Gholamali Bayandor
Gholamali Bayandor | |
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| Born | 13 December 1898 Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |
| Died | 25 August 1941 (aged 42) Khorramshahr, Pahlavi Iran |
| Buried | Khorramshahr Naval Base |
| Allegiance | Sublime State of Persia (1920–1925) Imperial State of Iran (1925–1941) |
| Years of service | 1920–1941 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Commands | Imperial Iranian Navy |
| Battles / wars | |
| Awards | Order of Zolfaghar |
| Alma mater | Accademia Navale École Militaire École d'artillerie de Poitiers Fontainebleau |
| Relations | Darioush Bayandor |
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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. He was killed in action during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran.
Born in Tehran to ancestors from the Bayandur tribe, he personally led his men in defending Iranian coasts at Khorramshahr and was killed in action fighting against Allied forces, dying a "gallant death". Commodore Cosmo Graham, who served as the Royal Navy's Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, wrote that Bayandor's "death was regretted by all who knew him. He was intelligent, able, and faithful to Persia."