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Gholamali Bayandor
Born13 December 1898
Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died25 August 1941(1941-08-25) (aged 42)
Khorramshahr, Pahlavi Iran
Buried
Khorramshahr Naval Base
AllegianceIran
Years of service1920–1941
RankCommodore
Commands heldImperial Iranian Navy
Battles/warsSimko Shikak revolt
Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran †
Awards Order of Zolfaghar
Alma materAccademia Navale
École Militaire
École d'artillerie de Poitiers
Fontainebleau
RelationsDarioush Bayandor

Gholamali Bayandor (Persian: غلامعلی بایندر; December 13, 1898 – August 25, 1941) was an Iranian naval officer and the Commander of the 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]

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 "his 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

  1. ↑ Āl-e Dāwūd, Sayyed ʿAlī [in Persian] (2002). بایَندُر، غلامعلی [Bāyandor, Gholām-ʿAlī]. In Mousavi-Bojnourdi, Kazem (ed.). The Great Islamic Encyclopaedia (in Persian). Vol. 11. Tehran: Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia. pp. 330–331. ISBN 964-7025-07-6.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Schedel, Charles Jr. W. (1985), "Ask Infoser", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 22 (1): 101–104, JSTOR 44888943
  4. ↑ Hermon Gill, George (1957), "Middle East", Australia in the War of 1939–1945, vol. 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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