Rais Ali Delvari Day · Salruz-e Koshteh Shodan-e Raisali Delvari

Culture of origin: Persian Gulf · Historical

Holiday sources: Persian Gulf Coast and Islands

Rais Ali Delvari was born in about 1882 in the village of Delvar in Tangestan, near Bushehr. In August 1915, in the First World War, British forces moved step by step to occupy Bushehr, and he organised the resistance of the men of Tangestan against them, with Zayer Khezr Khan Ahrami and Sheikh Hossein Khan Chahkutahi. During a night raid on the British at Tangak-e Safar he was shot from behind by an infiltrator, Gholamhossein Tangaki, and was killed at 33. His day has been an official day in Iran's calendar since 1389 (2010).