The Most Famous
LAWYERS from Iran
This page contains a list of the greatest Iranian Lawyers. The pantheon dataset contains 136 Lawyers, 1 of which were born in Iran. This makes Iran the birth place of the 30th most number of Lawyers behind India, and Azerbaijan.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Iranian Lawyers of all time. This list of famous Iranian Lawyers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Al-Sarakhsi (1009 - 1090)
With an HPI of 57.18, Al-Sarakhsi is the most famous Iranian Lawyer. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages on wikipedia.
Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abi Sahl Abu Bakr al-Sarakhsi (Persian: محمد بن احمد بن ابي سهل ابو بكر السرخسي), was a Persian jurist and also an Islamic scholar of the Hanafi school of thought. He was traditionally known as Shams al-A'imma (شمس الأئمة; transl. The sun of the leaders). He is an influential jurist in the Hanafi school where the tradition is reported to have been that: "when in doubt, follow Sarakhsi". Both Al-Kasani and Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, in their flagship fiqh books of Bada'i' al-Sana'i' and Al-Hidaya, have extensively drawn upon the discussions and legal reasonings presented in al-Sarakhsi's Al-Mabsut and Usul al-Sarakhsi. The Indian Muslim scholar of the 19th century, Abd al-Hayy al-Lucknawi, classifies al-Sarakhsi in the second grade of mujtahids, along with scholars such as Al-Tahawi, who are believed to be the seminal jurists after Abu Hanifa's students (i.e. Abu Yusuf and Muhammad al-Shaybani).
2. Shadi Sadr (b. 1974)
With an HPI of 33.00, Shadi Sadr is the 2nd most famous Iranian Lawyer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Shadi Sadr (Persian: شادی صدر; born 1974) is an Iranian lawyer, human rights advocate, essayist and journalist. She co-founded Justice for Iran (JFI) in 2010 and is the Executive Director of the NGO. She has published and lectured worldwide. She has received a number of awards including the Human Rights Tulip and Alexander Prize of Law School of Santa Clara University. In 2007 and 2009 she was detained in Evin prison. On 17 May 2010, she was convicted by the Tehran Revolutionary court of "acting against national security and harming public order".
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Iranian lawyers born between 1009 and 1974. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Iranian lawyers include Shadi Sadr. The most famous deceased Iranian lawyers include Al-Sarakhsi. As of April 2024, 1 new Iranian lawyers have been added to Pantheon including Al-Sarakhsi.
