{{Short description|Iranian family name}} thumb|Mojabi family tree. thumb|Photograph of Mojabi Qazvini family taken in 1955. [[Image:Ahmad Shah Qajar.jpg|thumb|Haj Seyed Gholamhossein Majd Mojabi (above), pictured with Ahmad Shah Qajar, Shah (King) of Iran (center) and guards in 1901.]]

The '''Mojabi Shirazi''' or '''Mojabi''' family ({{langx|fa|مجابی}}, {{IPA|fa|mojaːbi}}) is a prominent Iranian family of cultural significance from Qazvin, Iran.<ref name="goodbook.blogfa.com">{{cite web|author=|url=http://goodbook.blogfa.com/post/2938 |title=بازخوانی زندگی سیاسی و اجتماعی مرحوم دكتر شمس الدین مجابی |publisher=goodbook.blogfa.com |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> Between 1908 and 1997, the family was associated with around 40 publications (comprising newspapers, magazines and pamphlets) in Iran.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hamidi|first1=Mohammad Reza|title=تاريخ مطبوعات قزوين (History of Qazvin Press)|date=2001}}</ref>

== Family overview == As religious scholars, members of the Mojabi family held various minbars in Qazvin throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The family also had considerable involvement in political and societal affairs in Qazvin and across Iran. During the late Qajar and Pahlavi eras, the Mojabi family pioneered the publishing houses and periodicals of Qazvin, a city famed for its political newspapers. Of these, ''Ra’d-i-Qazvin'' founded and edited by Ali Ra’d Mojabi, was the most long-standing of these periodicals, in print from 1933 to 1950 and was closed down on various occasions by Soviet forces during the occupation of northern Iran in the Second World War.<ref name="periodicals">Haddad Adel, Gholamali; Elmi, Mohammad Jafar and Taromi-Rad, Hassan eds. ''Periodicals of the Muslim World: An Entry from Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam''. EWI Press, 2012, p. 84.</ref> During this period ''Ra'd'' was one of the most renowned periodicals throughout Iran.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://shakibzade.com/?type=dynamic&lang=1&id=40 |title=۵- هفته نامۀ "رعد قزوین" |publisher=Hassan Shakibzade |date= |accessdate=2014-07-12}}</ref>

Another newspaper, ''Salah-i-Bashar'', founded and edited by Naguib Mojabi, ran from 1924 to 1934. Hojatoleslam Naguib ran the weekly journal with the assistance of Mirza Abutorab Sheikholeslami and Mirza Hossein Khayal.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hassan Shakibzade|url=http://www.shakibzade.com/?type=dynamic&lang=1&id=44 |title=۹- هفته نامۀ "صلاح بشر" |publisher=shakibzade.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-27}}</ref> The most significant of the periodicals during the Pahlavi I (Rezā Shāh) era was the ''Bazpurs'', which was in print for 12 years (1924-1936), owned and edited by Jafar Adib Mojabi. The focus of the Bazpurs was on societal issues.<ref name="periodicals" /> Other newspapers run by the Mojabi family included ''Nakhl-e Omid'', ''Sarnevesht'' and ''Saadat Qazvin''.

==Origin== The family name derives from Ibrahim al-Mujab, more commonly known as '''Mojab'''. He was the son of Mohammad al-Abid and grandson of Musa al-Kadhim. Those related to Mojab are therefore known by the surname Mojabi or descendants of Mojab.<ref>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.seymoj.com/pages/AboutMojab.aspx |title=خاندان |publisher=goodbook.blogfa.com |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226130945/http://www.seymoj.com/pages/AboutMojab.aspx |archive-date=2014-02-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mojab is buried in Imam Husayn Shrine, Karbala.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.imamhussain.org/english/investigations/m_4.html |title=History of Kerbala province and most significant libraries and religious schools |publisher=Imam Hussein Holy Shrine |date=2012-11-01 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref>

Members of the family are directly descended from the 7th Shia Imam Musa Al-Kadhim who is the son of Ja'far al-Sadiq son of Muhammad Al-Baqir son of Ali Zayn al-Abidin son of Husayn ibn Ali son of Ali Bin Abi Talib and the son of Fatimah the daughter of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Members of the family are called with the title Seyed which literally means ''Mister'' or ''Sir''. As an honorific title, it denotes males accepted as the direct descendants of Muhammad.

