Mausoleum of Poets

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The building of the Mausoleum of Poets.
The dome.
Grave of Shahryar.

Maqbarat-o-shoara (Persian: مقبرةالشعرا) or the Mausoleum of Poets (Persian: مزارِ شاعران Mazār-e Shāerān or مزارِ سرایندگان Mazār-e Sorāyandegān) is a Maqbara (graveyard) belonging to classical and contemporary Iranian poets, mystics and other notable people, located in the Surkhab district of Tabriz in Iran.

Since the 1970s, there have been attempts to renovate the graveyard area. Some work has been carried out like the construction of a new symbolic building on this site.

Notable burials

  • Asadi Tusi (999–1072) – poet
  • Qatran Tabrizi (1009–1072) – poet
  • Anvari Abivardi (1126–1189) – poet
  • Khaqani (1122–1190) – poet
  • Zahir-al-Din Faryabi (d. 1202) – poet
  • Zulfaqar Shirvani (d. 1290) – poet
  • Humam-i Tabrizi (1238–1314) – poet
  • Assar Tabrizi (1325–1390) – poet
  • Maghrebi Tabrizi (1348–1406) – poet
  • Aziz Khan Mokri (d. 1870) – army general
  • Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (Shahriar) (1906–1988) – poet
  • Mahmoud Melmasi (Azarm) (1917–1991) – poet
  • Aziz Dowlatabadi (Darvish) (1922–2009) – poet

See also

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