Maqbarat-o-shoara (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: مقبرةالشعرا) or the Mausoleum of Poets (
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
: ''Mazār-e Shāerān'' or ''Mazār-e Sorāyandegān'') is a
Maqbara
The Arabic word ''Maqbara'' ( "mausoleum"; ''plural'': ''Maqâbir'') is derived from the word Qabr, which means grave. Though maqbara refers to the graves of all Muslims, it refers especially to a Muslim cemetery. In some Islamic cultures (espe ...
(graveyard) belonging to classical and contemporary poets, mystics and other notable people, located in the
Surkhab district of
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. It was built by Tahmaseb Dolatshahi in the mid-1970s while he was the Secretary of Arts and Cultures of
East Azarbaijan
East Azerbaijan Province ( fa, استان آذربایجان شرقی ''Āzarbāijān-e Sharqi''; az-Arab, شرقی آذربایجان اوستانی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, ...
.
On the east side of Sayyed Hamzeh's grave and Ghaem Magham's grave, there is a graveyard containing the graves of important poets, mystics, scientists and well-known people of Tabriz. The Mausoleum was first mentioned by the medieval historian
Hamdollah Mostowfi
Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini ( fa, حمدالله مستوفى قزوینی, Ḥamdallāh Mustawfī Qazvīnī; 1281 – after 1339/40) was a Persian official, historian, geographer and poet. He lived during the last era of the Mongol Ilkhanate, an ...
in his ''
Nozhat ol-Gholub''. Hamdollah mentions it being located in what, at the time, was the Surkhab district of Tabriz.
Since the 1970s, there have been attempts to renovate the graveyard area. Some work has been carried out like the construction of a new symbolic building on this site.
The first poet buried in this complex is
Asadi Tusi
Abu Nasr Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi Tusi ( fa, ابونصر علی بن احمد اسدی طوسی; – 1073) was a Persian poet, linguist and author. He was born at the beginning of the 11th century in Tus, Iran, in the province of Khorasan, and died in ...
().
Notable burials
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Asadi Tusi
Abu Nasr Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi Tusi ( fa, ابونصر علی بن احمد اسدی طوسی; – 1073) was a Persian poet, linguist and author. He was born at the beginning of the 11th century in Tus, Iran, in the province of Khorasan, and died in ...
(999–1072) – poet
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Qatran Tabrizi
Qatran Tabrizi ( fa, قطران تبریزی; 1009–1014 – after 1088) was a Persian writer, who is considered to have been one of the leading poets in 11th-century Iran. A native of the northwestern region of Azarbaijan, he spent all of his li ...
(1009–1072) – poet
*
Anvari Abivardi (1126–1189) – poet
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Khaqani
Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān, commonly known as Khāqānī ( fa, خاقانی, , – 1199), was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Transcaucasia in the historical region known as Shirvan, where he served as ...
(1122–1190) – poet
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Mojireddin Bilaqani (d. 1190) – poet
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Zahir-al-Din Faryabi (d. 1202) – poet
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Shapur Nishapuri (d. 1204) – poet
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Shamseddin Sojasi (d. 1206) – poet
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Zulfaqar Shirvani (d. 1290) – poet
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Humam-i Tabrizi (1238–1314) – poet
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Nasrollah Tabib (d. 1339) – calligrapher
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Assar Tabrizi (1325–1390) – poet
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Maghrebi Tabrizi
Mohammad Shirin Maghrebi Tabrizi, known as Shirin or Mullah Mohammad Shirin also known as Shams Maghrebi lived between years 1348 AD until 1406 AD (749-809 AH), is an Iranian poet and a Mysticism, Mystic and a Sufism, Sufi of the second half of t ...
(1348–1406) – poet
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Mani Shirazi (d. 1507) – poet
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Lesani Shirazi (d. 1533) – poet
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Shakibi Tabrizi (d. 1564) – poet
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Mirza Issa Farahani (d. 1822) – vizier of
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar ( fa, فتحعلىشاه قاجار, Fatḥ-ʻAli Šâh Qâjâr; May 1769 – 24 October 1834) was the second Shah (king) of Qajar Iran. He reigned from 17 June 1797 until his death on 24 October 1834. His reign saw the irr ...
and
Abbas Mirza
Abbas Mirza ( fa, عباس میرزا; August 26, 1789October 25, 1833) was a Qajar crown prince of Iran. He developed a reputation as a military commander during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813 and the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828, as ...
*
Aziz Khan Mokri
Aziz Khan Mokri (also spelled Aziz Khan Mukri; fa, عزیزخان مکری; 1792 – 1871) was an Iranian military officer and grandee, who occupied high offices under the Qajar ''shah'' Naser al-Din Shah (). He served as the commander-in-chief o ...
(d. 1870) – army general
*
Seqqat ol–Eslam Tabrizi (1861–1911) – Persian
constitutional
A constitution is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organisation or other type of entity and commonly determine how that entity is to be governed.
When these princip ...
activist
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Taher Tabrizi (1888–1976) – calligrapher
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Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi ( fa, سید محمدحسین بهجت تبریزی, az, سید محمدحسین بهجت تبریزی) (January 2, 1906 – September 18, 1988), mainly known by his pen name, Shahriar ( fa, شهریا ...
(Shahriar) (1906–1988) – poet
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Mahmoud Melmasi (Azarm) (1917–1991) – poet
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Aziz Dowlatabadi (Darvish) (1922–2009) – poet
See also
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The Amir Nezam House
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Behnam House
Behnam House is a historical building in Tabriz, Iran. The edifice was built during the later part of the Zand dynasty (1750–1794) and the early part of the Qajar dynasty (1781–1925), as a residential house.
During the reign of Nasereddin ...
*
House of Seghat ol Islam House of Seghat-ol -Eslam is a historical house in Tabriz, Iran. It is now a museum dedicated to Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi who was a local reformist of the Qajar
Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime Stat ...
*
Constitutional House of Tabriz
The Constitution House of Tabriz, also known as ''Khaneh Mashrouteh'', is a historical edifice located next to the Great Bazaar of Tabriz, on Motahari Ave in Tabriz, Iran. During the years which led to Constitutional Revolution and afterwards the ...
*
Seyed Hamzeh shrine
Imāmzādeh Hamzah ( fa, امامزاده سيد حمزه) is an Imamzadeh mosque complex in Tabrīz, Iran. The mosque contains the grave of Hamzah, son of the Twelver Shī‘ah Imām, Mūsā' al-Kādhim.
Location
The Imāmzādeh Hamzah mosqu ...
References
* http://www.eachto.ir
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Cemeteries in Iran
Architecture in Iran
Buildings and structures in Tabriz
Tourist attractions in Tabriz