# Mojabi
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{{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](/source/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 [Iran](/source/Iran)ian family of cultural significance from [Qazvin](/source/Qazvin), [Iran](/source/Iran).[{{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}}] Between 1908 and 1997, the family was associated with around 40 publications (comprising newspapers, magazines and pamphlets) in Iran.[{{cite book|last1=Hamidi|first1=Mohammad Reza|title=تاريخ مطبوعات قزوين (History of Qazvin Press)|date=2001}}]
== Family overview ==
As religious scholars, members of the Mojabi family held various [minbar](/source/minbar)s in [Qazvin](/source/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](/source/Qajar) and [Pahlavi](/source/Pahlavi_dynasty) 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](/source/Anglo-Soviet_invasion_of_Iran) in the Second World War.[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.] During this period ''Ra'd'' was one of the most renowned periodicals throughout Iran.[{{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}}]
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.[{{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}}] The most significant of the periodicals during the Pahlavi I ([Rezā Shāh](/source/Rez%C4%81_Sh%C4%81h)) 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.[{{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 }}] Mojab is buried in [Imam Husayn Shrine](/source/Imam_Husayn_Shrine), [Karbala](/source/Karbala).[{{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}}]
Members of the family are directly descended from the 7th [Shia Imam](/source/Shia_Imam) [Musa Al-Kadhim](/source/Musa_Al-Kadhim) who is the son of [Ja'far al-Sadiq](/source/Ja'far_al-Sadiq) son of [Muhammad Al-Baqir](/source/Muhammad_Al-Baqir) son of Ali [Zayn al-Abidin](/source/Ali_al-Sajjad) son of [Husayn ibn Ali](/source/Husayn_ibn_Ali) son of [Ali Bin Abi Talib](/source/Ali_Bin_Abi_Talib) and the son of [Fatimah](/source/Fatimah) the daughter of the Islamic prophet, [Muhammad](/source/Muhammad). Members of the family are called with the title [Seyed](/source/Seyed) which literally means ''Mister'' or ''Sir''. As an [honorific](/source/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.[{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.artqazvin.ir/default.aspx?page=8802§ion=newlistItem&mid=45775&pid=26526 |title=حجه الاسلام حاج سید جعفر ادیب مجابی قزوینی (سرسلسله خاندان) |publisher=ArtQazvin.ir|accessdate=2014-04-05}}]
*Fathollah Mojab (born 1932), paleontologist.
* [Ayatollah](/source/Ayatollah) Gholamhossein Mojabi, cleric.
* [Ayatollah](/source/Ayatollah) Ali Mojabi, cleric.
*Hossein Mojabi (1944-1964), painter.
*[Ibrāhīm Mojāb](/source/Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm_Moj%C4%81b) (c. 8th century), grandson of [Musa al-Kadhim](/source/Musa_al-Kadhim).
*[Ayatollah](/source/Ayatollah) Jafar Adib Mojabi (1895-1967), cleric, author and owner of ''Bazpurs'' newspaper.[{{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}}]
*[Javad Mojabi](/source/Javad_Mojabi) (born 1939), writer, poet, literary and art critic.[{{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}}]
*Mehdi Mojabi, [Iran University of Science and Technology](/source/Iran_University_of_Science_and_Technology) professor and cultural heritage expert.[{{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}}]
*[Mohammad Mojabi](/source/Mohammad_Mojabi) (born 1965), politician and environmentalist.[{{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}}]
*Puyan Mojabi, [University of Manitoba](/source/University_of_Manitoba) professor and [Canada Research Chair](/source/Canada_Research_Chair).[{{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}}]
*[Ayatollah](/source/Ayatollah) Rahmatollah Mojabi, cleric.
*[Shamseddin Mojabi](/source/Shamseddin_Mojabi) (1939–2012), academic, government adviser and political activist.[{{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}}]
*Yahya Mojabi, traditional musician from the Qajar era who trained under Abdulkarim Jenab Qazvini.[{{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}}]
*[Zohreh Mojabi](/source/Zohreh_Mojabi) (born 1960), actress and playwright.[{{cite web|author=|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2778978/ |title=
Zohreh Mojabi |publisher=IMDB |date=2014-04-05 |accessdate=2014-04-05}}]
*[Ayatollah](/source/Ayatollah) [Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi](/source/Sultan_al-Wa'izin_Shirazi) (1894-1971), Shia scholar and author of ''[Peshawar Nights](/source/Peshawar_Nights)''.
*[Ata Mojabi](/source/Ata_Mojabi) (born 1982), filmmaker, and screenwriter. [{{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}}][{{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}}]
*Zia Mojabi, Hollywood film director. [{{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}}]
== References ==
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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](/source/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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