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Ey Irān" (ای ایران, 'O Iran') is an Iranian patriotic song that serves as the country's unofficial national anthem. The music was composed by Ruhollah Khaleqi , and the lyrics were written by Hossein Gol-e-Golab . [ 1 ]
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Due to the death of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, Iran adopted its current anthem after a competition the following year. [3] At the time of its adoption, it was the second shortest anthem in the world; the first being Japanese national anthem "Kimigayo" of seven lines.
Hossein Gol-e-Golâb (Persian حسین گلگلاب also given as Hosayn Golgolâb, (1895 – March 13, 1985) was a polymath Iranian scholar and musician who wrote the patriotic anthem “Ey Irân”. Gol-e-Golâb was born in Tehran, and studied at the Elmiya School and Dar-ul-Funun university, [1] [circular reference]
His father, Karim Khan Banān ol-Dowleh (son of Mohammad-Taqi Mirza Fazlollah Khan Mostowfi Nuri) was an admirer of traditional music. [1] His mother was related to the ruling Qajar dynasty of Iran; she was the daughter of Mohammad Taqi Mirza Rokn ed-Dowleh, a brother of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (r. 1848–1896). [1]
From 1975 to 1979 she was the conductor of National Iranian Radio & Television Choir, known as "Hamâvazân". Shortly after the 1979 Revolution she moved to the United States. In 1985 she founded Ruhollâh Xâleqi Orchestra to preserve Persian music in the United States. The orchestra's activities was halted in 1990 due to financial ...
It was also played as the Persian (Iranian) national anthem during Naser al-Din Shah’s and Mozaffar ad-Din Shah’s European tours. In 1909, after the fall of Mohammad Ali Shah , the anthem was abolished, [ 3 ] and after the coronation of his son and successor Ahmad Shah in 1914, Salute of the Sublime State of Persia was adopted as the ...
Persian National Music Society Orchestra conducted by Khaleqi with Gholam Hossein Banan on vocals, 1940s. In 1944 Khaleqi established the National Music Society and in 1949, [1] thanks to his efforts, the School of National Music was founded.