Iranian writer (1892-1997).
Born January 13th, 1892 in Isfahan.
Died November 8th, 1997 at 105 years old in Geneva.
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon