Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery

Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery (Persian: ظهيرالدوله‎) is located in Darband, close to Tajrish, Shemiran [1] (now a neighbourhood inside Tehran's city limits) and many Iranian artists, poets and musicians are buried there.[2][3]

Notable burials
  • Ali Zahir-od-dowleh (1864–1924) - Sufi leader
  • Iraj Mirza (1874–1925) - poet
  • Gholamhossein Darvish Khan (d. 1926) - musician
  • Musa Hakimi (1864–1944) - constitutionalist
  • Hassan-Ali Mostashar (1894–1945) - statesman
  • Mohammad Masoud (1905–1947) - journalist
  • Mohammad Taqi Bahar (1884–1951) - renowned poet and scholar
  • Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi (1895–1951) - poet
  • Reza Mahjoubi (1898–1954) - musician
  • Hossein Taherzadeh (1882–1955) - singer
  • Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) - musician
  • Qamar ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905–1959) - singer
  • Esmail Marzban (1867–1960) - statesman
  • Hossein Saba (1924–1960) - musician
  • Nosratollah Montaser (1899–1965) - mayor of Teheran
  • Morteza Mahjoubi (1899–1965) - musician
  • Ruhollah Khaleqi (1906–1965) - musician
  • Forough Farrokhzad (1934–1966) - poet
  • Hossein Masrour (1890–1968) - writer
  • Hossein Yahaghi (1903–1968) - musician
  • Mohammad-Hassan Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968) - poet
  • Hassan Taqizadeh (1876–1969) - statesman and veteran constitutionalist
  • Jahanbakht Tofigh (1931–1970) - wrestler
  • Hossein Tehrani (1912–1974) - musician
  • Farid Khaz'al (1927–1975) - IIN general
  • Nour-Ali Boroumand (1906–1977) - musician
  • Fazael Tamaddon (1908–1977) - IIAF chief of staff (1975–77)
  • Alireza Afzalipour (1909–1993) - philanthropist

References
  1. https://www.alaedin.travel/en/attractions/iran/tehran/zahir-od-dowleh-cemetery
  2. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19715718/abolhasan-saba
  3. https://www.toiran.com/en/city-tehran/historical_sites/Zahir-od-dowleh-Cemetery-and-Ribat/624
  • Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, in Persian, .
  • Photo gallery of graves in Zahir-od-Dowleh Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, .
  • Photo gallery of the graves of the artists buried at Zahir-od-Dowleh Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, .
  • Biography of Mirza Ali-Khan Qajar Do'lou, Zahir od-Dowleh (علیخان قاجار دولو ملقب به ظهیرالدوله), in Persian, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, .
  • A short biography of Mirza Ali-Khan Zahir od-Dowleh, The Group Weblog of the Archivists of Iran (وبلاگ گروهی آرشیویستهای ایران), in Persian, .
  • A photograph of Mirza Ali-Khan Zahir od-Dowleh: .


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