Emamzadeh Taher

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

Notable burials

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

• Gholamhossein Banan (1911–1986) – singer
• Hossein Qavami (1909–1989) – singer
• Abdolali Vaziri (1911–1989) – singer
• Ezzat Rouhbakhsh (1914–1989) – singer
• Morteza Hannaneh (1923–1989) – composer
• Pooran (1934–1990) – singer
• Manochehr Sheybani (1924–1991) - poet and painter
• Ahmad Ebadi (1906–1992) – musician
• Taghi Zohuri (1913–1992) – actor
• Abbas Mehr-Pouya (1927–1992) – singer
• Habibollah Badiei (1933–1992) – musician
• Hassan Golnaraqi (1921–1993) – singer
• Ali-Asghar Bahari (1905–1995) – musician
• Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1947–1996) – poet
• Maziar (1952–1997) – singer
• Gholamhossein Bigdeli (1919–1998) – writer
• Mohammad Mokhtari (1942–1998) – writer
• Mohammad-Jafar Puyandeh (1954–1998) – writer
• Ahmad Shamloo (1925–2000) – poet
• Houshang Golshiri (1938–2000) – writer
• Jafar Badiei (1915–2001) – journalist
• Safar Ghahremani (1921–2002) – political activist
• Ahmad Mahmoud (1931–2002) – writer
• Esmat Bagherpour Baboli (Delkash) (1924–2004) – singer
• Shapour Jafroudi (1928–2004) – folklore singer
• Aladin Pazargadi (1913–2004) - translator
• Nematollah Aghasi (1939–2005) – popular singer
• Mahmoud Mosharraf Azad (M. Azad) (1934–2006) – poet
• Masoud Bakhtiari (1940–2006) – folklore singer
• Babak Masoumi (1972–2011) – futsal player and coach
• Jalal Zolfonun (1937–2012) – musician

External links

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