(left), Saba (middle),
Faramarz Payvar (right) He was born in
Tehran to Abul Qasim Khan
Kamal ol-Saltaneh, son of Mohammad Jafar Khan
Sadr ol-Hekma, son of Mahmud Khan Kashi
Malak ol-Shoara Sadr ol-Shoara Saba ol-Shoara, son of Mohammad Hossain Khan
Malak ol-Shoara. He studied several
Iranian and non-Iranic musical instruments and became an
Ostad in
Radif, but he selected violin and setar as his specific instruments. He was a student of
Mirza Abdollah as well as
Darvish Khan. His first radio recording was in 1927 when he played violin alongside Iran's famous singer Ruhangis.
Notable Pupils ,
Shemiran,
Tehran. Amongst his many students who went on to become great masters of Persian traditional music were
Faramarz Payvar,
Manoochehr Sadeghi,
Habibollah Badiei,
Rahmatollah Badiyi, Abbas Emadi,
Ali Tajvidi, Mahmoud Tajbakhsh,
Sassan Sepanta,
Saeid Gharachorloo,
Parviz Yahaghi,
Dariush Safvat,
Gholam-Hossein Banan,
Parviz Tanavoli,
Talieh Kamran and
Hossein Tehrani. He died in 1957 and was buried in
Tehran's
Zahir-od-dowleh cemetery of Artists and Musicians. == Saba Museum ==