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Zahir od dowleh cemetery

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+98 21 3311 5841

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Tehran Province, Tehran, District 1, ظهیرالدوله، Iran

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Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery (in Persian ظهيرالدوله) is located in Darband, close to Tajrish, Shemiran (now a neighbourhood inside Tehran's city limits) and many Iranian giants of art and culture are buried there.

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

    Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery Wikipedia
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