Hajj Amin Elahi

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Hajj Amin Elahi
Born February 28, 1919
Jeyhounabad, Persia
Died March 23, 2004 (aged 85)
Lyon, France
Occupation Musician
Nationality Kurdish
Spouse(s) Behjat Elahi

Hajj Amin Elahi (Aminollah Nemati, March 2, 1919 - March 23, 2004) was a Kurdish musician and a player of the tanbur.[citation needed]

He was born in the city of Jeyhounabad, Persia and his grandfather was the kurdish mystic Hajj Nematollah. Elahi was Kurdish/Persian and the first son of Nur Ali Elahi. Hajj Amin moved to Lyon, France in 1982 and died on March 23, 2004 at the age of 85.[1]

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