Sattar Khan
Born	October 20, 1866 Tabriz, Iran
Died	November 9, 1914 (aged 48) Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam
Spouse	Fatemeh
Children	Yadollah , Soltan , Masoumeh

Sattar Khan (Persian/Azeri: ستارخان, IPA: [sætːɒːɾ xɒn]; (October 20, 1866—November 17, 1914), honorarily titled Sardār-e Melli (Persian: سردار ملی‎ meaning National Commander) was a pivotal figure in the Persian Constitutional Revolution and is considered by many Iranians to be a national hero.^[1]

Biography[link]

Early Life[link]

Sattar Khan was born in the village of Janali, in the Iranian province of Azarbaijan, some time in 1868. He was the third son of Haj Hasan Bazzaz, from the Qara Daj mountains. While he was still a child, his eldest brother, who had become a highway robber, was executed by the authorities.^[2]

The family later moved to Tabriz where Sattar himself came into conflict with the law when he tried to find a hideout for two Caucasian fugitives to whom his father had given shelter. He was incarcerated for two years in Narin Qalʿa, a notorious local prison. Afterwards he too became a brigand and was subsequently imprisoned again. He also served in the gendarmerie controlling the main road between Khoy and Marand, and for a while found employment as part of the armed escort to the crown prince Mozaffar-al-Din Mirza and was given the title of "khan" (which means "sir" in the Azeri language).^[3]

Later, after a period in Tehran, he headed an auxiliary troop fighting Turkmen highway robbers near Mashhad.^[4]

Revolutionary[link]

Sattar Khan rose from obscurity to head Constitutionalist rebels from the Amirkhiz district of Tabriz. By 1907, he had become a favored leader of the rebels. After shelling the Majles (parliament) of Iran in the capital Tehran, 40 thousand of Mohammad Ali Shah's soldiers were ordered to attack Tabriz, where Constitutional rebels were holding out. In June 1908, under the leadership of Sattar Khan, a High Military Council was established.

Sattar Khan was appointed the Commander in chief of High Council, Bagher Khan as his deputy, and Ali Musyo, Haji Ali and Seyed Hashem Khan as other notable members.

By April 1909, the Tabriz rebels had lost a large number of their fighters in driving out royalist forces from the city. Taking into account Sattar Khan and Bagher Khan's heroism during the battle, Sattar Khan was honored by the title of "Sardar-e Melli" (National General) and Bagir khan "Salar-e Melli" (National Leader) by the order of the Assembly.

The early victories of the rebels in Tabriz greatly influenced other Constitutionalists across Iran. Special committees with the name of "Sattar Khan" were established in Tehran, Rasht, Qazvin, Esfahan and other cities. Sattar Khan's reputation also led to the powerful Bakhtiyari tribal leaders to throw in their lot with the Tabriz rebels.^[5]

Most of the cities of Azarbaijan province were cleared of royalist military forces by October 1908. Mohammad Ali Shah authorized the reopening of the Majles in Tehran in order to try and placate the opposition.

The Second Majles was held in December 1908. It ordered a plaque of honor with images of Sattar Khan and Bagher Khan carved on it in gold as a token of appreciation for their services.

The strengthening of revolutionary power in the wake of the Tabriz victory frightened not only the Qajar Shah but also his allies, Russia and Great Britain. In March 1910, Sattar Khan and Bagher Khan set out for the capital Tehran with 300 soldiers, where they were greeted by large numbers of supporters April 3, 1910.

The rebels camped out in Atabey Park, where they refused to obey the Shah's order to disarm. The Shah's troops and police forces led by Yeprem Khan (Davidyans), head of Tehran police, launched a brief but violent confrontation on the night of August 7, 1910, and succeeded in surrounding and disarming Sattar Khan's forces. About 30 rebels were killed and Sattar Khan was wounded in his leg - remaining disabled until his death at the age 48, on November 9, 1914.^[6] He was buried in the famous Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine cemetery in Shahr-e Ray, just outside Tehran.

Legacy[link]

Sattar Khan is remembered in Iran as heroic leader of the Persian Constitutional Revolution, and is the subject of poems and songs. A street in west Tehran has been named after him.^{[citation needed]}

See also[link]

• Bagher Khan, Sālār-e Melli
• Constitutional Revolution House of Tabriz

References[link]

External links[link]

