Hossein Gol-e-Golab

Hossein Gol-e-Golab
Hossein Gol-e-Golab
	Hossein Gol e Golab, 1895-1985
Born	Hossein Gol-e-Golab; ca. 1895
Died	March 13, 1985
Nationality	Iranian
Education	Elmiya School; Dar-ul-Funun university
Occupation(s)	polymath scholar and musician
Notable work	“Ey Irân”

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]}

Gol-e-Golâb never lost his interest in music, finding time to translate Western operas into his native Persian while teaching and writing on botany and serving on the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, to which he was appointed in 1935.