The tomb of Saba is prohibited from visitor access. His father's tomb in the same cemetary, seen here, is open to the public. The cemetery is located in Darband, Shemiran, Tehran.

Abolhasan Saba is a famous Iranian musician. Darband is built around a Sassanid fortress, the only one preserved in the world. ... Shemiran (sometimes Shemiranat) is the name of the northern part of the city of Tehran, capital of Iran. ... Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, is the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ...

He was born in Tehran in 1902, to Hosein Saba, another music celebrity of Iran. Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, is the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ...

Saba is considered one of Iran's most influencial figures in traditional and instrumental Persian music.

He passed away in 1957 and was buried in Tehran's Zahir al-Dowleh cemetary of articts and musicians. Tehran (also transcribed Teheran) (تهران in Persian), population 9,000,000 (metropolitan: 14,000,000), and a land area of 254 square miles, is the capital of Iran (Persia) and the center of Tehran Province. ...

External links

• BBC Article in Persian on his 100th comemmoration (http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/021206_la-cy-saba.shtml)
• Full Bio (http://www.isayu.org/Baran/Issue1/music.htm)