Razi () or al-Razi () 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
  • Raazi (soundtrack), its soundtrack by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy