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Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery
Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery () is located in Darband, close to Tajrish, Shemiran (now a neighbourhood inside Tehran's city limits). It serves as the final resting place for numerous Iranian artists, poets, and musicians. History Ali Khan Zahir od-Dowleh, head of the Society of Brotherhood (Anjoman-e Okhovat) passed away from a heart attack on Friday, June 27, 1924, in his garden in Jafarabad, Shemiran. He was interred in a public cemetery near his garden, located between Tajrish and Imamzadeh Qasim in Shemiran. This site was previously home to an old cemetery, and later the Zahir-od-Dowleh Khanqah (Safa' alishah ) was relocated to this place. Following Zahir-od-Dowleh's burial, his disciples named the old cemetery and khanqah "Zahir-od-Dowleh Safa Ali Cemetery." The burial site of Zahir-od-Dowleh was situated beneath a tree known as "Daghdaghan," where he often sat during his lifetime. Before his burial, he was ritually washed by Mowlavi Rashti, who was also later buried at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shemiran
Shemirān (, ) is the capital of Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran, but is actually located just north of the borders of Tehran County along Chamran Expressway and Sadr Expressway and it is the northernmost district of the city of Tehran. Shemiran lies in the slopes of Alborz Mountain and enjoys a suitable mild climate. It has fine and well-kept parks and is home to the richest class of Iranian society. Most of the foreign embassies and the Tehran International Fair are situated in Shemiran. It is also where Imam Zadeh Saleh is, and where the former home of Ruhollah Khomeini was located. Among the neighborhoods of Shemiran are: Darakeh, Darband, Jamaran, and Niavaran on the far north, as well as Zafaraniyeh, Elahiyeh, Velenjak, Gheytarieh, Farmanieh and Kamranieh. Etymology The word ''Shemiran'' or ''Shemran'' derives from the Assyrian language word ''Chamran'', which derives in turn from the name of the mythological Queen '' Shamiram'' who conquere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri ( ; (1905 – 5 August 1959), born Qamar Khanum Seyed Hosayn Khan (), commonly known as "Qamar" ( ), was a celebrated Iranian singer, who was also the first woman of her time to sing in public in Iran without wearing a veil. She is known as "the Queen of Persian music". Singing with the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano, she was revered for her mastery of the repertoire of Persian vocal music ( radif-e âvâz), especially her sensitive rendition of tasnif and tarâna. Life and career Qamar was born in Takestan, a city in Iran. Her father died before she was born, and after her mother's death from typhoid fever when she was one and a half years old, she was raised by her grandmother, rowzeh-khân (singer of soaz) at the darbar of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Mollâ Khayr-ol-Nesâ' Eftekhâr-ol-Zâkerin (the latter name was bestowed on her by the king, meaning "Glory of the Narrators"). Qamar later recalled attending her grandmother's singing at the mosque, among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Abolhasan Saba
Abolhasan Saba (; April 15, 1902 – December 19, 1957) was a renowned Iranian composer, violinist, and setar player. Biography He was born in Tehran to Abul Qasim Khan ''Kamal ol-Saltaneh'', son of Mohammad Jafar Khan ''Sadr ol-Hekma'', son of Mahmud Khan Kashi ''Malak ol-Shoara'' ''Sadr ol-Shoara'' ''Saba ol-Shoara'', son of Mohammad Hossain Khan ''Malak ol-Shoara''. He studied several Iranian musical instruments, Iranian and non-Iranic musical instruments and became an Ostad in Radif (music), Radif, but he selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of Mirza Abdollah as well as Darvish Khan. Saba is one of Iran's most influential traditional and instrumental Persian traditional music, Persian music figures. His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis. Notable Pupils Amongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were Faramarz Payvar, Manoochehr S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Reza Mahjubi
Reza Mahjubi (), (1898 – 14 July 1954) was a Persian (Iranian) composer and violinist. Biography Birth and Childhood Reza Mahjubi was born in 1898 in Tehran, into a musical family. His father, Abbasali Nazer, used to play ney, and his mother, Fakhrosadat, played piano. Both Reza and his younger brother, Morteza, therefore developed an early interest in music and later pursued careers as musicians. Teachers Mahjubi's first teacher was Hossein Hang Afarin, an army music officer. He was later taught by Ebrahim Ajang, but left these lessons after disagreeing with Ajang's emphasis on musical theory over less formal learning. Instead, he trained with Hossein Khan Esmail Zade, a master player of kamancheh, from whom Mahjubi also learned to play the violin. Professional life When Mahjubi was 16 his father opened a cafe in Tehran's Lalezar Street. Mahjubi and his brother played to entertain the customers, and quickly attracted attention. At 25 Mahjubi began to teach music classes; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rashid Yasemi
Gholamreza Rashid-Yasemi or Gholamreza Rashid-e Yasemi (; born 1895 in Gahwareh, Kermanshah province, Iran – died 1951 in Tehran) was an Iranian-Kurdish poet, translator, academic and literary figure. He finished his primary education in Kermanshah and then moved to Tehran in 1912 where he resided for the rest of his life. He completed his high school education at the French-language St. Louis School, a Catholic mission school in Tehran. After finishing his education, he became a founding member of the ''Daneshkadeh Literary Society'' () along with Mohammad-Taqi Bahar, Saeed Nafisi, Abbas Eqbal Ashtiani, and Abdolhossein Teymourtash in 1918. He also published his articles and research essays in Ali Dashti's famed ''Shafagh-e Sorkh'' newspaper ( ). He spoke Kurdish, French, English, Arabic and Pahlavi. He had 4 sons, Siamak Yasemi Siamak Yasemi (; June 1925 – 31 May 1994) was an Iranian director, screenwriter, producer, and poet A poet is a person who studies and creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mohammad Taqi Bahar
Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (; also romanised as Mohammad-Taqī Bahār; 10 December 1886 in Mashhad – 22 April 1951 in Tehran), widely known as Malek osh-Sho'arā () and Malek osh-Sho'arā Bahār ("poet laureate," literally: ''the king of poets''), was a renowned Iranian poet, scholar, politician, journalist, historian and Professor of Literature. Although he was a 20th-century poet, his poems are fairly traditional and strongly nationalistic in character. Bahar was father of prominent Iranist, linguist, mythologist and Persian historian Mehrdad Bahar. Biography Mohammad-Taqí Bahār was born on 10 December 1886 in the Sarshoor District of Mashhad, the capital city of the Khorasan Province, north-eastern Iran. His father was Mohammad Kazem Sabouri, the Poet Laureate of the shrine in Mashhad who held the honorific title of ''Malek o-Sho'arā'' ("King of Poets"), while his mother was a devout woman named Hajjiyeh Sakineh Khanum. Bahār was of Georgian descent on his maternal side. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
