Mohammad Namazi was the founder of Namazi Hospital, which he founded in 1955 in Shiraz, Iran. He was born in Kazerun, in 1896. He was a successful merchant who lived in the USA for many years. He died in 1973. Life Namazi was born in Shiraz. He spent his childhood in China and India, and his youth in Tehran and Shiraz. In 1924, he traveled to America, and stayed there for more than 30 years. After a very successful economic career, he returned to Iran. He noticed the poor quality of the drinking water in Shiraz and in 1952 devoted part of his wealth to establishing a water supply network in the region. In 1955 he founded and equipped Namazi hospital as a teaching hospital. At the age of 76, he died in the hospital he founded. References External links Introduction to the late Mohammad Namazi – Namazi Charity Foundation Iranian businesspeople Iranian philanthropists Year of birth missing Year of death missing People from Kazerun 20th-century Iranian people