Background information
Birth name Golandam Taherkhani
Also known as Soo'San, Sousan,
Born June 12, 1943
Died May 3, 2004 (aged 60)
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 1960's-2004
Susan (or Sousan) (pronounced: Soo'san) born Golandam Taherkhani (April or May 1942 Eastern Kurdistan,Qasr-e Shirin, - May 3, 2004 Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a very popular Iranian singer of particularly in the 1960s and 1970s. Susan was also known for her philanthropic acts and was commonly referred to as a "social singer". She rose to fame overnight. Zavaa was her last album and her voice brings back memories of simpler and more innocent times
Sousan was truly loved as a people's singer. She rose to fame overnight and her songs were all beautiful. She was humble and kind. I have fond memories which took place in two different times and lands.
The first time I saw her on stage, I was a freshman in Iran and enjoyed her unique voice, as well as witty and charming personality. The guests at the club really enjoyed her performance that night.
Then a few years ago in the U.S. we were fortunate to have her among us in an intimate concert. She was witty and sweet as always. "Zavaar" is her last album and her voice brings back memories of simpler and more innocent times. May she rest in eternal peace.
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Dowrān-e kudakiye sousan bā nām-e šenāsnāmei-ye golandām-e taherxani (zāde-ye 1,319) pedar ou ahle qasr-e širin bud u ānqadr be zādgāh-e pedari-yaš ešq mivarzid ke dar ānjā bimārestān-e bozorg-i rā bā hazine-ye māli-ye xod sāxt . Nām-e pedar-aš Ebrāhim-o nām-e mādar-aš Belqeys bud. Ba’d az az dast-e dādan-e pedar-aš dar yek hādese tasādof ke xod-aš ham majruh gašt beettefāq-e mādar-aš be Tehrān āmad. Ānān dar kārvānsarā-yi dar bāzār-e šahr-e rey zendegi mikardand-o mādar-aš ba’l-at bimāri-ye vabā bā zendegi vedā’ goft. Susan nazd zani tanhā ke be u amme migoft dar hamsāyegi-ye ānān zani bud ke dar kāfehā mixānad-o ba’z-i vaqthā susan rā bā xod be kāfe mibarad-o kam-kam u ham bā šab-i do Tumān šoru’ be kār kard.
Vorud be arse-ye khanandegiye sousan kam-kam pā be arse-ye xānandegi-yo taqlid-e tarānehā-ye delkaš-o Qamarolmoluk-e vaziri-yo moluk Zarrābi pardāxt-o bā nām-e Viktor dar yek kāfe bā šab-i pānzdah Tumān mašqul be kār šod-o pas az cand-i rašid mardi āhangsāz-e kuce-ye bāzār bā u āšnā šod-o u rā be kāfe-ye digar-i bord-o nām-e honari-ye susan rā barā-ye u entexāb kard. Nā gofte namānad ke con susan-e savād-e xāndan-o neveštan nadāšt be komak-e rašid-e mardi-yo yār-e Mohammad-e tehrāni tarānehā rā hefz mikard.
Pas az sālhā tavassot Jamile-ye raqsande honarmand be kāfehā-ye mojallaltar-e pā-yaš bāz šod-o tā ānjā pišraft ke tavānest dar šokufe-ye now yeki az kābārehā-ye mohemm-e ān zamān-e Tehrān, jā-yi barā-ye xod bāz konad. Āqā Rezā Soheylā-ye ma’ruf ke dārā-ye cand kāfe dar lālezār bud az u xāstgāri kard vali u javāb rad dād. Bā gozašt-e zamān-e pā-yaš be rādiyo-ye bāz šod-o sepas be mehmānihā-ye bozorgān da’vat šod-o hamconin tavassot Purān vāred darbār šod-o susan be xāter-e qadrdāni az Jamile-ye bāes šod ke Jamile-ye ham betavānad be darbār raft-o āmad namāyad. Dar bištarin mehmānihā-ye Tājolmoluk mādar-e Mohammadrezā šāh pahlu-ye u beettefāq-e moluk-e Zarrābi da’vat mišod.
Dar yek mehmāni-ye farah-e pahlu-ye hamsar-e šāh gardanband-i rā az gardan-e xod bāz kard-o barā-ye qadrdāni be gardan susan andāxt. Nā gofte namānad ke hadāyā-yi az mādar-e šāh ham gerefte bud ke arzeš-e māddi-ye ziyādi dāšt vali dar mowqe-e farār az Irān qācāqciyān dar Torkiye meqdār-i az ān rā robudand.
bad az enqelāb 1,357bed-in tartib susan-e majbur šod pas az eqāmat-e moddat-i dar mahalle-ye Gišā-vo pas az ān beellate gerāni-ye jā nazdik be cāhārrāh-e Sirus bā Mohammad-e tehrāni raqqās-o xānande-ye mehmānihā-mehmāni-yo tahammol-e do martabe 74 zarbe-ye šallāq, taahhod dād ke digar xānandegi nakonad. Pas az cand māh be komak-e šaxsi az tariq-e kuh be Torkiye-vo sepas Landan-o ba’d be Āmrikā mohājerat kard-o dar ruz-e 14 ordibehešt-e 1,383 bar asar-e nārāhati-ye tanaffosi-ye cešm az jahān foru bast.Ma’ruftarin tarāne susan, "dust dāram miduni"-ast ke āhang-e ān az Fathollāh-e Riyāhi-yo še’r-e ān az Said dabiri-st.Tarānehā-yi az u dar cand film piš az enqelāb be kar rafte-ast, az jomle: ...
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Susan zani bā šaxsiyat bud-o hicvaqt gozašte xod rā farāmuš nakard-o hamiše yār mostmandān bud. U dar ta’sis-e cand parvarešgāh sahim bud. U sarparasti-ye candin kudak bisarparast rā mādarāne beohde gereft. U bā didan-e har faqiri extiyār-aš rā az dast midād-o tuše-vo mozd-e zahamāt-aš rā beyn ānān taqsim minemud.
U dard-e faqir-i-yo nadāri-yo bikas-i-yo zendegi-ye parvarešgāhi rā cešide bud. Susan-e nām-aš gol-e andām taherxani bud motevalled-e ordibeheštmāh-e 1,321dar qasr-e širin. Nām-e pedar-aš Ebrāhim nām-e mādar-aš Belqeys bud. Ba’d az az dast-e dādan-e pedar-aš dar yek hādese tasādof ke xod-aš ham majruh gašt beettefāq-e mādar-aš be Tehrān āmad.
Beettefāq-e mādar-aš āzem-e šahr rey šod-o beellate faqr mādar-aš dar māšin-e dudi-ye ān zamān be āvāz xān-i mipardāxt-o doxtarak-e bicāre pul jam’ mikard. Mardom be susan ke dārā-ye cešmān-e riz-o kam bineš delsuzi mikardand bištar pul midādand mādar-e u ke dar madihesarā-yi-yo zekr-e Ali-ye Ali-yo Hoseyn-e Hoseyn mahārat-e xāss-i dāšt, dar ejtemāāt-e ān mahal jam’ mišod ānān dar kārvānsarā-yi dar bāzār-e šahr-e rey zendegi mikardand-o mādar-aš ba’l-at bimāri-ye vabā bā zendegi vedā’ goft. Susan nazd zani tanhā ke be u amme migoft zendegi kard.Dar hamsāyegi-ye ānān zani bud ke dar kāfehā mixānad-o ba’z-i vaqthā susan rā bā xod be kāfe mibarad-o kam-kam u ham bā šab-i do Tumān šoru’ be kār kard. Ba’d az gozašt-e cand māh-e amme-ye nātani-ye u az vaz’iyyat-e susan-e mottale’ šod-o pas az dargiri-ye kār-e ānān be kalāntari kešid. Ān ruz-e susan 12 sāl-e bištar nadāšt-o bā towzih-e vaz’iyyat-o šarh-e hāl-e xod az ān amme nātani tavassot polis-e vaqt-e jodā šod-o be yek parvarešgāh dar xiyābān-e Mowlavi seporde šod.
Kam-kam pā be arse-ye xānandegi-yo taqlid-e tarānehā-ye delkaš-o qamar-o moluk Zarrābi pardāxt-o bā nām-e Viktor dar yek kāfe bā šab-i pānzdah Tumān mašqul be kār šod-o pas az cand-i rašid mardi āhangsāz-e kuce-ye bāzār bā u āšnā šod-o u rā be kāfe-ye digar-i bord-o nām-e honari-ye susan rā barā-ye u entexāb kard. Nā gofte namānad ke con susan-e savād-e xāndan-o neveštan nadāšt be komak-e rašid-e mardi-yo yār-e Mohammad-e tehrāni tarānehā rā hefz mikard. Pas az sālhā tavassot Jamile-ye raqsande honarmand be kāfehā-ye mojallaltar-e pā-yaš bāz šod-o tā ānjā pišraft ke tavānest dar šokufe-ye now yeki az kābārehā-ye mohemm-e ān zamān-e Tehrān, jā-yi barā-ye xod bāz konad. Āqā Rezā Soheylā-ye ma’ruf ke dārā-ye cand kāfe dar lāle-ye zār bud az u xāstgāri kard vali u javāb rad dād. Bā gozašt-e zamān-e pā-yaš be rādiyo-ye bāz šod-o sepas be mehmānihā-ye bozorgān da’vat šod-o hamconin tavassot zendeyād-e Purān-e xānande vāred darbār šod-o susan be xāter-e qadrdāni az Jamile-ye bāes šod ke Jamile-ye ham betavānad be darbār raft-o āmad namāyad.
Dar bištarin mehmānihā-ye Tājolmoluk mādar-e Mohammadrezā šāh u beettefāq-e moluk-e Zarrābi da’vat mišod. Dar yek mehmāni-ye farah hamsar-e šāh gardanband-i rā az gardan-e xod bāz kard-o barā-ye qadrdāni be gardan susan andāxt. Nā gofte namānad ke hadāyā-yi az mādar-e šāh ham gerefte bud ke arzeš-e māddi-ye ziyādi dāšt vali dar mowqe-e farār az Irān qācāqciyān dar Torkiye meqdār-i az ān rā robudand.Susan pas az enqelāb tavassot yek bāzāri morqdār-o super mārket dār dar Šemirān negahdāri mišod-o pas az e’terāzāt-e hamsar-aš, ān mard majbur šod ke az negahdāri-ye susan-e sarfe nazar konad. Bed-in tartib susan-e majbur šod pas az eqāmat-e moddat-i dar Gišā-vo pas az ān beellate gerāni-ye jā nazdik be cāhār rāh-e Sirus bā Mohammad-e tehrāni raqqās-o xānande-ye mehmānihā-ye xosusi ke kārhā-ye teātr-e ruhowzihā-ye qadim rā ejrā mikard hamxāne šavad-o pas az dastgiri dar do mehmāni-yo tahammol-e do martabe 74 zarbe-ye šallāq, taahhod dād ke digar xānandegi nakonad. Pas az cand māh be komak-e šaxsi az tariq-e kuh be Torkiye-vo sepas Landan-o ba’d be Āmrikā mohājerat kard-o dar 14 ordibehešt-e 1,383bar asar-e nārāhati-ye tanaffosi-ye cešm az jahān foru bast. Ravān-aš šād
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