Gholamali Bayandor

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Timsar Gholamali Bayandor
Born	13 December 1898 Tehran, Sublime State of Persia
Died	25 August 1941(1941-08-25) (aged 42) Khorramshahr, Pahlavi Iran
Buried	Khorramshahr Naval Base
Allegiance	Iran
Years of service	1920–1941
Rank	Commodore
Commands	Imperial Iranian Navy
Battles / wars	Simko Shikak revolt Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran †
Awards	Order of Zolfaghar
Alma mater	Accademia Navale École Militaire École d'artillerie de Poitiers Fontainebleau
Relations	Darioush Bayandor

Gholamali Bayandor (Persian: غلامعلی بایندر; December 13, 1898 – August 25, 1941) was an Iranian naval officer and the Commander of the Imperial Iranian Navy from 1931 to August 25, 1941, and was killed in action during the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran. He was born in Tehran^[1] to ancestors from Bayandur tribe.^[2] He personally led his men in defending Iranian coasts at Khorramshahr and was killed in action fighting against Allied forces, dying a "gallant death".^[3] Commodore Cosmo Graham, who served as the Royal Navy's Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf, wrote that Bayandor's "death was regretted by all who knew him. He was intelligent, able, and faithful to Persia."^[4]