Nizami (name)
Nizami, also spelled Nezami, is both a surname and a given name of Persian origin. It is popular in the Middle East, South Asia and the Caucasus. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
- Farhan Nizami (born before 1977), Islamic scholar at the University of Oxford
- Hameed Nizami (1915–1962), Pakistani journalist
- Majid Nizami (born 1928), Pakistani editor and publisher
- Motiur Rahman Nizami (born 1943), Bangladeshi politician
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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