Famous People with Name Alavi

Alavi Shirazi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Alavi Shirazi: with the royal title Alavi Khan Nawwab Mu‘tamad al-Muluk, was a royal Persian physician of the 18th century.Muhammad Shah (reg.1719-1748), the Mughal ruler in Delhi, raised him to the rank of Shash-hazari and gave him the title of Mu‘tamad al-Muluk. When the Persian ruler Nadir Shah defeated Muhammad Shah and sacked Delhi, ‘Alavi Khan accompanied Nadir Shah when he left India and ‘Alavi Khan accepted the position of Hakim-bashi ("chief physician") to Nadir Shah.

Seyed Mohammad Alavi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Seyed Mohammad Alavi: an Iranian footballer. He plays for Pas Hamedan in Iran's Premier Football League. He usually plays in the defensive midfield position.A product of the football rich province of Khuzestan and the young team of Foolad, he was a pivotal player within this young team and his consistency and solid defending was one of the factors for the success of his club in becoming the champions of the IPL 2004/05. He played for the club in Iran's Premier League till its sad relegation to the lower division, Azadegan League, in 2007.Alavi stormed on the national scene after his header goal against China in Azadi Stadium which assured Iran Under-23 team 3 points in the anticipated revival of the teams chances in the 2004 Olympic qualifying matches. Although Alavi was selected by then coach Mohammad Mayeli Kohan in the roster of the U23 team,

Bozorg Alavi            Origin/Culture/Country: Iranian

Bozorg Alavi: was an influential Iranian writer, novelist, and political intellectual. He was a founding member of the communist Tudeh Party of Iran in the 1940s and – following the 1953 coup against democratically-elected leftist Premier Mohammad Mossadegh – spent the rest of his life in exile in Germany, first during the Pahlavi regime, then returning to Germany once more following the 1979 revolution. His finest novel is Chashm'ha'yash (Her Eyes), which was published in Iran in 1952 and was subsequently banned.