What is Keikhosrow Shahrokh?
'''Keikhosrow Shahrokh''' ([[Kerman]], [[Iran]], 1864 – 1939) was the [[designer]] of the [[mausoleum]] of [[Persia]]n poet [[Ferdowsi]] in the city of [[Tus, Iran|Tus]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ferdowsi-iii |title = Ferdowsi, Mausoleum |access-date = 2010-12-11 |author = A. Shahpur Shahbazi |publisher = Encyclopaedia Iranica}}</ref> As elected [[representative]] of the [[Zoroastrian]] community,<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/anjoman-e-zartostian |title = Anǰoman-e Zartoštīān (Society of Zoroastrians) |access-date = 2010-12-11 |author = M. Kasheff |publisher = Encyclopaedia Iranica}}</ref> he was an active member of the [[Iranian parliament]]. He is best known for his role in the 1925 transition of the official calendar from the [[Islamic calendar]] of ''hejri ghamarei'' to the [[Iranian civil calendar]], known as ''hejri shamsi''. == Related pages == * [[Qajar dynasty]] * [[Iranian calendar]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.vohuman.org/Article/Keikhosrow%20Shahrokh.htm Biography] {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shahrokh, Keikhosrow}} [[Category:1864 births]] [[Category:1929 deaths]] [[Category:Zoroastrians]] [[Category:Iranian artists]]