Hossein Ali Mallah

Hossein Ali Mallah (1921–1992; Persian: حسینعلی ملاح) was an Iranian musician, musicologist, painter, and author.

Hossein Ali Mallah was born in 1921, in Golestan province, Imperial State of Persia (now Iran).

However the exact city of his birth has been debated by sources as either Bandar-e Gaz,[3] Tehran,[1] or Now Kandeh.

He was one of the five children of Agha Bozur Khan Mallah, and Khadijeh Afzal Vaziri; and he was a grandson of Bibi Khanoom Astarabadi.

[1] His other teachers included Abolhasan Saba, Hossein Yahaghi [fa], and Ruhollah Khaleqi.