Imamzadeh Abdollah, Ray

Imamzadeh Abdollah
امامزاده عبدالله
Religion
Affiliation	Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Imamzadeh
Status	Active
Location
Location	Ray, Ray County, Tehran province
Country	Iran
Location in Tehran
Geographic coordinates	35°35′47″N 51°26′13″E
Architecture
Type	Islamic architecture
Style	Safavid Qajar
Completed	1530 CE
Specifications
Dome(s)	One
Materials	Bricks; mortar; tiles
Iran National Heritage List
Official name	Imamzadeh Abdollah
Type	Built
Designated	4 May 1999
Reference no.	2313
Conservation organization	Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran

The Imamzadeh Abdollah (Persian: امامزاده عبدالله) is a Shi'ite imamzadeh complex located the Ray district of southern Tehran province, Iran. The complex includes a cemetery and contains the graves of many notable individuals.

The complex was added to the Iran National Heritage List on 4 May 1999, administered by the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.

Notable burials

• Hossein-Qoli Khān Māfi Nezām os-Saltaneh (1832–1908) – Prime Minister of Iran (1906–07)
• Āghā Bābā Khāzeni (1850–1920)
• Rezāqoli Khān Nezām os-Saltaneh (fa) (1867–1924) – politician
• Adib Pishāvari (1844–1930) – Pakistani scholar and poet
• Javād Khān Saad od-Dowleh (1856–1930) – politician
• Esmāil Khān Qashqāi Sowlat od-Dowleh (ru) (1880–1932) – politician
• Mohammad Nejāt (fa) (1877–1933) – member of parliament
• Abdolhossein Teymourtāsh (1881–1933) – politician
• Rezāqoli Bāstāni (fa) (d. 1934) – member of parliament
• Emād ol-Kottāb (1868–1936) – calligrapher
• Sheikh Khazal (1863–1936) – politician
• Mohammad-Hossein Borāzjāni (fa) (1870–1940) – political activist
• Taqi Arāni (1903–1940) – Marxist activist
• Prince Mohammad-Hāshem Mirzā Sheikh ol-Raees (fa) (1880–1940) – Qajar prince and poet
• Ali Naqdi Sardār Raf'at (fa) (d. 1941) – army general
• Ebrat Nāeini (fa) (1865–1942) – poet
• Vahid Dasgardi (1879–1942) – poet
• Abdollāh Hāmedi (fa) (1902–1943) – scholar
• Mostafā Nuriāni (fa) (1909–1943) – musician
• Taghi Shāyegan (fa) (d. 1943) – musician
• Khalil Saqafi A'lam od-Dowleh (fa) (1862–1944) – physician and diplomat
• Soleimān Eskandari (1877–1944) – politician
• Rezāqoli Zelli (fa) (1906–1946) – singer
• Habibollah Zolfonoun (fa) (1860–1947) – scholar
• Sohrāb Dibā (fa) (1899–1947) – army officer and father of Empress Farah Pahlavi
• Tājmāh Āfāgh (fa) (d. 1947) – writer
• Asadollāh Zolfaqāri (fa) (d. 1947) – politician
• Abdolhossein Shahnāzi (fa) (d. 1948) – musician
• Mehdi Shariat-Razavi (fa) (1932–1953) – political activist
• Ahmad Qandchi (fa) (1934–1953) – political activist
• Mostafa Bozorgniā (fa) (1934–1953) – political activist
• Ezzatollāh Siāmak (d. 1954) – a founder of Tudeh Military Network
• Masoumeh Khākyār (fa) (1932–1954) – actress
• Toghrol Afshār (fa) (1933–1956) – journalist
• Mahmoud Vahid-Saad Vahid od-Dowleh (fa) (1883–1957) – member of parliament
• Bāqer Rāmeshgar (fa) (1873–1959) – musician
• Abdollāh Ahmadieh (fa) (1886–1959) – scholar
• Abolfazl Lesāni (fa) (1897–1959) – journalist
• Nimā Yooshij (1897–1960) – poet (in 1993, his body reburied in his house in Yush, Mazandaran)
• Sādegh Sarmad (fa) (1907–1960) – politician
• Asghar Tafakkori (fa) (1911–1960) – actor
• Ali Nasr (1895–1961) – dramatist
• Ahmad-Hossein Adl (1889–1963) – politician
• Fazlollāh Zāhedi (1892–1963) – Prime Minister of Iran (1953–55)
• Reza Afshar (1887-1964) - Iranian Airways co-founder
• Ahmad Amir-Ahmadi (1884–1965) – army general
• Doust-Ali Moayyeri (fa) (1874–1966) – artist
• Hossein Qollar-Āqāsi (1890–1966) – painter
• Iskandar Mirza (1899–1969) – 1st President of Pakistan
• Ahmad Akhgar (fa) (1888–1970) – politician
• Mahmoud Khosrowpanāh Ezām os-Soltān (fa) (1886–1972) – army general
• Mehdi Bāmdād (fa) (1897–1973) – historian and biographer
• Nāder Ārāsteh (de) (1893–1974) – diplomat
• Jalāl Afshār (fa) (1894–1974) – scholar
• Abbās Massoudi (1895–1974) – journalist and politician
• Mohammad Mehrān (fa) (1898–1974) – mayor of Tehran
• Azizollāh Zarghāmi (1884–1978) – army general
• Habibiollāh Morād (fa) (1906–1978) – actor
• Abdolali Badrei (1919–1979) – army general
• Gholāmhossein Zahireddini (fa) (1911–1981) – musician
• Ali Dashti (1897–1982) – politician
• Mahmoud Karimi (fa) (1927–1984) – musician
• Ali-Akbar Shahnāzi (1897–1985) – musician
• Badr-ol-Moluk Bāmdād (fa) (1898–1987) – journalist and activist
• Rezā Sarrāfzādeh (fa) (1899–1987) – politician
• Mohsen Moghaddam (fa) (1900–1987) – scholar
• Mahmoud Zolfaqāri (fa) (1902–1987) – member of parliament
• Mehdi Barkashli (fa) (1912–1988) – musician
• Mohammad-Ali Safariān (fa) (1929–1988) – translator
• Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician
• Mohammad-Taghi Qomi (fa) (1910–1990) – cleric
• Hassan Mirkhāni (fa) (1912–1990) – calligrapher
• Majid Mohseni (fa) (1923–1990) – actor
• Ali Hajibeigi (1870–1950) – Azerbaijani merchant
• Hajj Mohammad Khazeni-Arrangei (1874 – 1948) Qajar-era regional official
• Hushang Tāheri (fa) (1934–1991) – writer
• Hossein Amirfazli (fa) (1920–1992) – actor
• Abbās Mehrpooyā (fa) (1927–1992) – singer
• Alirezā Afzalipour (1909–1993) – philanthropist
• Abolhassan Varzi (fa) (1914–1994) – poet
• Abolhassan Ebtehāj (1899–1999) – economist
• Yadollāh Sahābi (1906–2002) – politician
• Fākhereh Sabā (1920–2007) – singer
• Jafar Shahidi (1919–2008) – scholar
• Tourān Mirhādi (1927–2016) – scholar
• Pourān Shariat-Razavi (fa) (1934–2019) – scholar
• Ali Mirzāei (1929–2020) – wrestler
• Baktāsh Ābtin (1974–2022) – writer

See also

• List of imamzadehs in Iran
• Shia Islam in Iran

External links

Media related to Imamzadeh Abdullah (Ray) at Wikimedia Commons