Ibn Babawayh Cemetery
Ebn-e Babooyeh cemetery, Ebn-e Babveyh, or Ibn-e Baabevey [1] (Persian: ابن بابويه) 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
Royalties
- Fakhr od-Dowleh Qajar (1862-1916) - daughter of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar
Political Figures
- Fathollah Khan Akbar (1878-1938) - prime minister (1920–21)
- Mohammad Ali Foroughi (1877-1942) - scholar and prime minister (1925–26), (1933–35) and (1941–42)
- Hassan Esfandiari (1867-1945) - speaker of the Majles (1935–43)
- Hossein Samiei (1874-1953) - politician
- Hossein Fatemi (1917-1954) - minister of foreign affairs
- Ebrahim Hakimi (1863-1959) - prime minister (1945–46) and (1947–48)
- Ali-Akbar Derakhshani (1895-1978) - army general
Scholars and Artists
- Ibn Babawayh (d. 991) - medieval scholar
- Abulfazl Angha (1850-1915) - Sufi leader
- Mohammad-Bagher Khosravi Kermanshahi (1849-1919) - novelist
- Mirzadeh Eshghi (1893-1924) - journalist
- Seyed Ashrafeddin Gilani (1872-1934) - journalist and poet
- Abdol-Razzaq Baghayeri (1869-1953) - scholar
- Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879-1956) - journalist and scholar
- Mahvash (Ma'sumeh Azizi Borujerdi) (1920-1961) - singer, dancer, stage performer
- Mahmoud Mahmoud (1882-1965) - writer
- Fakhr-Ozma Arghun (1898-1966) - poet and feminist activist
- Hossein Behzad (1894-1968) - painter
- Mohsen Foroughi (1907-1983) - architect
- Mohammad-Ali Riazi Yazdi (1911-1984) - poet
- Abol-Qasem Payandeh (1913-1984) - writer
- Abol-Qasem Anjavi Shirazi (1921-1993) - scholar
- Hadi Eslami (1939-1993) - actor
- Rahim Moazzen Zadeh Ardabili (1925-2005) - moazzen
Athletes
- Gholamreza Takhti (1930-1968) - wrestler and icon
References
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- 1 2 "Ibn Babviyeh". Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Website. Retrieved 2008-10-12.
Coordinates: 35°36.1941′N 51°26.634′E / 35.6032350°N 51.443900°E
