Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
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) - poetess
- 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
Gallery
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Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (Malak o-Sh'sho'arā)
External links
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- 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: .
Coordinates: 35°48′43″N 51°26′01″E / 35.81194°N 51.43361°E
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