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Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Ibn Babawayh cemetery ( or ), also spelled as Ebn-e Babviyeh, Ebn-e Babooyeh, is located in Iran in the town of Rey (which is now inside Greater Tehran metropolitan area). About The cemetery is named after Shia scholar Ibn Babawayh (d.991 CE), one of its most famous occupants. He taught in Baghdad and lived in Rey at the end of his life. His works (more than 300 volumes) are used as valid sources in Jurisprudence. His most famous book is ''Man La-yahzar al-faqih''. He died in 381 A.H. and his tomb is in Ebn-e Babooyeh. Notable graves * Ibn Babawayh (d. 991) – medieval scholar * Tughril (900–1063) – founder of the Seljuk Empire (Tughrul Tower) * Abdolbaghi Monajjembashi ( fa) (d. 1859) – politician * Vahdat Kermanshahi ( fa) (1825–1883) – poet * Gholamreza Esfahani ( fa) (1830–1887) – calligrapher * Abolhassan Jelveh ( fa) (1823–1897) – mystic * Mohammad-Taher Mirza ( fa) (b. 1835) – Qajar prince and scholar * Mohammad-Hossein Foroughi Zoka ol-Molk ( fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rey, Iran
Shahre Ray, Shahr-e Ray, Shahre Rey, or Shahr-e Rey (, ) or simply Ray or Rey (), is the capital of Rey County in Tehran Province, Iran. Formerly a distinct city, it has now been absorbed into the metropolitan area of Greater Tehran as the 20th district of municipal Tehran, the capital city of the country. In historical sources also known as Rhages (), Rhagae, and Arsacia, Ray is the oldest existing city in Tehran Province. In the classical era, it was a prominent city belonging to Media, the political and cultural base of the Medes. Ancient Persian inscriptions and the Avesta ( Zoroastrian scriptures), among other sources, attest to the importance of ancient Ray. Ray is mentioned several times in the Apocrypha. It is also shown on the fourth-century Peutinger Map. The city was subject to severe destruction during the medieval invasions by the Arabs, Turks, and Mongols. Its position as a capital city was revived during the reigns of the Buyid Daylamites and the Seljuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III
Prince Firouz Nosrat-ed-Dowleh III (Persian: شاهزاده فیروز نصرتالدوله سوم), GCMG (1889–1937) was the eldest son of Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma and Princess Ezzat-ed-Dowleh Qajar. He was born in 1889 and died in April 1937. He was the grandson of his namesake, Nosrat Dowleh Firouz Mirza, and of Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar through his mother, Princess Ezzat-Dowleh. Biography Records are unclear, but the prince is said to have been born around 1889. He was educated in Paris and Beirut. He spoke five languages (Persian, French, English, Russian, and German). As surnames had not been established in Iran at the time of his studies in France, he registered himself as "Firouz Firouz", using his grandfather's name as his surname. Afterwards, when the Iranian government made surnames mandatory by law, his father Prince Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma picked the surname Farmanfarmaian for himself and his children. However, three of his children – Nosrat-ed-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyed Ashrafedin Hosseini
Seyed Ashrafedin Hosseini Gilani (Persian: سید اشرفالدین حسینی گیلانی) (1870–1934) was a combatant poet in Iran's constitutional revolution and the editor of the '' Nasim-e-Shomal'' (English: Northern Breeze ), a short-lived newspaper that used poems and satire to comment on the political and social situation of Iran at the time. Early life and education Ashrafedin born in 1870 in Qazvin. He lost his father when he was only six months old. His paternal heritage was usurped. This brought him and his family into extreme poverty. Ashrafedin finished his elementary education in his home town then went to Najaf (Iraq) for religious education. He came back to Iran after five years and continued his studies there. It was in 1906 while living in Rasht (north of Iran) that he got to know the leaders of the constitutional revolution and started publishing the weekly newspaper, ''Nasim-e Shomal''. Constitutional Revolution The revolution in 1906 was suppresse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirzadeh Eshghi
Sayed Mohammad Reza Kordestani (; December 11, 1894July 3, 1924) was an Iranian political writer and poet who used the pen name Mirzadeh Eshghi (). Biography He was born in Hamadan, the son of Hajj Sayed Abolghasam Kordestani; he learned French in the Ecole d'Alliance, and moved to Istanbul for a while. He is particularly famous for writing the opera ''Rastakhiz Shahryaran'' (Resurrection of the kings), which was a reflection of his patriotic spirit. After returning to Iran and spending time with his family in Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ..., he published newspapers in which he fiercely attacked the political system of Iran. He is remembered for writing six plays; his ''Noruz nameh'' is particularly famous. He also published a paper called ''Twentieth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iranian Gendarmerie
The Iranian Gendarmerie (Persian: ژاندارمری ایران), also known as the Government Gendarmerie (), was the gendarmerie, and subsequent modern highway patrol, in Iran. A paramilitary force, it also played a significant part in politics from its establishment in 1910 during the Qajar Iran, Qajar era until the advent of the Pahlavi Iran, Pahlavi era in 1925. It continued to serve until the end of the Pahlavi era and was modernized into the Imperial Iranian Gendarmerie.The Making of Modern Iran, page 49 Originally established as a constitutional army, the force employed Sweden, Swedish officers in command of Iranian personnel to perform both traditional police duties and conduct military campaigns against tribal forces. In 1991 the Iranian Gendarmerie was merged with other police forces to form the Law Enforcement Command of the Islamic Republic of Iran. History Throughout the nineteenth century military modernisation was a constant preoccupation of Iranian reformers and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
