Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Ibn Babawayh cemetery (Persian: گورستان ابنبابویه or قبرستان ابنبابویه), also spelled Ebn-e Babviyeh[1] is located in Iran in the town of Rey (now inside Greater Tehran metropolitan area).
The cemetery is named after the most famous occupant, Ibn Babawayh (d.991 CE) a famous scholar of Shia Islam. 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.[1]
Many Iranian giants of sports, literature, arts, culture, religion, and politics are buried there. The reason for this is Rey being a Shiite pilgrimage site because of the Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine, which led many pious people to be buried near to this place.
Notable Burials
- 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) (1839–1907) – politician
- Mohammad Kermanshahi (fa) (1827–1908) – physician
- Abulfazl Angha (fa) (1850–1915) – Sufi leader
- Hossein Ardabili (1880–1918) – politician
- Mohammad-Bagher Khosravi Kermanshahi (fa) (1849–1919) – writer
- Fazlollah Aq-Evli (fa) (1886–1920) – Gendermerie officer
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (1894–1924) – journalist
- Ali-Naghi Ganjei (fa) (1872–1929) – politician
- Yahya Marvasti (fa) (1875–1929) – politician
- Yahya Kashani (fa) (1873–1930) – journalist
- Parvaneh (Batoul Rezaei) (fa) (1910–1933) – singer
- Ashrafeddin Gilani (1870–1934) – journalist and poet
- Asadollah Kharaqani (fa) (1838–1936) – scholar
- Firouz Nosrat od-Dowleh III (1889–1937) – politician
- Fathollah Khan Akbar (1855–1938) – prime minister (1920–21)
- Hadi Tajvidi (fa) (1893–1939) – writer
- Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (1877–1942) – scholar and prime minister (1925–26), (1933–35) and (1941–42)
- Hassan Razzaz (fa) (1878–1942) – wrestler
- Karim Rashti (fa) (d. 1944) – politician
- Fasihozzaman Shirazi (fa) (1861–1945) – poet
- Hassan Esfandiari (1867–1945) – speaker of the Majles (1935–43)
- Fatemeh Sayyah (fa) (1902–1947) – scholar
- Abdol-Razzaq Baghayeri (fa) (1869–1953) – scholar
- Hossein Samiei (1876–1953) – politician
- Hossein Fatemi (1918–1954) – politician
- Fakhr od-Dowleh Qajar (1883–1955) – Qajar princess
- Abdollah Razi (fa) (1894–1955) – writer
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879–1956) – journalist and scholar
- Mohammad-Sadegh Koupal (fa) (1893–1956) – IIAF general
- Ahmad Bahar (1889–1957) – politician
- Roshanak Noedoust (fa) (1898–1957) – journalist
- Mohammad-Ali Eghbal (fa) (d. 1958) – politician
- Ebrahim Hakimi (1871–1959) – prime minister (1945–46) and (1947–48)
- Hossein Kouhi Kermani (fa) (1897–1959) – poet
- Amir Amir-Alam (fa) (1876–1961) – politician and director of Red Lion and Sun Society
- Rajab-Ali Khayat (fa) (1883–1961) – mystic
- Mohammad-Hassan Shamshiri (1897–1961) – businessman
- Hadi Ranji Tehrani (fa) (1907–1961) – poet
- Javad Fazel Larijani (fa) (1916–1961) – writer
- Mahvash (Masumeh Azizi Boroujerdi) (1920–1961) – singer
- Abolhassan Khanali (fa) (1932–1961) – scholar
- Mohammad Shahbakhti (fa) (1886–1962) – army general
- Mahmoud Mahmoud (1882–1965) – writer
- Parkhideh (Nourolhoda Mozaffari) (fa) (1913–1965) – actor
- Sadeq Amani (1930–1965) – terrorist
- Morteza Niknejad (1942–1965) – terrorist
- Mohammad Bokharaei (1944–1965) – terrorist
- Reza Saffar Harandi (1946–1965) – terrorist
- Jabbar Baghtcheban (1886–1966) – scholar
- Ali Heyat (fa) (1888–1966) – politician
- Fakhr-e-Ozma Arghun (fa) (1898–1966) – poet
- Hossein Behzad (1894–1968) – painter
- Gholamreza Takhti (1930–1968) – wrestler
- Rokneddin Mokhtari (1887–1970) – head of National Police and musician
- Abdollah Moazzami (1909–1971) – politician
- Ahmad Nazerzadeh Kermani (fa) (1913–1976) – poet
- Morshed Cheloyi (fa) (d. 1978) – mystic
- Ali-Akbar Derakhshani (fa) (1896–1978) – army general
- Nasser Moghaddam (1921–1979) – army general and head of SAVAK
- Mohammad-Reza Ameli Tehrani (1927–1979) – politician
- Gholam-Hossein Minbashian (fa) (1907–1980) – musician
- Asadollah Rashidian (1922–1980) – politician
- Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982) – politician
- Mohsen Foroughi (fr) (1907–1983) – architect
- Mohammad-Ali Riazi Yazdi (fa) (1911–1984) – poet
- Abol-Qasem Payandeh (fa) (1911–1984) – writer
- Khoshdel Tehrani (fa) (1914–1986) – poet
- Heydar Reghabi (fa) (1933–1987) – poet
- Kazem Sami (1934–1988) – politician
- Abbas Yamini Sharif (fa) (1919–1989) – scholar
- Mehdi Khaledi (fa) (1919–1990) – musician
- Hassan Sadat Naseri (fa) (1925–1990) – scholar
- Ataollah Zahed (fa) (1915–1991) – actor
- Mohammad Mohit Tabatabaei (fa) (1901–1992) – scholar
- Gholamhossein Sadighi (1905–1992) – politician
- Ghanbar Rahimi (fa) (1918–1992) – philanthropist
- Abol-Qasem Anjavi Shirazi (fa) (1921–1993) – scholar
- Hadi Eslami (fa) (1939–1993) – actor
- Ahmad Hashemi (fa) (1939–1993) – actor
- Ali-Akbar Kaveh (fa) (1894–1990) – calligrapher
- Ali-Akbar Ghaffari (fa) (1924–2004) – writer
- Rahim Moazzenzadeh Ardabili (1925–2005) – moazzen
- Mehdi Dadpey (fa) (1940–2019) – air force general
References
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