Teachers who lived here
Ibn Majah (824–887)
Ahmad al-Ghazali (1061–1126)
died 1126
Baha al-Din al-Amili (1547–1621)
studied and taught 1575
Mir Damad (1561–1631)
Mulla Sadra (1571–1640)
studied 1591–1597
Jamal al-Din al-Afghani (1838–1897)