Hossein Gol-e-Golâb (Persian حسین گل‌گلاب also given as Hosayn Golgolâb, (1895 – March 13, 1985) was a polymath Iranian scholar and musician who wrote the patriotic anthem “Ey Irân”. Gol-e-Golâb was born in Tehran, and studied at the Elmiya School and Dar-ul-Funun university, Gol-e-Golâb never lost his interest in music, finding time to translate Western operas into his native Persian while teaching and writing on botany and serving on the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, to which he was appointed 1935. External links Gol-e-Golab bio & history of Ey Iran Hossein Golgolab' biography on RKAC Gol-e Golāb, Ḥosayn - Iranica Online Gol-golāb, Ḥosayn - Iranica Online References 1895 births 1984 deaths Iranian botanists 20th-century Iranian musicians Iranian translators Scientists from Tehran 20th-century translators