Musavi (name)
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Musavi is a patronimic, common among Iranian Shi'a Muslims, even though it is originaly a Arabic name. The name implies that the person is a direct desendant to the seventh of the Shi'a twelver Imams: Musa al-Kazim ibn Jafar as Sadiq. Other tranliterations include Musawi, Mosavi or even Moussaoui
Some prominent people wearing this patronimy include:
- Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini — came to power in Iran after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
- Zacarias Moussaoui — convicted of terrorism
- Abdorrahim Musavi
- Ayatollah Sayyid Mir Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori Lakhnavi
- Abul-Hasan Mohammad Ben Al-Hossein Al-Musavi
- Sayyid Mujtaba Musavi Lari
See also
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