Mirzadeh Eshghi

Mirzadeh Eshghi
Mirzadeh Eshghi
	Mirzadeh Eshghi
Born	Mohammed Reza Kordestani ; 11 December 1894 ; Hamadan , Sublime State of Persia
Died	3 August 1924 (aged 30) ; Tehran , Sublime State of Persia
Cause of death	Assassination ; Murdered by two unknown gunmen
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation(s)	Political writer and poet

Sayed Mohammad Reza Kordestani ( Persian : ??? ??????? ???????? ; December 11, 1894 – July 3, 1924) was an Iranian political writer and poet who used the pen name Mirzadeh Eshghi ( Persian : ??????? ???? ).

Biography [ edit ]

He was born in Hamadan , the son of Hajj Sayed Abolghasam Kordestani; he learned French in the Ecole d'Alliance , and moved to Istanbul for a while. He is particularly famous for writing the opera Rastakhiz Shahryaran (Resurrection of the kings), which was a reflection of his patriotic spirit.

After returning to Iran and spending time with his family in Tehran , he published newspapers in which he fiercely attacked the political system of Iran. He is remembered for writing six plays; his Noruz nameh is particularly famous. He also published a paper called Twentieth Century and predicted his early death repeatedly. ^[1]

Death [ edit ]

Eshghi was murdered by two unknown gunmen in his house in Tehran. ^[2]^[3] He was buried in Ibn Babawayh Cemetery in Shahr-e Ray , near Tehran. ^[4]

Works [ edit ]

Plays

Operay-e-Rastakhiz-e-Mehr-e-Yaran (Written in Istanbul)
Kafan-e-Siah or Black Shroud (Written in Tehran)
Resurrected Iranian Kings (Written in Istanbul)

References [ edit ]

^ Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature . Vol. 2. Zavvar Publications. p. 364.
^ Zabih, Sepehr (September 1982). "Aspects of Terrorism in Iran". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . International Terrorism. 463 . Sage Publications: 84?94. doi : 10.1177/0002716282463001007 . JSTOR 1043613 .
^ Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature . Vol. 2. Zavvar Publications. pp. 364?365.
^ Photograph of Eshghi's gravestone Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

External links [ edit ]

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[1] Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature . Vol. 2. Zavvar Publications. p. 364.

[2] Zabih, Sepehr (September 1982). "Aspects of Terrorism in Iran". Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . International Terrorism. 463 . Sage Publications: 84?94. doi : 10.1177/0002716282463001007 . JSTOR 1043613 .

[3] Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature . Vol. 2. Zavvar Publications. pp. 364?365.

[4] Photograph of Eshghi's gravestone Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

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