title: Allame Mohammad Qazvini
text: # Allame Mohammad Qazvini
  
  Mohammad Qazvini (Persian: محمد قزوینی Moḥammad Qazvīnī; 1876–1949) was a prominent figure in modern Iranian culture and literature.
  
  ## Education and activities
  
  Qazvini was born in Tehran. Qazvini studied at literary and philosophical seminaries, studying culture, jurisprudence, principles, theology, ancient wisdom and gained knowledge of the various branches of Arabic literature.
  
  His brother Mirza Ahmad Khan invited 28-year-old Qazvini to London. Orientalist Edward Granville Browne was familiar and interested in Qazvini's research and expertise and met him at the University of Cambridge. Qazvini remained in Europe for almost thirty five years.
  
  