Biography Mohammad-Taqi Bahar

bahār s tomb in zahir-od-dowleh cemetery,tehran

following establishment of tehran university in 1934 (during reign of reza shah pahlavi), bahār became professor of persian literature @ faculty of literature of university. in course of tenure professor, dedicated of time writing , editing books on persian literature , history. notable amongst numerous works written , edited bahār are:

tārikh-e sistān (history of sistān),
tārikh-e mokh tasar-e ahzāb-e siāssi (a concise history of political parties),
sabk shenāsi (methodology), concerns variety of styles , traditions of persian prose,
moj malal ol-tavārikh o val qesās (concise histories , tales),
javāme ol-hekāyāt (anthology of stories),
two volumes of verse, consisting of own poems.

in 1945, during mohammad reza shah pahlavi s reign, bahār served short period minister of culture , education in cabinet of prime minister ahmad ghavam (aka ghavam o-saltaneh). earlier in same year , ahmad ghavam had created tiran democratic party (hezb-e demokrāt-e tirān).

in last years of life, bahār suffered tuberculosis. sought medical treatment in leysin, switzerland, in sanatorium, stayed between 1947 , 1949. not long after return iran health deteriorated. died on april 21, 1951, @ home in tehran. entombed in zahir o-dowleh cemetery in darband, located in shemiran, north of tehran.