Razi Explained

Razi (Persian: رازی|link=no) or al-Razi (Arabic: الرازی|link=no) is a name that was historically used to indicate a person coming from Ray, Iran.

People

It most commonly refers to:

• Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865–925), influential physician, alchemist and philosopher, also known by his Latinized name Rhazes or Rasis
• Abu Hatim Ahmad ibn Hamdan al-Razi (died c. 934), Isma'ili philosopher
• Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1150–1210), influential polymath and theologian

It may also refer to:

• Shapur of Rey, also known as Sabur al-Razi, Sasanian military officer from the Mihran family, Marzban of Persian Armenia 483–4
• Mihran Razi (died 637), military officer from the Mihran family
• Abu Zur’a al-Razi (died 878), Sunni hadith scholar
• Abu Hatim Muhammad ibn Idris al-Razi (811–890), Sunni hadith scholar
• Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni al-Razi (864–941), Shia compiler of hadith
• Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Mūsa al-Rāzī (888–955), historian
• ʿĪsā al-Rāzī (died 980), historian
• Najm al-Din Razi, 13th-century Sufi
• Amin Razi, 16th-century geographer

Locations

• Razi University, a public university in the city of Kermanshah
• Razi, Ardabil, a city
• Razi, Golestan, a village
• Razi, Khuzestan, a village
• Razi, West Azerbaijan, a village
• Seyyed Razi, Iran, a village

Politics

• Razi is a short word for a supporter of Rashism

See also

• Raz (disambiguation)
• Raaz (disambiguation)
• Raazi, 2018 Indian spy-thriller film by Meghna Gulzar