Gholamali Bayandor
Gholamali Bayandor (Persian: غلامعلی بایندر) (December 13, 1898 – August 25, 1941) was the Commander of Imperial Iranian Navy from 1931 to August 25, 1941 and was killed during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He was born in Tehran[1] to ancestors from Bayandur tribe.[2]
Gholamali Bayandor | |
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| Born | 13 December 1898 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 25 August 1941 (aged 42) Khorramshahr, Iran |
| Buried | Khorramshahr Naval Base |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Years of service | 1920–1941 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Commands held | Imperial Iranian Navy |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran † Simko Shikak revolt |
| Awards | _Ribbon_Bar_-_Imperial_Iran.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Order of Zolfaghar |
| Alma mater | Accademia Navale École Militaire École d'artillerie de Poitiers Fontainebleau |
He personally led the men defending Iranian coasts at Khorramshahr and was killed in action, dying a described "gallant death".[3] Commodore Cosmo Graham who served as the Royal Navy's Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf wrote that "[h]is death was regretted by all who knew him. He was intelligent, able, and faithful to Persia."[4]
Legacy
Iranian corvette Bayandor, which was commissioned into service in 1964 and is still active, is named after him.
References
- Āl-e Dāwūd, Sayyed ʿAlī (2002). بایَندُر، غلامعلی [Bāyandor, Gholām-ʿAlī]. In Mousavi-Bojnourdi, Kazem (ed.). The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian). 11. Tehran: Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. pp. 330–331. ISBN 964-7025-07-6.
- Woods, John E. (1999). The Aqquyunlu: Clan, Confederation, Empire (revised and expanded ed.). Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. p. 283. ISBN 0-87480-565-1.
- Schedel, Charles Jr. W. (1985), "Ask Infoser", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 22 (1): 101–104, JSTOR 44888943
- Hermon Gill, George (1957), "Middle East", Australia in the War of 1939–1945, I (1st ed.), Australian War Memorial, p. 388
- Ward, Steven R. (2014). Immortal: a military history of Iran and its armed forces. Georgetown University Press. pp. 155–158. ISBN 9781626160323.
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