Cemetery in Rey, Tehran, Iran
Ibn Babawayh cemetery (
Persian : گورستان ابنبابویه or قبرستان ابنبابویه ), also spelled as Ebn-e Babviyeh ,
[1] Ebn-e Babooyeh , is located in
Iran in the town of
Rey (which is now inside
Greater Tehran metropolitan area).
The cemetery is named after the most famous occupant,
Ibn Babawayh (d.991 CE) a 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.
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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
Tomb of
Ali Akbar Dehkhoda
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
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[3]
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
Capital
Counties and
cities
Landmarks Populated places
^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.