Mirzadeh Eshghi

Mirzadeh Eshghi
Mirzadeh Eshghi was an emotional political poet
Born	1893 Hamadan, Iran
Died	July 3, 1924 Tehran, Iran
Cause of death	murdered by two unknown gunmen
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	political writer and poet

Sayed Mohammad Reza Kordestani (Persian: سیدمحمدرضا کردستانی‎‎ 1893 - July 3, 1924) was an Iranian political writer and poet, with pen name of Mirzadeh Eshghi (Persian: میرزاده عشقی‎‎).

Biography

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 Iran (Resurrected Iran), 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

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

Works

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

1. Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature. 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. Sage Publications. 463: 84–94. doi:10.1177/0002716282463001007. JSTOR 1043613.
3. Aryanpour, Yahya (1993). From Saba To Nima: 150 Years History Of Persian Literature. 2. Zavvar Publications. pp. 364–365.
4. Photograph of Eshghi's gravestone Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

Media related to Mirzadeh Eshghi at Wikimedia Commons