• Sattar Khan, Encyclopædia Iranica

v t e Personalities involved in the Persian Constitutional Revolution Qajar dynasty Tobacco Protest Persian Constitutional Revolution Kings Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar Ahmad Shah Qajar Princes Kamran Mirza Nayeb es-Saltaneh Abdol Majid Mirza Mass'oud Mirza Zell-e Soltan Malek Mansur Mirza Shao es-Saltaneh Governmental Persons Mirza Nasrullah Khan Hassan Pirnia Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma Ali Asghar Khan Mohammad Vali Khan Tonekaboni Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Ali-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari Sheikh Khaz'al Colonel Pessian Yeprem Khan Morteza Gholi Khan Hedayat Mehdi Qoli Hedayat Political Intellectuals Mirza Abdul'Rahim Talibov Tabrizi Mirza Malkam Khan Sayyid Hossein Ardabili Hassan Taqizadeh Ahmad Kasravi Haji-Mirza Hassan Roshdieh Hajj Sayyah Iranian Clerics Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani Jamal-al-Din al-Afghani Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai Hassan Modarres Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi Mohammad Khiabani Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani Iranian Writer and poets Iraj Mirza Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda Mirzadeh Eshghi Mirza Alakbar Sabir Aref Qazvini Mohammad-Taqi Bahar Mohammad Farrokhi Yazdi Mirza Fatali Akhundov Jahangir-Khan Sur-e-Esrafil Commons Saad ad-Daula Sattar Khan Bāqer Khān Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli Yeprem Khan Mirza Reza Kermani Jamshid Bahman Jamshidian Foreigners William Morgan Shuster Howard Baskerville Edward Granville Browne Vladimir Liakhov Women Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi Sediqeh Dowlatabadi

This article about an Iranian politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e

Ali Hatami
170px
Born	August 19, 1944 Tehran, Iran
Died	December 7, 1996 Tehran, Iran

Ali Hatami (Persian: علی حاتمی ‎, August 14, 1944 in Tehran, Iran – December 7, 1996 in Tehran) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, art Director and costume designer.

Background[link]

Ali Hatami and his wife Zari Khoshkam, Etelaate Haftegi magazine

Graduated in cinema from Faculty of Dramatic Arts, his debut was Hasan Kachal (Hasan the Bald - 1969), the first Iranian musical film. Since then, he paid attention to unusual rhythmic dialogs and also the use of traditional settings and architecture in his films that became the characteristics of his works.

Although his works did not attract international attention, the Iranian audience praised him. His mind was occupied with making films on the basis of historical and folkloric figures. He was usually the art director of his own films. His last film remained incomplete because of his death by cancer, on December 7, 1996 in Tehran.

Hatami made three great historical TV series, all of them are considered as eternal works in the history of Iranian TV. Meanwhile, he established a small production village as the historical site in which he made Hezar Dastan. It has been since used as the shooting location for many films and TV series, including Agency (1997), The Red Ribbon (1998), The Dead Wave (2000), The Low Heights (2001) and many others.

He was married to famous Iranian actress Zahra Hatami. Their daughter Leila Hatami is a famous actress in Iran.

Films[link]

• Hasan Kachal (1970)
• Toughi (1971)
• Khastegar (1971)
• Baba Shamal (1971)
• Sattar Khan (1972)
• Ghalandar (1972)
• Sooteh-Delan (1978)
• Hajji Washington (1982)
• Kamalolmolk (1984)
• Jafar khan az farang bargashteh (1984)
• Madar (1991)
• Del Shodegan (1992)
• Komiteh mojazat (1997)
• and shorts film(...)

Television series[link]

• Soltan-e sahebgharan (1974)
• Hezar Dastan (1978–1987)

References[link]

• "In memory of Ali Hatami, the poet of our cinema" (in Persian). CinemaeMa.com. http://www.cinemaema.com/NewsArticle547.html. Retrieved 2007-12-07. 

External links[link]

• Ali Hatami at the Internet Movie Database
• Photograph of Ali Hatami: [1]
• Photograph of Ali Hatami's grave: [2]

www.alihatami.com

v t e Cinema of Iran Films A–Z • Chronology of films • Films by year: Pre-1960 • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s Actors • Directors • Cinematographers • Iranian New Wave • Producers • Score composers • Screenwriters

This article about an Iranian film director is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. v t e

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2010)

Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi (October 1, 1915-May 2, 2001)^[1] was a religious and political leader of Pakistan. He was born at Isakhel in district Mianwali. After initial education, he opted for religious education in Lahore. He obtained his Master's degree from Islamia College,Lahore, and was later appointed the Dean of Islamic Studies at the same college. He remained at that position until 1947, after which he joined active politics.

Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi was an active participant in the political struggle for the creation of Pakistan. He was elected the President of Punjab Muslim Students Federation in 1938. He then took the position of the President of the Provinical (Punjab) Muslim League until the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi was elected as Secretary General of the All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League in 1950 under the Presidentship of Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. He was briefly arrested along with Abul Ala Maududi by the Pakistan Army for purportedly inciting the Lahore riots of 1953 against the Ahmadiyya. He worked as the Secretary General of the Central Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan from 1973 to 1989 and was elected as the President of the Central Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan in 1989. He was elected member of the National Assembly of Pakistan twice, in 1988 and 1990. He was elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994 for a six years term.

Abdus Sattar Khan Niazi never married and devoted his life to his political and religious career.

References[link]

This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Tagged since May 2010. It is written like a personal reflection or essay rather than an encyclopedic description of the subject. Tagged since May 2010.

