Zahir od dowleh cemetery

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Address Tehran Province, Tehran, District 1, ظهیرالدوله، Iran Hours Closed today Birthday of Imam Ali might affect these hoursSunday(Birthday of Imam Ali)ClosedMonday(Birthday of Imam Ali/Birthday of Imam Ali (Observed))ClosedTuesday(Birthday of Imam Ali (Observed))ClosedWednesdayClosedThursday9AM–4PMFridayClosedSaturdayClosedSuggest an edit Similar Niavaran Palace Complex, Sabz Palace, Dar Abad Wildlife and Natur, Reza Abbasi Museum م, Shams Palace

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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