Kashani

Kashani (Balochi: کَشانی) (Persian: کاشانی‎), often shortened to Kashi or al-Kashi (Persian: کاشی‎), is a surname meaning a person who comes from Kashan, Iran. It may refer to:

People

• Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931-2010), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
• Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882-1962), Iranian Ayatollah involved in the Mossadegh era politics
• Adem Alkaşi (born 1984), Turkish footballer
• Afdal al-Din Kashani (died ca. 1214), Persian poet and philosopher
• Ahmed Kashi, Algerian footballer
• Habib Kashani, Iranian businessman and football administrator
• Jafar Kashani (born 1944), Iranian footballer
• Jamshid al-Kashi (c. 1380–1429), Persian astronomer and mathematician
• Khalil Mobasher Kashani (born 1951), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
• Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born 1917), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
• Mohsen Fayz Kashani (died 1680), Iranian poet, philosopher and muhaddith
• Mohtasham Kaashaani (1528–1588), Persian poet
• Morteza Kashi, Iranian footballer
• Sarmad Kashani (died 1661), Persian mystic, poet and saint in India of Jewish or Armenian origin
• Shahrum Kashani (born 1974), Italian-Iranian pop singer

Other uses

• 16127 Farzan-Kashani, asteroid