Ustad Rais Khan (born 25 November 1939) is a legendary Pakistani sitarist born in Indore, India.^[1] In the different lines of "gayaki ang" (where the sitar plays the material of singers more than those of instrumentalists) Ustad Rais Khansaheb is the torchbearer of the Mewat or Mewati Gharana (lineage), which is connected to Indore and the "beenkar baj gayaki ang" (singing style combined with rudra vina approaches) carried out by Ustad Rais Khan's father Ustad Mohammed Khan, one of the greatest rudra vina (been) players and a great sitarist himself. This lineage goes back to the court musicians of the Mughal Emperors. Amongst the Khayal and dhrupad doyens, Rais Khan's gharana is a lineage containing the masters Haddu Khan, Hassu Khan, Bande Ali Khan, Nathan Khan, Babu Khan, Wazir Khan, Waheed Khan, Murad Khan, Latif Khan, Majid Khan, Nazeer Khan, Amanat Khan and Rajab Ali Khan of Devas, Madhya Pradesh.^[2]

Early life[link]

From maternal side, Ustad Rais Khan is descendant of great sitarists of Etawah Gharana. Ustad Rais Khan's mother was the elder sister of Sitar legend Ustad Vilayat Khan.^[3] Like wise Vilayat Khan had influence of his brother-in-law Mohammad Khan (Rais Khan's father) in his earlier phase of career, Rais khan has also been influenced by his maternal uncle's style. The Sitar he plays is 'Gandhar-Pancham' Sitar - which was standardized and designed by Ustad Vilayat Khan only.^[4]

Career[link]

Ustad Rais Khan was one of the youngest musicians ever to have earned the title of "Ustad"^{[citation needed]} from authorized committees at a time when the title used to be "bestowed" and not merely "taken up" by one's own will.

As Rais Khan's mother was a stellar singer and his father was a master beenkar, and because of his lineage going back to Hassu Khan and Haddu Khan, a unique combination of Khayal (the most popular classical vocal style), Dhrupad (the older and most orthodox classical form) and thumri (lyrical semi-classical form)- angs (approaches) developed in Ustad Rais Khan's playing.^[5]

He gave his first public concert at Sunderbai Hall in presence of the Sir Maharaja Singh (Governor).^[6] In 1955, he was selected from a huge list of competitors from all over the continent of India to represent the Indian nation at the International Youth Festival in Warsaw, where Ustad Rais Khan carried off the first prize and the gold medal for his virtuosity.^[7]

He is also an accomplished vocalist and is the first one to record the geet Ghungroo toot gaye for BBC London in 1978.^[8]

Rais Khan has been touring extensively throughout the world.

His dynamic personality and genius have made him one of the most outstanding artists of our time. The fact that he is an accomplished vocalist accounts for much of his popularity. At the end of his recitals he often sings and demonstrates compositions, which thrills his listeners.

Khan is a champion badminton player, a swimming champion, expert in car racing. He obtained a private pilot’s license as well.^[9]

Ustad Rais Khan's stellar recordings include the out-of-print "Raga Jhinjhoti, Todi and Lok-priya dhun." For sometime, Khansaheb had stopped playing concerts of classical music. He returned in the 1980s and was invited by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan to perform in California.

Ustad Rais Khan moved to Pakistan after marrying a Pakistani lady. His son Farhan is the amongst the new generation of the torchbearers of the Mewati gharana, and sometimes performs with him.^[10]

Although it is known that Ustad Rais Khan's mother was Ustad Vilayat Khan's sister, and Ustad Vilayat Khan is responsible for the gandhar pancham sitar, Ustad Rais Khan's music is not of the Etawah gharana. Any analysis of his work will point that out. Rais Khan's alapi, gatkari and gamaki work is entirely different in approach, pacing and even technique. Ustad Rais Khan himself has never claimed that he is from anything but the Mewati Gharana from Indore. It is true that the gandhar pancham sitar is Ustad Vilayat Khan's design and Ustad Rais Khan used that. However, Rais Khan's design of the angle of the neck is different from that of Ustad Vilayat Khan's. This is for the dhrupadi gamaks of Rais Khan and his beenkari lineage. And for similar musical reasons, Ustad Rais Khan used to tune the sitar in D#(Eb) - in his younger days. It was unheard of to tune the sitar that high, and use a #4 gauge string at the same time. Pandit Nikhil Banerjee is the another sitarist of repute to have used a #4 string (approximately .015").

Because of the sitar and because of extensive meend work it can be easily mistaken that Ustad Rais Khan's lineage has Etawah influences. It is so as far as the instrument, but not much farther than that. The Mewati concept of Ragdari is of a different nature than the Etawah concept.

References[link]

• http://www.indiamusicinfo.com/profiles/indi%20pop/ustadraiskhan%20.html
• http://www.kalavant.org/artists_ustad_rais_khan.htm
• http://mewatigharana.com/