The Imamzadeh Abdollah () is a

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complex located the Ray district of southern

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. The complex includes a

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and contains the graves of many notable individuals. The complex was added to the

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on 4 May 1999, administered by the

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Notable burials

* Hossein-Qoli Khān Māfi ''Nezām os-Saltaneh'' (1832–1908) –

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(1906–07) *Āghā Bābā Khāzeni (1850–1920) *Rezāqoli Khān ''Nezām os-Saltaneh'' ( fa) (1867–1924) – politician * Adib Pishāvari (1844–1930) – Pakistani scholar and poet * Javād Khān ''Saad od-Dowleh'' (1856–1930) – politician *Esmāil Khān Qashqāi ''Sowlat od-Dowleh'' ( ru) (1880–1932) – politician *Mohammad Nejāt ( fa) (1877–1933) – member of parliament * Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh (1881–1933) – politician *Rezāqoli Bāstāni ( fa) (d. 1934) – member of parliament * Emād ol-Kottāb (1868–1936) – calligrapher * Sheikh Khazal (1863–1936) – politician *Mohammad-Hossein Borāzjāni ( fa) (1870–1940) – political activist * Taqi Arāni (1903–1940) –

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activist *Prince Mohammad-Hāshem Mirzā ''Sheikh ol-Raees'' ( fa) (1880–1940) – Qajar prince and poet *Ali Naqdi ''Sardār Raf'at'' ( fa) (d. 1941) – army general *Ebrat Nāeini ( fa) (1865–1942) – poet * Vahid Dasgardi (1879–1942) – poet *Abdollāh Hāmedi ( fa) (1902–1943) – scholar *Mostafā Nuriāni ( fa) (1909–1943) – musician *Taghi Shāyegan ( fa) (d. 1943) – musician *Khalil Saqafi ''A'lam od-Dowleh'' ( fa) (1862–1944) – physician and diplomat * Soleimān Eskandari (1877–1944) – politician *Rezāqoli Zelli ( fa) (1906–1946) – singer *Habibollah Zolfonoun ( fa) (1860–1947) – scholar *Sohrāb Dibā ( fa) (1899–1947) – army officer and father of Empress Farah Pahlavi *Tājmāh Āfāgh ( fa) (d. 1947) – writer *Asadollāh Zolfaqāri ( fa) (d. 1947) – politician *Abdolhossein Shahnāzi ( fa) (d. 1948) – musician *Mehdi Shariat-Razavi ( fa) (1932–1953) – political activist *Ahmad Qandchi ( fa) (1934–1953) – political activist *Mostafa Bozorgniā ( fa) (1934–1953) – political activist * Ezzatollāh Siāmak (d. 1954) – a founder of

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*Masoumeh Khākyār ( fa) (1932–1954) – actress *Toghrol Afshār ( fa) (1933–1956) – journalist *Mahmoud Vahid-Saad ''Vahid od-Dowleh'' ( fa) (1883–1957) – member of parliament *Bāqer Rāmeshgar ( fa) (1873–1959) – musician *Abdollāh Ahmadieh ( fa) (1886–1959) – scholar *Abolfazl Lesāni ( fa) (1897–1959) – journalist * Nimā Yooshij (1897–1960) – poet (in 1993, his body reburied in his house in Yush, Mazandaran) *Sādegh Sarmad ( fa) (1907–1960) – politician *Asghar Tafakkori ( fa) (1911–1960) – actor * Ali Nasr (1895–1961) – dramatist * Ahmad-Hossein Adl (1889–1963) – politician * Fazlollāh Zāhedi (1892–1963) –

(1953–55) * Reza Afshar (1887-1964) - Iranian Airways co-founder *

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(1884–1965) – army general *Doust-Ali Moayyeri ( fa) (1874–1966) – artist * Hossein Qollar-Āqāsi (1890–1966) – painter *

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(1899–1969) – 1st

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*Ahmad Akhgar ( fa) (1888–1970) – politician *Mahmoud Khosrowpanāh ''Ezām os-Soltān'' ( fa) (1886–1972) – army general *Mehdi Bāmdād ( fa) (1897–1973) – historian and biographer *Nāder Ārāsteh ( de) (1893–1974) – diplomat *Jalāl Afshār ( fa) (1894–1974) – scholar * Abbās Massoudi (1895–1974) – journalist and politician *Mohammad Mehrān ( fa) (1898–1974) – mayor of Tehran * Azizollāh Zarghāmi (1884–1978) – army general *Habibiollāh Morād ( fa) (1906–1978) – actor * Abdolali Badrei (1919–1979) –

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general *Gholāmhossein Zahireddini ( fa) (1911–1981) – musician *

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(1897–1982) – politician *Mahmoud Karimi ( fa) (1927–1984) – musician * Ali-Akbar Shahnāzi (1897–1985) – musician *Badr-ol-Moluk Bāmdād ( fa) (1898–1987) – journalist and activist *Rezā Sarrāfzādeh ( fa) (1899–1987) – politician *Mohsen Moghaddam ( fa) (1900–1987) – scholar *Mahmoud Zolfaqāri ( fa) (1902–1987) – member of parliament *Mehdi Barkashli ( fa) (1912–1988) – musician *Mohammad-Ali Safariān ( fa) (1929–1988) – translator * Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician *Mohammad-Taghi Qomi ( fa) (1910–1990) – cleric *Hassan Mirkhāni ( fa) (1912–1990) – calligrapher *Majid Mohseni ( fa) (1923–1990) – actor *Ali Hajibeigi (1870–1950) – Azerbaijani merchant *Hajj Mohammad Khazeni-Arrangei (1874 – 1948) Qajar-era regional official *Hushang Tāheri ( fa) (1934–1991) – writer *Hossein Amirfazli ( fa) (1920–1992) – actor *Abbās Mehrpooyā ( fa) (1927–1992) – singer * Alirezā Afzalipour (1909–1993) – philanthropist *Abolhassan Varzi ( fa) (1914–1994) – poet * Abolhassan Ebtehāj (1899–1999) – economist * Yadollāh Sahābi (1906–2002) – politician * Fākhereh Sabā (1920–2007) – singer * Jafar Shahidi (1919–2008) – scholar * Tourān Mirhādi (1927–2016) – scholar *Pourān Shariat-Razavi ( fa) (1934–2019) – scholar * Ali Mirzāei (1929–2020) – wrestler * Baktāsh Ābtin (1974–2022) – writer

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{{Mausoleums in Iran 16th-century religious buildings and structures in Iran Mausoleums, shrines and tombs on the Iran National Heritage List Cemeteries in Tehran Abdollah, Ray Abdollah, Ray Religious buildings and structures completed in 1530 Religious buildings and structures in Tehran Safavid architecture in Iran Ziyarat Religious buildings and structures with domes

Notable burials

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