Kashani

Kashani or Qashani, often shortened to Kashi or al-Kashi , is a surname meaning a person who comes from Kashan, Iran. It is also used as a feminine given name. Notable persons with that name include:

Surname

 * Abū Zayd ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Zayd (died 1219), called Abu Zayd al-Kashani, Persian potter
 * Abu al-Qasim Kashani (died after 1324), Persian historian, author of the History of Öljaitü
 * Abd al-Razzaq Kāshānī, 14th-century Sufi mystic
 * Mahmud ibn Ali al-Qashani (died 1335), Sufi scholar
 * Abbas Hosseini Kashani (1931-2010), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
 * Abol-Ghasem Kashani (1882–1962), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
 * Afdal al-Din Kashani (died c. 1214), Persian poet and philosopher
 * Ali Hojjat Kashani (1921–1979), Iranian military officer and politician
 * Dariush Kashani, American-Iranian actor
 * Eliezer Kashani (1923–1947), an Irgun member in Mandatory Palestine
 * Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet, American-Iranian historian
 * Habib Kashani, Iranian businessman and football administrator
 * Jafar Kashani (1944–2019), Iranian footballer
 * Jamshīd al-Kāshī (c. 1380–1429), Persian astronomer and mathematician
 * Khalil Mobasher Kashani (born 1951), Iranian Grand Ayatollah
 * Mahmoud Kashani (born 1942), Iranian politician and academic
 * Mehran Kashani (born 1969), Iranian engineer and screenwriter
 * Mohammed Emami-Kashani (born 1931), Iranian Ayatollah and politician
 * Mohsen Fayz Kashani (1598–1680), Iranian poet, philosopher and muhaddith
 * Muhtasham Kashani (1500–1588), Persian poet
 * Sarmad Kashani (c. 1590–1661), Persian mystic, poet and saint in India of Jewish or Armenian origin
 * Shahrum Kashani (1971–2021), Italian-Iranian pop singer

Given name

 * Kashani Ríos (born 1991), Panamanian athlete