Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani

Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani (, 1910 – 12 June 1999) was an Iranian archaeologist and numismatist, who was co-founder of the Bank Sepeh Coin Museum and was the Head of the Coins, Seals and Tablets Department of the National Museum of Iran. She was also a notable artist.

Biography Malekzadeh Bayani was the daughter of Mahdi Malekzadeh (fa), one of the founders of modern medical science in Iran and the author of the book History of Iran's Constitution, who was the grandson of Malik al-Mutaklamin (fa). She was also the granddaughter of Mirza Suleiman Khan Mikdeh (fa). She learned Iranian painting from Mirza Hadi Khan Tajveidi.

Returning to Iran after four years c. 1938, she was chosen as the Head of the Coins, Seals and Tablets Department of the National Museum of Iran and was an expert and member of the World Coin Association and UNESCO. She also taught archaeology, numismatics and sigillography in the Department of Archaeology at Tehran University. She was fluent in French and English and was proficient in reading ancient languages. She also worked on seals from Ilam.

Malekzadeh Bayani died on 12 June 1999.

Selected works

Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, “Études sur quelques bulles sassanides,” in Akbar Tajvidi and Muhammad-Yusof Kiani, eds., The Memorial Volume of the Vth International Congress of Iranian Art and Ar-chaeology . . . 11th-18 April 1968, 2 vols., Tehran, 1972, I, pp. 218-21. Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani, (1969). The reign of Pourandokht, the Sassanid Queen, and a study of the coins of her time. Journal of Historical Studies 4, 19-34. [Persian] Malekeh Malekzadeh Bayani. (2002) History of coins: from the oldest period to the Sassanid Period. Tehran: University of Tehran Press [ Persian]