The surname Hedayat is used by different families of Middle East origins. In Iran when referring to that family name without further specification, it mostly refers to one prominent family originating from Mazanderan in Northern Iran.[1] Notable people from this family include:
Abdollah Hedayat (1899-1968), Iranian army general
Ali Qoli Khan Mokhber od-Dowleh I (1830–1897), Minister of Education, Post and Telegraphs
Jafar Qoli Khan Nayyer-ol-Molk I (1831–1913), Minister of Education
Hassan Ali Khan Kamal-Hedayat, Nasr-ol Molk (1877–1957), Minister of Post and Telegraph
Mehdi Qoli Khan Hedayat, Mokhber-ol Saltaneh (1864–1955), Prime Minister of Iran
Mohammed Qoli Khan Hedayat, Mokhber-ol Molk (1865–1950), Minister of Finances
Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat (1856–1911), President of the 1st Majles
Reza-Qoli Khan Hedayat (1800–1871), a Persian writer and poet
Reza Qoli Khan Hedayat, Nayer-ol Molk II (1872–1945), Minister of Education
Sadegh Hedayat (Persian: صادق هدایت Persian pronunciation: [ˈsɑːdɛq ɛ hɛdɑːˈjæt] listen; 17 February 1903 – 9 April 1951) was an Iranian writer and translator...
The surname Hedayat is used by different families of Middle East origins. In Iran when referring to that family name without further specification, it...
Mursal Hedayat MBE was awarded the Barclays Woman in the Community Award 2021. She is the founder and CEO of tech social enterprise start-up Chatterbox...
Nelufar Hedayat (born 1 January 1988) is a British journalist and presenter who hosts the podcast Course Correction and is the correspondent for Doha...
murdering Ron Levin, the group's main investor and himself a con artist, and Hedayat Eslaminia, the father of one of the club's members. The story was recounted...
Habibollah Hedayat (دکتر حبیب الله هدایت) (2013–1917), known as the father of modern nutrition sciences of Iran, is the founder of the National Nutrition...
Yashar Ali (born Yashar Ali Hedayat; November 23, 1979) is an American journalist who has contributed to HuffPost, NBC News, and New York magazine. In...
Hedayat Lotfian (Persian: هدایت لطفیان) is an Iranian retired military officer who served as Iran's Chief of police, the chief commander of Law Enforcement...
Bahareh Hedayat (Persian: بهاره هدایت, born 1981) is an Iranian activist and campaigner for women's rights. She was one of the activists who worked on...
Abdollah Hedayat (1899–1968) was an army officer who served as the chief of general staff at the Imperial Iran Army. Hedayat was born in 1899 and was...
Hedayat Mosque (Persian: مسجد هدایت) is a mosque in Tehran, Iran. The mosque played a significant role in Iranian religious revolutionary movements against...
Mehdi Qoli Khan Hedayat (Persian: مهدیقلی هدایت; 1863 – September 21, 1955), also known as Mokhber-ol Saltaneh (Persian: مخبرالسلطنه), was Prime Minister...
Tafsir Hedayat is an exegesis on the Quran written by Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al-Modarresi in eighteen volumes in Arabic. The author started the...
University of Tehran. The Last Port directed by Hassan Hedayat Bright Shadow directed by Hassan Hedayat The Queen directed by Mohammad Ali Bashe Ahangar Che...
The Blind Owl (1936; Persian: بوف کور, Boof-e koor, listen) is Sadegh Hedayat's magnum opus and a major literary work of 20th-century Iran. Written in...
1995 as a private university under the Private University Act 1992 with Hedayat Ahmed as the founder Vice Chancellor. Its curriculum has been approved...
Hedayat Amin Arsala (Pashto: هدايت امين ارسلا; born January 12, 1942) is an economist and a prominent politician in Afghanistan. Mr. Arsala is a former...
Organization of the Ministry of Defense and Logistics of the Armed Forces, Majid Hedayat, described the Saeqeh as a logistic and combat plane with high manoeuvring...
XIX (1): 49–64. Hedayat's "Blind Owl" as a Western Novel. Princeton Legacy Library: Michael Beard Katouzian, H. (1991). Sadeq Hedayat: The life and literature...
grandparents a Qajar. Literature Prince Iraj, Iranian poet and translator Sadegh Hedayat, a Qajar descendant through the female line Anvar Khamei, the Iranian economist...
Minister Himself Preceded by Mostafa Yazdanpanah Succeeded by Abdollah Hedayat Minister of Foreign Affairs In office 30 May 1923 – 23 September 1923 Monarch...
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