Yazdi
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Yazdi is a common name for someone from the city or province of Yazd
in central Iran
, and for a dialect from Northwestern Iran.
Yazd
Yazd is the capital of Yazd Province in Iran, and a centre of Zoroastrian culture. The city is located some 175 miles southeast of Isfahan. At the 2006 census, the population was 423,006, in 114,716 families....
in central 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...
, and for a dialect from Northwestern Iran.
- For the Northwestern Iranian dialect spoken by many ZoroastriansZoroastrianismZoroastrianism is a religion and philosophy based on the teachings of prophet Zoroaster and was formerly among the world's largest religions. It was probably founded some time before the 6th century BCE in Greater Iran.In Zoroastrianism, the Creator Ahura Mazda is all good, and no evil...
, see Dari (Zoroastrian)Dari (Zoroastrian)Dari is a Northwestern Iranian ethnolect spoken as a first language by an estimated 8,000 to 15,000 Zoroastrians in and around the cities of Yazd and Kerman in central Iran... - For the Iranian politician and Secretary-General of the Freedom Movement of IranFreedom Movement of IranThe Freedom Movement of Iran is an Iranian political organization which was founded in 1961 by Mehdi Bazargan, Mahmoud Taleghani, Yadollah Sahabi, Mostafa Chamran, Ali Shariati, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh and some other political or religious figures...
, see Ebrahim YazdiEbrahim YazdiEbrahim Yazdi is an Iranian politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the interim government of Mehdi Bazargan, until his resignation in November 1979, in protest to the Iran hostage crisis... - For the hardline IranIranIran , 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...
ian Twelver Shi'a Muslim cleric and supporter of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, see Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi - For the hardline Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and head of Judiciary System of Iran between 1989 and 1999, see Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi
- For the Iranian Twelver Shia marjaMarjaMarja , also known as a marja-i taqlid or marja dini , literally means "Source to Imitate/Follow" or "Religious Reference"...
cleric who lived between 1859 and 1937, see Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi