Abbas Khalili

Abbas Khalili
عباس الخليلي
Khalili in the 1960s
Born	Abbas ibn Asadullah bin Ali al-Khalili al-Najaf c. 1895 (1895) Najaf, Ottoman Empire (present-day Najaf, Iraq)
Died	10 February 1972 (aged 76–77) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Burial place	Behesht-e Zahra
Other names	Abbas al-Khalili, Abbas Khalīlī, Abbās Khalili, Ali Fatiy-al-Eslām, Ḵalili-e Arab
Occupation(s)	diplomat, newspaper publisher, poet, novelist
Political party	National Front (Iran)
Spouses	Fahr-Ozma Arghun, Māhmoneer Moeini-Azad
Children	6, including Simin Behbahani Mahyār Khalili

Abbas ibn Asadullah bin Ali al-Khalili al-Najafi,^[1] also known as Abbas al-Khalili, and Abbas Khalili (Persian: عباس الخلیلی، عباس خلیلی‎; 1895 or 1896 – 10 February 1972)^[1][2] was an Iraqi-born Iranian diplomat, newspaper publisher, poet and novelist. He was a pillar of the Najaf revolt over the British Mandate in 1918, and was sentenced to death, eventually fleeing to Iran, where spent the rest of his life. The Iranian government's criticism of his newspaper and writing intensified. By 1949, the Iranian government sent him as the Iranian Emperor's ambassador to the Ethiopian Empire and Yemen.