The Juvayni family was a Persian people family native to the Joveyn County area in Greater Khorasan. The most famous members were Shams al-Din Juvayni (d. 1284) and his elder brother Ata-Malik Juvayni (d. 1283). The family was known for patronizing scholars and poets, such as Saadi Shirazi and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi.
The family claimed ancestry from al-Fadl ibn al-Rabi' (d. 823/4), who had served in high offices under the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid (). The family worked for many different dynasties during its heyday, such as the Ziyarid dynasty, Seljuk Empire, Khwarazmians, and the Ilkhanate.
Notable members
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al-Juwayni, Sunni Shafi'i faqih and mutakallim theologian
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Muntajab al-Din Badi Juvayni, divan-i insha (royal secretariat) of Ahmad Sanjar ()
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Baha al-Din Muhammad ibn Ali Juvayni, poet during the reign of the Khwarazmshah Il-Arslan ()
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Shams al-din Muhammad ibn Muhammad Juvayni, state treasurer ( mustawfi) of the Khwarazmshah Ala al-Din Muhammad II () and his son Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu ()
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Baha al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad Juvayni, bureaucrat under the Khwarazmian and Ilkhanate dynasties
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Ata-Malik Juvayni, Ilkhanate governor of Iraq
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Shams al-Din Juvayni, sahib-i divan (vizier and minister of finance) of the Ilkhanate from 1263 to 1284
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Baha al-Din Muhammad Juvayni, Ilkhanate governor of Persian Iraq and Yazd Province
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Sharaf al-Din Harun Juvayni, poet and governor of Ilkhanate Anatolia
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