Nizami (name)

Nizami, also spelled Nezami, is both a surname and a given name of Iranin origin which have its relationship with Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya. It is popular in the Middle East, South Asia and the Caucasus. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

* Khwaja Hasan Sani Nizami, descendant of Nizamuddin Auliya and a Sufi
* Khwaja Hasan Nizami, descendant of Nizamuddin Auliya and a Sufi
* Kamaluddin Nizami, Afghan politician
* Farhan Nizami (born before 1977), Islamic scholar at the University of Oxford
* Hameed Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist
* Saghar Nizami (1905–1983), Indian poet
* Majid Nizami (born 1928), Pakistani editor and publisher
* Hamid Nizami (3 October 1915 – 22 February 1962), Pakistani journalist
* Khalid Nizami, Pakistani comedian actor
* Arif Nizami (October 1948 – 21 July 2021), Pakistani Journalist
* Motiur Rahman Nizami (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician
* Saifur Rahman Nizami (born 1916) , Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
* Hasan Nizami, Persian language poet and historian
* Z.A. Nizami (31 May 1931 – 7 April 2013), Pakistani educationist
* Ayaz Nizami, Pakistani blogger and political prisoner

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* Feroz Nizami (10 November 1910 – 15 November 1975), Pakistani filmmaker
* K. A. Nizami (5 December 1925 – 4 December 1997), Indian historian and diplomat
* Moeen Nizami (born 1 February 1965), Pakistani Urdu poet
* Bari Nizami, lyricist from West Punjab
* Khwaja Hasan Nizami (1878-31 July 1955), Indian sufi saint

Given name:

* Nizami Aruzi (fl. 1110-1161), writer of Persian prose and poetry in the 12th century, famous for the Chahar Maqala
* Nizami Bahmanov (1948−2008), Azerbaijani politician
* Nizami Ganjavi (1141−1209), considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian history
* Nizami Hajiyev (born 1988), Azerbaijani football midfielder
* Nizami Pashayev (born 1981), Azerbaijani weightlifter

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