Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery ( fa, ظهيرالدوله) is located in Darband, close to

Tajrish Tajrish ( fa, تجريش, , also romanized as Tajrīš) is a neighbourhood of Tehran, capital of Iran. Administratively it is in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province. It used to be a village and later was absorbed into the city of Tehran. The Tajri ...

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(now a neighbourhood inside

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's city limits) and many Iranian artists, poets and musicians are buried there.

Notable burials

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(1934–1966) – poet * Hossein Masrour ( fa) (1890–1968) – writer * Hossein Yahaghi ( fa) (1903–1968) – musician * Mohammad-Hassan Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968) – poet *

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(1876–1969) – politician and veteran constitutionalist * Masoud Moazed ( fa) (d. 1969) – politician * Ebrahim Mansouri ( fa) (1899–1969) – musician * Moshir Homayoun Shahrdar ( fa) (1885–1970) – musician * Jahanbakht Tofigh (1931–1970) – wrestler *

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(1912–1974) – musician * Ahmad Vosough ( fa) (1899–1975) –

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general * Farid Khaz'al ( fa) (1927–1975) – IIN general * Nasrollah Saba ( fa) (1886–1977) – politician * Giti Amir-Khosravi ( fa) (1895–1977) – musician * Nur-Ali Borumand ( de) (1905–1977) – musician *

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(1908–1977) – IIAF general and chief of staff (1975–77) *

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(1923–1979) –

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general

Gallery

Image: Zahir-od-Dowleh Cemetery 12.jpg,

Image:Bahar tomb.jpg,

Mohammad-Taqi Bahar Mohammad-Taqi Bahar ( fa, محمدتقی بهار; also romanized as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā ( fa, ملک‌الشعراء) and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahā ...

(Malak o-Sh'sho'arā) Image:Zahir-Foroogh.jpg,

Image:Zahir-Khaleghi.jpg,

Image:Zahir-Vaziri.jpg, Qamar ol-Molouk Vaziri

References

External links

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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
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