Hamadani (surname)

Hamdani, Hamadani, Hamedani or Hamadhani (همذاني, ) is a Persian attributive title (or also an Arabic nisbah) that denotes an origin from the Hamadan province of Iran.It is commonly used for Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani, but the many notable people with the surname include:


 * Mihran-i Hamadani (died 633), Sasanian military officer
 * Burayr ibn Khuzayr al-Hamadani (7th century), Qāriʾ, Tabi‘un, and companion of Ali
 * Ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadhani (10th century), Persian historian and geographer
 * Abd al-Jabbâr al-Hamadhânî (935–1025), Mu'tazilite theologian
 * Baba Taher Oryan Hamadani (938–1021), Persian poet
 * Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (969–1007), Persian Arabic-language writer and poet
 * Yusuf Hamadani (1062–1141), Persian Sufi master
 * Ayn al-Quzat Hamadani (1098–1131), Persian judge, mystic, and philosopher
 * Rashid-al-Din Hamadani (1247–1318), Persian statesman, historian and physician
 * Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani (1314–1384), Persian Sufi poet and scholar
 * Moshfegh Hamadani (1914–2009), Jewish Iranian journalist and writer
 * Yosef Hamadani Cohen (1916–2014), Iranian Chief Rabbi
 * Hossein Noori Hamedani (born 1926), Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
 * Hossein Hamadani (1951–2015), Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander
 * Sattar Hamedani (born 1974), Iranian footballer
 * Ameer Sabah Hussein Al-Hamadani (born 1988), Iraqi footballer
 * Anwar Al-Hamadani, Iraqi television presenter