the top coaches in a country which has many enthusiastic football lovers – Iran....
, Iranian football manager - Ghulam Murtaza Shah Kazmi (G. M. Syed)G. M. SyedG. M. Syed was a political leader who pioneered the Jeay Sindh movement for the freedom of Sindh from Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern Sindhi nationalism...
, was a Sindhi nationalist, leftist, revolutionary and a sufi - Syed Jamil Hussain Kazmi, Well known personlity and Nazim of Union Council Dhaman Syedan, Rawalpindi
- Hadi KazmiHadi KazemiHadi Kazemi is an Iranian actor mostly recognised for his role as Nezam Du Barareh in Mehran Modiri's comedy series Shabhaye Barareh, an Iranian satire television series broadcast by the IRIB network.-Filmography:...
, Iranian actor - Hussain KazmiHossein KazemiHossein Kazemi is an Iranian football player who currently plays for Rah Ahan in Iran's Premier Football League.He has also featured in an episode of a TV serie in Iran, with former Esteghlal team-mate, Alireza Ansarian.-Club career:...
(1979-), Iranian footballer - Iqbal KazmiIqbal KazmiSyed Mohammad Iqbal Kazmi is a human rights activist and journalist and is based out of city of Karachi...
, human rights activist and journalist - Zameer Hassan Kazmi, was a well-known English writer from India
- Mithaq KazimiMithaq KazimiMithaq Kazimi is a film director and producer, mostly known for his documentary film 16 Days in Afghanistan and founding member of Dawn Breakers International Film Festival...
, filmmaker - Mustafa KazmiSayed Mustafa KazemiSayed Mustafa Kazemi from Parwan was a prominent Afghan politician. He was one of the leaders and the spokesmen for the opposition movement known as the United National Front. He was a former minister of commerce in the Afghan Transitional Government...
(1962-2007), Afghan politician - Nasir KazmiNasir KazmiSyed Nasir Raza Kazmi, was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He was one of the greatest poets of this era, especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher". Kazmi was born on December 8, 1925 at Ambala in British India.-Education and Career:Kazmi was educated at Ambala, Simla and Lahore...
, was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan - Nikhat KazmiNikhat KazmiNikhat Kazmi is a senior correspondent and well-known film critic from India, who has been writing for The Times of India, since 1987.-Books:* If Shakespeare was a gun: a play. Writers Workshop, 1984....
, is a popular and well-known film critic from India - Dr. S.M. Aqil Kazmi, is a well-known engineer and ex Professor at IIT Delhi, India
- S.M. Ali Kazmi Kazmi, is ex Advocate General of Uttar Pradesh, India
- Dr. H.A.Kazmi, is a well-known infrastructure engineer and ex CEO, SNC-Lavalin Infrastructure, India
- Pratima KazmiPratima KazmiPratima Kazmi is an Indian television actress who has worked in many Bollywood movies and Hindi television drama series. Although she now works in Hindi movies & dramas, she started her career in 1997 with an UK's English film called Sixth Happiness, produced by an Indian director Waris Hussein,...
, is an Indian television actress - Rahat KazmiRahat KazmiRahat Kazmi is a famous Pakistani television actor, a talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician. He is married to renowned Pakistani actress, producer and director Saira Kazmi, with whom he fell in love when he started his acting career. He has two children from Saira, Ali Kazmi...
, is a famous Pakistani television actor, talk-show anchor, a professional speaker and an academician - Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi (Bari Imam)Bari ImamBari Imam , or Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, is the patron saint of Islamabad and the greater Potohar region. His spiritual title is Sultan-ul-Fuqra. His father, Syed Mehmood Shah, a sufi of standing, shifted his family from Karsal Village, Chakwal, to Bagh village, presently called Aabpara, Islamabad....
, was a Sufi poet and philosopher - Shah Syed Ali KazmiShah Seyyed Ali KazemiAli Kazemi, born in Moud, was crown prince Marcel's grandfather, and the last tribal leader of Birjand at the beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty of Reza Shah Pahlavi...
(?-1984), Iranian tribal leader and public official - Shameel Kazmi, is a Pakistan-born Omanian cricketer
- Tahir KazmiTahir KazmiTahir Kazmi was a Pakistani cricketer.Tahir made his first-class debut during the 1978-79 season, for Baluchistan, against Sind, scoring eight runs in the two innings in which he batted....
, was a Pakistani cricketer - Zahra KazmiZahra KazemiZahra "Ziba" Kazemi-Ahmadabadi was an Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer, residing in Montreal, Canada, who died in the custody of Iranian officials following her arrest....
(1949-2003), Iranian-Canadian journalist - Zhaleh KazmiZhaleh KazemiZhaleh Kazemi was a famous Iranian television producer, news anchor and painter. She was also a voice actress for Persian-dubbed films in Iranian cinema.- Source :*...
(1944-2005), Iranian painter and news anchor - Syed Naeem Hussain Shah Kazmi , CEO IT World Networks
- Syed Yasser Kazmi ,CEO MYASA Network Solutions