Qazwini , the name is possibly derived either from both sources: - Qazwini (Persian: قزويني qazwīni), the name derived from "Qazvin" (versions of the topographical surname: Qazvini, Qazwini, Qazvini, al-Quazvini), formerly the Safavid dynastic capital (1555-1598), which is Iran's calligraphy capital today. Also, the name refers to a dialect of Persian language, Qazvini. - Qazwini (ِArabic: قزويني qazwīni), the old Arabicized name of the Caspian Sea, also called "Bahr Qazwin (بحر قزوين baḥr qazwīn)". May refer to the following persons Abu Abdallah Muh. b. Yazid b. Maja al-Rab`i al-Qazwini (fl. C9th) hadith scholar Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–1283), Persian physician geographer Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī (d. 1277 CE), Persian philosopher astronomer Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī (1281–1349), Persian historian geographer Shah-Mohammad Qazvini (died 1557), palace physician and belle-lettrist Aref Qazvini (1882), Iranian poet Mullá Hádí-i-Qazvini of the Bábís Mir Emad Hassani Qazvini, (1554-1615), master of calligraphy Hassan Al-Qazwini, (1964- ) Islamic Center Imam Budaq Monshi Qazvini (1510-1577), Persian composer Mohammad Taher Vahid Qazvini (d. 1699 CE), Iranian nobleman Goharshad Ghazvini (d. 1628 CE), Persian calligrapher Mohammad Qazvini (1876-1949), Iranian literary critic Murtadha al-Qazwini Twelver Shia Marja' Iranian-language surnames