List of tombs of Iranian people

Summary

Person(s) Significance Location of Tomb Article
Cyrus the Great the founder of the Persian Empire under the Achaemenid dynasty Pasargadae near the city of Shiraz, Iran Pasargadae
Darius I, Xerxes I, Artaxerxes I, Darius II and Darius III emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty Naqsh-e Rustam near the city of Shiraz, Iran Naqsh-e Rustam
Artaxerxes II and Artaxerxes III emperors of the Achaemenid dynasty Persepolis near the city of Shiraz, Iran Persepolis
Mausolus Persian satrap of Caria Halicarnassus (present Bodrum, Turkey); the origin of the word "mausoleum"- the tomb is now destroyed Mausoleum of Maussollos
Mithridatic dynasty rulers of the Kingdom of Pontus (and later briefly the Bosporan Kingdom) Amasya, Turkey Tombs of the kings of Pontus
Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz (d. 644) assassin of the second Islamic caliph Umar Kashan, Iran Shrine of Abu Lu'lu'a
Yaqub Leith Saffari (840-879) ruler of the Saffarid dynasty Shahabad (ancient Gondishapur) near Dezful, Iran none
Amir Esmail Samani (d. 907) ruler of the Samanid dynasty Bukhara, Uzbekistan Samanid Mausoleum
Qabus ebn Voshmgir (d. 1012) ruler of the Ziyarid dynasty Gonbad, Iran none
Khwajeh Nezam ol-Molk (1018–1092) vizier of Malekshah Isfahan, Iran none
Shah Shoja' (d. 1384) ruler of the Mozaffarid dynasty and patron of Hafez Shiraz, Iran none
Gawhar Shad (d. 1457) wife of Shah Rukh of the Timurid dynasty and founder of Gawhar Shad Mosque Herat, Afghanistan Gawhar Shad Mausoleum
Nader Shah (1688–1747) Shah of Iran and the founder of the Afsharid dynasty Mashhad, Iran none
Karim Khan (1705–1779) the ruler and de facto Shah of Iran of the Zand dynasty Shiraz, Iran Pars Museum of Shiraz
Naser ed-Din Shah (1831–1896) and Sattar Khan (1868–1914) shah of Iran of the Qajar dynasty who was assassinated in the same shrine on May 1, 1896 and pivotal figure of the Constitutional Revolution, respectively Rey, Iran Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine
Reza Shah (1878–1944) Shah of Iran of the Pahlavi dynasty Rey, Iran demolished in 1979 after the Iranian Revolution Reza Shah's mausoleum
Bayazid Bastami (804-874) Persian mystic Bastam, Iran none
Sheikh Abulhassan Kharaqani (963-1033) Persian mystic Kharaqan near Bastam, Iran none
Ali Hujwiri (990-1077) Persian mystic Lahore, Pakistan Data Durbar Complex
Khwajeh Abdollah Ansari (1006–1088) Persian mystic Herat, Afghanistan Khwaja 'Abd Allah Ansari shrine
Sheikh Ahmad Jami (1048–1141) Persian mystic Torbat-e Jam, Iran Sheikh Ahmad-e Jami mausoleum complex
Abdol-Qader Gilani (1077–1166) Persian mystic and founder of the Qaderi Sufi Order Baghdad, Iraq none
Qotbeddin Heydar (1137–1221) Persian mystic Torbat-e Heydarieh, Iran none
Moinoddin Chishti (1141–1230) Persian mystic and founder of Chishti Order Ajmer, India none
Sheikh Abdolsamad Esfahani (13th century) Persian mystic Natanz, Iran none
Sheikh Mohammad Bakran (d. 1303) Persian mystic near Isfahan, Iran Pir-i Bakran
Amu Abdollah (d. 1316) Persian mystic near Isfahan, Iran Manar Jonban
Sheikh Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) Persian mystic and Murshid of Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili Lahijan, Iran none
Sheikh Safieddin Ardabili (1252–1334) Persian mystic and eponym of the Safavid dynasty Ardabil, Iran - Ismail I the founder of the Safavid dynasty is also buried there none
Khwajeh Zeinoddin Shirazi (1302–1370) Persian mystic Khuldabad, India none
Baha ed-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1318–1389) Persian mystic and founder of Naqshbandi Order Bukhara, Uzbekistan none
Shah Nimatullah Wali (1330–1431) Persian mystic and founder of the Nematollahi Sufi Order Mahan, Iran, Iran Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine
Sibaveih (760-797) Persian linguist Shiraz, Iran none
Imam Bukhari (810-870) Persian Sunni scholar near Samarkand, Uzbekistan none
Ebn-e Babveih (d. 941) Persian Shi'ite scholar Rey, Iran Ebn-e Babveih
Rabe'eh Balkhi (10th century) Persian poet Balkh, Afghanistan none
Ferdowsi (940-1020) Persian poet Tus, Iran Tomb of Ferdowsi
Avicenna (980-1037) Persian philosopher and physician Hamedan, Iran Avicenna Mausoleum
Baba Taher (11th century) Persian mystic and poet Hamedan, Iran none
Asadi Tusi (d. 1072), Anvari (1126–1189), Homam Tabrizi (1238–1315), Khaqani (1121–1190), Qatran Tabrizi (1009–1072) and Shahriar (1906–1988) Persian poets Tabriz, Iran Maqbarat ol-Shoara
Abu Hamed Ghazali (1058–1111) Persian theologian, philosopher and mystic Tus, Iran none
Ahmad Ghazali (1061–1126) Persian writer and mystic and brother of Abu Hamed Ghazali Qazvin, Iran none
Omar Khayyám (1048–1131) Persian poet Nishapur, Iran none
Sanai Ghaznavi (1080–1131) Persian poet Ghazni, Afghanistan none
Sheikh Ruzbehan (1129–1209) Persian mystic and poet Shiraz, Iran none
Nezami (1141–1209) Persian poet Ganja, Azerbaijan Nezami Mausoleum
Attar (1145–1221) Persian mystic and poet Nishapur, Iran none
Mowlavi (Rumi) (1207–1273) and Sultan Walad (d. 1312) Persian mystics and poets Konya, Turkey Mevlana Museum
Saadi (1184–1291) Persian poet Shiraz, Iran none
Hamdollah Mostowfi (1281–1349) Persian historian and geographer Qazvin, Iran none
Khwaju Kermani (1280–1352) Persian mystic and poet Shiraz, Iran none
Hafez (1315–1390) Persian poet Shiraz, Iran Tomb of Hafez
Jami (1414–1492) Persian mystic and poet Herat, Afghanistan none
Saib Tabrizi (1601–1677) Persian poet Isfahan, Iran none
Mir Emad Qazvini (1553–1614) Persian calligrapher Isfahan, Iran none
Sheikh Bahaii (1547–1621) Persian architect and poet Mashhad, Iran none
Bidel Dehlavi (1640–1721) Persian mystic and poet Delhi, India none
Kamal ol-Molk (1847–1940) Iran painter Nishapur, Iran none
Iraj Mirza (1874–1926), Bahar (1884–1951), Forugh Farrokhzad (1935–1967), Rahi Moayyeri (1909–1968), Darvish Khan (1872–1926), Ruhollah Khaleqi (1906–1965), Abolhasan Saba (1902–1957) and Qamar ol-Moluk Vaziri (1905–1959) Persian poets, musicians and singers Tehran, Iran Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery
Sadeq Hedayat (1903–1951) and Gholam-Hossein Saedi (1936–1985) Persian writers Paris, France Père Lachaise Cemetery
Salman the Persian Persian companion of Muhammad Salman Pak (ancient Ctesiphon), Iraq none