== List of Notables == *Ali Ra'd Mojabi, owner and editor of ''Ra'd'' newspaper in Qazvin.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.artqazvin.ir/default.aspx?page=8802&section=newlistItem&mid=45775&pid=26526 |title=حجه الاسلام حاج سید جعفر ادیب مجابی قزوینی (سرسلسله خاندان) |publisher=ArtQazvin.ir|accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Fathollah Mojab (born 1932), paleontologist. * Ayatollah Gholamhossein Mojabi, cleric. * Ayatollah Ali Mojabi, cleric. *Hossein Mojabi (1944-1964), painter. *Ibrāhīm Mojāb (c. 8th century), grandson of Musa al-Kadhim. *Ayatollah Jafar Adib Mojabi (1895-1967), cleric, author and owner of ''Bazpurs'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://qazvin.irib.ir/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3811:1389-05-31-04-53-03&catid=102:1389-05-13-04-56-29&Itemid=119 |title=حاج سید جعفر ادیب مجابی |publisher=IRIB|accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Javad Mojabi (born 1939), writer, poet, literary and art critic.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.caroun.com/Literature/Iran/ContemporaryWriters/JavadMojabi/JavadMojabi.html |title=Javad Mojabi - Iranian Writer & Poet |publisher=Caroun.com |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Mehdi Mojabi, Iran University of Science and Technology professor and cultural heritage expert.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran allots $2.4m to restore overseas cultural heritage sites|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/413467/Iran-allots-2-4m-to-restore-overseas-cultural-heritage-sites|publisher=Tehran Times|date=15 May 2017}}</ref> *Mohammad Mojabi (born 1965), politician and environmentalist.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=13920629000145 |title=مجابی به سمت معاون توسعه مدیریت، حقوقی و امور مجلس محیط زیست منصوب شد |publisher=Fars News |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Puyan Mojabi, University of Manitoba professor and Canada Research Chair.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/environment/departments/ceos/people/1124.html |title=Puyan Mojabi |publisher=umanitoba.ca |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Ayatollah Rahmatollah Mojabi, cleric. *Shamseddin Mojabi (1939–2012), academic, government adviser and political activist.<ref name="goodbook.blogfa.com"/> *Shahrzad Mojab (born 1956), University of Toronto professor.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/lhae/Faculty_Staff/1508/Shahrzad_Mojab.html |title= Shahrzad Mojab |publisher=University of Toronto OISE |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Yahya Mojabi, traditional musician from the Qajar era who trained under Abdulkarim Jenab Qazvini.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.iricap.com/dialog-printableversion.asp?id=344 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140415232935/http://www.iricap.com/dialog-printableversion.asp?id=344 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=April 15, 2014 |title= گفتگو با دکتر حسین میثمی نویسنده کتاب "موسیقی کلاسیک در قزوین" |publisher=IRICAP.com |accessdate=2014-04-16}}</ref> *Zohreh Mojabi (born 1960), actress and playwright.<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2778978/ |title= Zohreh Mojabi |publisher=IMDB |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}</ref> *Ayatollah Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi (1894-1971), Shia scholar and author of ''Peshawar Nights''. *Ata Mojabi (born 1982), filmmaker, and screenwriter. <ref>{{Cite web |title=عطا مجابی |url=https://iranianshortfilm.com/user/atamojabi/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=ISFA - سایت انجمن فیلم کوتاه ایران |language=fa-IR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=عطا مجابی – انجمن سینمای جوانان ایران |url=https://iycs.ir/tag/%D8%B9%D8%B7%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%DB%8C/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=iycs.ir}}</ref> *Zia Mojabi, Hollywood film director. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Zia Mojabi {{!}} Writer, Director, Editor |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0596252/ |access-date=2025-09-06 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}</ref>

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== Further reading == * Golriz, Mohammad Ali (1958). ''The Paradise Gate of Qazvin''. Tehran: University of Tehran Press. ({{langx|fa|مينودر: ياباب الجنه قزوين}}) * Shirazi, Sultan al-Wa'izin (1971). ''Peshawar Nights''. Tehran. ({{langx|fa|شبهای پیشاور}})

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120322211324/http://seymoj.com/ Mojabi family site]

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