Emamzadeh Taher

A: Hassan Golnaraqi, Maziar
B: Shamlou, Ahmad Mahmoud, Golshiri, Pouyandeh, Mokhtari
C: Bahari, Ahmad Ebadi, Habibollah Badei
D: Taghi Zohoori, Zand Vakili, Hassan Kamkar
E: Jalal Zolfonun
F :Delkash
G: Hannaneh, Ghavami, Aghasi
H: Gholam-Hossein Banan
I: Pooran

Emamzadeh Taher (Persian: امامزاده طاهر), located in Iran in the town of Karaj, is one of the most famous cemeteries in Iran.[1]

Notable burials

Many prominent figures of Iranian literature, art and culture are interred here, including:

• Gholamhossein Banan (1911–1986) – singer
• Hassan-Ali Daftari (fa) (1910–1988) – musician
• Amir-Nasser Eftetah (de) (1935–1988) – musician
• Abdolali Vaziri (fa) (1907–1989) – singer
• Ezzat Rouhbakhsh (fa) (1908–1989) – singer
• Morteza Hannaneh (1923–1989) – composer
• Hossein Qavami (fa) (1909–1990) – singer
• Pooran (1934–1990) – singer
• Manochehr Sheybani (fa) (1924–1991) – poet
• Princess Hamdam Saltaneh Pahlavi (1903–1992) – daughter of Reza Shah Pahlavi
• Taghi Zohouri (fa) (1913–1992) – actor
• Hossein-Ali Mallah (fa) (1921–1992) – musician
• Hassan Kamkar (fa) (1923–1992) – musician
• Habibollah Badiee (1933–1992) – musician
• Ali-Asghar Zand Vakili (fa) (1941–1992) – musician
• Ahmad Ebadi (1906–1993) – musician
• Hassan Golnaraqi (fa) (1921–1993) – musician
• Shapour Niakan (fa) (1935–1993) – musician
• Parviz Narenjiha (fa) (1939–1993) – voice actor
• Ali-Asghar Bahari (1905–1995) – musician
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996) – poet
• Shahin Hannaneh (fa) (1943–1997) – poet
• Maziar (1952–1997) – singer
• Gholamhossein Bigdeli (1919–1998) – writer
• Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998) – writer
• Mohammad-Jafar Pouyandeh (1954–1998) – writer
• Ahmad Shamloo (1925–2000) – poet
• Houshang Golshiri (1938–2000) – writer
• Jafar Badiei (fa) (1915–2001) – journalist
• Safar Ghahremani (1921–2002) – political activist
• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002) – writer
• Delkash (1925–2004) – singer
• Shapour Jafroudi (fa) (1928–2004) – folklore singer
• Aladin Pazargadi (fa) (1913–2004) – translator
• Nematollah Aghasi (1939–2005) – popular singer
• Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad (M. Azad) (1933–2006) – poet
• Masoud Bakhtiari (fr) (1940–2006) – folklore singer
• Iraj Soleimani (1946–2009) – football player
• Babak Masoumi (1972–2011) – futsal player and coach
• Jalal Zolfonun (1938–2012) – musician
• Yahya Mafi (fa) (1923–2013) – writer
• Hamid-Reza Kamali (fa) (d. 2015) – racing driver

References

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External links

• Photo gallery of the graves in Emamzadeh Taher Cemetery, Zahir od-Dowleh Cemetery Data Base, [1].

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