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Zahir-od-dowleh Cemetery (Persian: ظهيرالدوله) 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-e 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 the same site. The Society of Brotherhood (Anjoman-e Okhovat) enclosed this public cemetery, officially naming it "Zahir-od-Dowleh Safa Ali Cemetery."
Owing to Zahir-od-Dowleh Safa Ali's popularity among various social classes, numerous artists, politicians, and scholars requested to be buried in this cemetery. As a result, the khanqah custodians and Zahir-od-Dowleh's disciples garnered considerable revenue from selling burial plots.
From the 1960s onward, burials in this complex were prohibited, with exceptions granted through special permits and in limited numbers during the 1960s and 1970s. The last burial at Zahir-od-Dowleh Safa Ali Cemetery occurred in 1979, with the interment of General Ali Neshat.




Notable burials


Ali Khan Zahir od-Dowleh (fa) (1864–1924) – Sufi leader
Gholamhossein Darvish (1872–1926) – musician
Prince Iraj Mirza (1874–1926) – Qajar prince and poet
Seifeddin Kermanshahi (fa) (1876–1932) – playwright
Princess Zahra Khanom Taj os-Saltaneh (1883–1936) – Qajar princess
Habib Samaei (1905–1941) – musician
Sharafeddin Qahramani (fa) (1900–1942) – author
Musa Hakimi Nazm os-Saltaneh (fa) (1864–1944) – constitutionalist
Hassan-Ali Mostashar Mostashar ol-Molk (fa) (1879–1945) – politician
Mohammad Masoud (ru) (1901–1947) – journalist
Prince Mohammad-Sadegh Morza Moezz od-Dowleh (fa) (1866–1948) – Qajar prince
Mohammd-Hossein Loghman Adham (fa) (1879–1950) – physician
Mohammad Taqi Bahar (1884–1951) – poet and scholar
Gholamreza Rashid Yasemi (1895–1951) – poet
Hossein Hangafarin (fa) (1875–1952) – musician
Reza Mahjubi (1898–1954) – musician
Hossein Taherzadeh (fa) (1882–1955) – singer
Hassan Loghman Adham (fa) (1884–1957) – politician
Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) – musician
Qamar-ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905–1959) – singer
Dariush Rafiei (fa) (1927–1959) – singer
Esmail Marzban (fa) (1867–1960) – politician
Mohammad-Mehdi Obehi (fa) (1873–1960) – politician
Hossein Saba (fa) (1924–1960) – musician
Fazlollah Mohtadi Sobhi (fa) (1897–1962) – writer
Nosratollah Montaser (fa) (1899–1965) – mayor of Teheran
Morteza Mahjoubi (1899–1965) – musician
Ruhollah Khaleqi (1906–1965) – musician
Ahmad Nakhjavan (1893–1966) – IIAF general and chief of staff (1925–36)
Forough Farrokhzad (1934–1966) – poet
Hossein Masrour (fa) (1890–1968) – writer
Hossein Yahaghi (fa) (1903–1968) – musician
Mohammad-Hassan Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968) – poet
Hassan Taqizadeh (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
Sobhi Fazl'ollah Mohtadi (1897–1962) – Author
Ali Eghbal (fa) (1899–1972) – politician
Mohammad Ameri (fa) (1889–1973) – politician
Hossein Tehrani (1912–1974) – musician
Ahmad Vosough (fa) (1899–1975) – IIA 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
Fazael Tadayon (1908–1977) – IIAF general and chief of staff (1975–77)
Ali Neshat (1923–1979) – Imperial Guard general




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References






External links


Media related to Zahir-od-Dowleh Cemetery at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
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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