Demographics Gorgan

1 demographics

1.1 notable people

1.1.1 historical figures
1.1.2 contemporary figures

demographics

the population of city has been 329,536 of 2011.

majority of people in gorgan speak persian. big portion of city migrants nearby regions, including mazanderanis, azeris, people semnan , khorasan provinces, turkmens, , small population of kazakhs.

gorgani, dialect of mazanderani language, formerly spoken in city, extinct now, , several of words have remained in accent of persian-speakers of city.

notable people

historical figures

bust of fakhruddin ad gurgani



picture showing mirza mehdi khan astarabadi in pink clothes , nader shah afshar on horseback.



house of karen, aristocratic feudal family first attested in arsacid era, belonged region of hyrcania.
fakhroddin asaad gorgani, persian poet , composer of vis , ramin.
abu sa id al-darir al-jurjani, 9th century astronomer , mathematician
al-masihi, 10th century physician , teacher of avicenna
abd al-qāhir al-jurjānī, 11th century grammarian , literary theorist
zayn al-din al-jurjani, 12th century royal physician
fazlallah astarabadi (naimi), 14th century mystic , founder of hurufism
rustam gorgani, 16th century physician
mir fendereski, philosopher, poet , mysti
mir damad, 17th century islamic scholar , neoplatonic philosopher
mirza mehdi khan astarabadi, 18th century chief minister nader shah
bibi khatoon astarabadi, notable writer, satirist, , 1 of pioneering figures of women s movement of iran
firishta, historian
sardar rafie yanehsari, governor of astarabad

contemporary figures

mohammad reza lotfi



mohammad reza lotfi, traditional persian musician
nader ebrahimi, author, poet, director, , researcher
maryam zandi, photographer