Moluk Zarabi

Moluk Farshforosh Kashani (, Moluk Żarrābi; 22 March 1907 Kashan – 5 January 2000 Tehran), known as Moluk Zarabi, was an Iranian singer of Persian traditional music and actor.

Life Moluk Farsh Kashani was born in a music-loving family. Her grandfather Haji Jafar was a singer in the court of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. She inherited a good voice from her father and grandfather and showed talent at the age of seven. Her early interest in singing caused her family's displeasure and social exclusion at school. Nonetheless, Zarabi began singing in various Kashan groups at 13.

Professional experience Zarrabi's career as a singer began in 1924 with two public performances at Firooz Bahram High School in Tehran and another performance with Ahmad Ebadi at Tehran's Grand Hotel.

Shortly after the establishment of Radio Tehran in 1940, Zarrabi was invited along with several different groups. In these radio programs, he collaborated with musicians such as Abolhasan Saba, Hossein Yahaghi, Morteza Mahjubi, Habib Samaei and Hossein Tehrani. The first radio performance of Zarrabi was the ballad "Kisti", whose lyrics were written by Hassan Salek and whose music was composed by Hossein Yahaghi.

Around 1957, Zarrabi was chosen as an honorary member of Tehran Radio Orchestra No. 7 (special orchestra) which operated under the supervision of Abdullah Jahanpanah.

Zarrabi traveled to Syria and Lebanon in 1938 to record songs with Ismail Mehrtash, Abolhasan Saba, Hossein Qoli Tatai and singers Javad Badiazadeh, Taj Esfahani, Melke Broumand and Adib Khansari. The pieces recorded by Meluk Zarrabi were "Eshg Man" for Odeon and the operettas "Khosro and Shirin" and "Khodstaei Shirin" which were performed with the Barbad community orchestra.

Among Moluk Zarrabi's famous ballads are "Sargasht Deladar and Gham Hejran", "Bride's Flower from the Wind of Saba", "Daughters of Cyrus", "You went and broke your promise", "O Shukh, O Negara". And "flower season".

At the age of 25, Zarrabi sang the song "Flower Bride" in Tehran theater on the occasion of the Kashf-e hijab, and because of this, she was beaten by religious fanatics, but she continued her work with a stronger will. She performed many times at Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's birthday party.

Death Zarrabi died on 5 January 2000, in her private apartment in Tehran, and was buried in Behesht-e Zahra, plot 48, row 67, number 34.

Albumology

Rana's album on YouTube (Faramarz Asif later performed a song with the same name inspired by Rana's song) Sokhni ba del album Whose album? The best album 1 The best album 2