The Imamzadeh Abdollah () is a Shi'ite imamzadeh complex located in the Ray district of southern Tehran province, Iran. The complex includes a cemetery and contains the graves of many notable individuals.
The complex was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 4 May 1999, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.
Notable burials Hossein-Qoli Khān Māfi Nezām os-Saltaneh (1832–1908) – Prime Minister of Iran (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 (fa) (1880–1932) – politician Mohammad Nejāt (fa) (1877–1933) – member of parliament Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh (1881–1933) – politician Rezāqoli Bāstāni (fa) (d. 1934) – member of parliament Mohammad Hussein Seif Emād al-Kottāb (1868–1936) – calligrapher Sheikh Khazal (1863–1936) – politician Eshāgh Khān Mofakham od-Dowleh (de) (1861–1939) – diplomat Mohammad-Hossein Borāzjāni (fa) (1870–1940) – political activist Taghi Arāni (1903–1940) – Marxist 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 Dastgardi (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 Habibollāh 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 Tudeh Military Network Masoumeh Khākyār (fa) (1932–1954) – actress Toghrol Afshār (fa) (1933–1956) – journalist Mahmoud Vahid-Saad Vahid od-Dowleh (fa) (1883–1957) – member of parliament Bāgher Rāmeshgar (fa) (1873–1959) – musician Abdollāh Ahmadieh (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) – Prime Minister of Iran (1953–55) Rezā Afshār (1887–1964) - statesman and aviation pioneer Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1884–1965) – army general Doust-Ali Moayyeri (fa) (1874–1966) – artist Hossein Qollar-Āqāsi (1890–1966) – painter Iskandar Mirza (1899–1969) – 1st President of Pakistan Ahmad Akhgar (fa) (1888–1970) – politician Mahmoud Khosrowpanāh Ezām os-Soltān (fa) (1886–1972) – army general Mehdi Bāmdād (1897–1973) – historian and biographer Nāder Ārāsteh (de) (1893–1974) – diplomat Jalāl Afshār (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) – army general Gholāmhossein Zahireddini (fa) (1911–1981) – musician Ali Dashti (1897–1982) – politician Mahmoud Karimi (fa) (1927–1984) – musician Rezā Rasouli (1892–1984) – politician and public figure, Minister of Trade and Economy in the Azerbaijan People's Government. Ali-Akbar Shahnāzi (1897–1985) – musician Badr-ol-Moluk Bāmdād (fa) (1898–1987) – journalist and activist Mohsen Moghaddam (fa) (1900–1987) – scholar Mahmoud Zolfaqāri (fa) (1902–1987) – member of parliament Rezā Sarrāfzādeh (fa) (1899–1988) – member of parliament Mehdi Barkeshli (fa) (1912–1988) – musician Mohammad-Ali Safariān (fa) (1929–1988) – translator Abolhassan Varzi (fa) (1915–1989) – poet Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician Mohammad-Taghi Qomi (fa) (1910–1990) – cleric Hassan Mirkhāni (fa) (1912–1990) – calligrapher Abdollāh Vālā (fa) (1922–1990) – member of parliament Majid Mohseni (fa) (1923–1990) – actor Sādegh Amirazizi (1904–1991) – army general Houshang Tāheri (fa) (1934–1991) – writer Hossein Amirfazli (fa) (1920–1992) – actor Abbās Mehrpooyā (fa) (1927–1992) – singer Alirezā Afzalipour (1909–1993) – philanthropist 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 Pouran Shariat-Razavi (1934–2019) – scholar Ali Mirzāei (1929–2020) – weightlifter Baktāsh Ābtin (1974–2022) – writer
See also
List of imamzadehs in Iran Shia Islam in Iran
References
Literature
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