Tabatabaei

Tabatabaei (Arabic: طباطبائي, Ṭabāṭabāʾī; Persian: طباطبایی, Ṭabâṭabâyī) (also spelled Tabatabai, Tabatabaee, Tabatabaie, Tabatabaeyan) is a surname of Iranian/Persian origin. It is one of many families of Shia Muslims, primarily predominant in Iran, but also in Iraq, Lebanon and Kuwait.

People[]

(by order of year of birth)

• Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai (1842–1920), Iranian leader of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution
• Ali Haider Tabatabai (1854-1933), Indian poet and translator
• Ali Tabatabaei (1869-1947), Iranian ayatollah commonly known as al-Qadi Tabatabai, who was famous for his high level of Irfan
• Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875-1961), Iranian grand ayatollah
• Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1888–1969), Iranian politician
• Muhsin al-Hakim (1889–1970), Iraqi Marja
• Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i (1903-1981), Iranian philosopher, commonly known as Allameh Tabatabai
• Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi (1912-2007), Iranian cleric who has repeatedly criticized the velayat-e faqih
• Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (born 1923), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Ali Akbar Tabatabaei (1930–1980), Iranian exiled politician, murdered in America
• Jazeh Tabatabai (1931-2008), Iranian painter, poet, and sculptor
• Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei (1936—2018), Iranian Shia cleric and conservative politician. Served as member of the Parliament of Iran
• Sadeq Tabatabaei (1943-2015), Iranian politician, former Deputy Prime Minister
• Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani (1945-2017), Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja
• Mumtaz (born 1947), Indian actress
• Waleed Al-Tabtabaie (born 1964), Member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly.
• Javad Tabatabai (born 1964), Iranian philosopher
• Jasmin Tabatabai (born 1967), German-Iranian singer, songwriter and actress
• Hadi Tabatabaei (born 1973, Iranian footballer
• Ali Tabatabaee (born 1973), American punk musician, member and lead singer of Zebrahead
• John Tabatabai, Welsh poker player
• Ali Tabatabaei (actor) (1983–2015), Iranian film and television
• Amin Tabatabaei (born 2001), Iranian chess grandmaster
• Mohammad Hossein Tabatabai (born 1991), Iranian who could recite the entire Koran at age seven

Institutions and buildings[]

• House of Tabatabaei in Kashan, Iran
• Allameh Tabatabai University, public university in Tehran, Iran
• Allameh Tabatabaei High School, high school in Tehran, Iran

Surname list

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See also[]

• Sayyid
• Tabataba (film), 1988 African film