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.
Born in Tehran[1] to ancestors from the 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.
"[4] Iranian corvette Bayandor, which was commissioned into service in 1964 and is still active, is named after him.
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