Gholamali Bayandor

Timsar

Gholamali Bayandor
Timsar; Gholamali Bayandor
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	Order of Zolfaghar
Alma mater	Accademia Navale; École Militaire; École d'artillerie de Poitiers; Fontainebleau

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]

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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[1] 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.

[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, I (1st ed.), Australian War Memorial, p. 388

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Timsar Gholamali Bayandor

Born	13 December 1898 Tehran, Iran
Died	25 August 1941(1941-08-25) (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	Order of Zolfaghar
Alma mater	Accademia Navale École Militaire École d'artillerie de Poitiers Fontainebleau