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'''Haj Sheikh Ahmad Bahar''' (1889 [[Mashad]], [[Iran]] - 1957 [[Tehran]], [[Iran]]) was an [[Iran]]ian politician, a patriotic poet, prominent journalist writer, publisher and farmer. |
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[[Image:Map of Boston (Massachusetts).jpg|thumb|250px|right|1888 German map of Boston Harbor showing Dorchester in the lower left hand corner.]] |
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'''Dorchester''' is a neighborhood of [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. It is named after the town of [[Dorchester, Dorset|Dorchester]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Dorset]], from which [[Puritan]]s emigrated. Dorchester, including a large portion of today's Boston, was separately incorporated in 1630.<ref name="dotnews">[http://www.dotnews.com/history.html History of Dorchester, Massachusetts]</ref> It was still primarily rural and had a population of 12,000 when annexed to Boston in 1870. [[Railroad]] and [[streetcar]] lines brought rapid growth, increasing the population to 150,000 by 1920. It is now a large, diverse [[working class]] community with many [[European Americans]], [[African Americans]], [[Caribbean]] Americans, [[Latinos]], and East and Southeast [[Asian Americans]], and is still a center of [[Irish American]] [[immigration]]. |
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==Neighborhoods== |
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[[Image:Dorchester_MA_Neighborhoods.png|thumb|330px|Map showing the locations of Dorchester neighborhoods]] |
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Dorchester is Boston's largest and most populous neighborhood, and is significantly better than West Roxbury. Due to its size of about six square miles, it is often divided for statistical purposes. North Dorchester includes the portion north of Quincy Street, East Street and Freeport Street. South Bay Center and Newmarket industrial area are major sources of employment. The main [[business district]] in this part of Dorchester is [[Uphams Corner]], at the intersection of Dudley Street and Columbia Road. The Harbor Point area (formerly known as Columbia Point) is also the home of several large employers, including the Boston campus of the [[University of Massachusetts Boston|University of Massachusetts]]. The southern area of Dorchester is bordered to the east by Dorchester Bay and to the south by the [[Neponset River]]. |
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He was one of the best students of late Sheikh Abdoljavad Adib Neishaboori in Mashad in the field of Persian and Arabic litratures. He started Journalism with his famous poet and politician cousin Mohammad Taghi Sabouri, later known as Malekoshoaraye Bahar and was editor of his cousin’s newspaper published in Mashad called” Now Bahar” from 1915 to 1917. |
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Dorchester Avenue is the major neighborhood spine, running in a south-north line through all of Dorchester from Lower Mills to downtown Boston. The southern part of Dorchester is primarily a residential area, with established neighborhoods still defined by parishes, and occupied by families for generations. Yet it continues to change, as best observed in the growth of its distinct commercial districts: Bowdoin/Geneva, Fields Corner, Codman Square, Peabody Square, Adams Village and Lower Mills. Other Dorchester neighborhoods include [[Savin Hill]], Jones Hill, Four Corners, Franklin Field, Franklin Hill, Ashmont, Meeting House Hill, Neponset, Popes Hill and Port Norfolk. |
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The eastern areas of Dorchester (especially between Adams Street and Dorchester Bay) are primarily ethnic [[European people|European]] and [[Asian people|Asian]], with a large population of Irish Americans and [[Vietnamese Americans]], while the residents of the western, central and parts of the southern sections of the neighborhood are predominantly African Americans. In Neponset, the southeast corner of the neighborhood, as well as parts of [[Savin Hill]] in the north and Cedar Grove in the south, Irish Americans maintain the most visible identity. In the northern section of Dorchester and southwestern section of South Boston is the Polish Triangle, where recent [[Polish people|Polish]] immigrants are residents. In recent years Dorchester has also seen an influx of young working professionals, working [[artist]]s (in areas like Lower Mills, Peabody Square and Savin Hill). |
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Sheikh Ahmad and his cousin were founder members of Democrat Party of Khorasan and contributed to development of democratic values and encouraging people to learn about national interests of Iran. |
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Savin Hill, as well as Fields Corner, have large Vietnamese American populations. Uphams Corner contains a [[Cape Verde]]an American community, the largest concentration of people of Cape Verdean origin within Boston city limits. Western, central and parts of southern Dorchester have a large Caribbean population (especially people from [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], [[Barbados]], and [[Trinidad and Tobago]]). They are most heavily represented in the Codman Square, Franklin Field and the Ashmont area, although there are also significant numbers in Four Corners and Fields Corner. Significant numbers of African Americans live in the Harbor Point, Uphams Corner, Fields Corner, Four Corners and Franklin Field areas. Jones Hill, Savin Hill and Fields Corner have recently [[gentrification|gentrified]] as gay men and young professionals have moved into these neighborhoods in order to evade high real estate prices in downtown neighborhoods such as the [[Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts|Back Bay]] and [[South End, Boston, Massachusetts|South End]]. |
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==Demographics== |
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As of 2000 the population of Dorchester was 92,115 and the ethnic makeup was 32% [[White]] alone, 36% [[African American]] or [[Black]], 12% [[Hispanic]] or [[Latino]], 11% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Asian]] or [[Pacific Islander]], <1% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 4% [[Race (United States Census)|some other race]], 5% [[Multiracial|two or more races]]. <ref>http://www.cityofboston.gov/dnd/PDFs/Profiles/Dorchester_PD_Profile.pdf</ref> |
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He was owner and editor of “Bahar” influential news paper published in Mashad during first world war and in Tehran during 2nd world war.He was invited by Ahmad Ghavam Ghavomolsaltaneh the Prime Minister to join Government service in1941 as a Special Secretary to Prime Minister as well as Press Secretary at the office of PM. |
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==Transportation== |
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The neighborhood is served by five stations on the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]] [[Red Line (MBTA)]] rapid transit service, five stations on the [[Ashmont-Mattapan High Speed Line]], [[regional rail|commuter rail]] lines, and various bus routes. [[Interstate 93]] (which is also [[Massachusetts Route 3|Route 3]] and [[U.S. Route 1 in Massachusetts|U.S. 1]]) runs north-south through Dorchester between [[Quincy, Massachusetts]] and downtown Boston, providing access to the eastern edge of Dorchester at Columbia Road, Morrissey Boulevard (northbound only), Neponset Circle (southbound only), and Granite Avenue (with additional southbound on-ramps at Freeport Street and from Morrissey Blvd at Neponset). Several other state routes traverse the neighborhood (e.g., [[Massachusetts Route 203|Route 203]], Gallivan Boulevard and Morton Street, and [[Massachusetts Route 28|Route 28]], Blue Hill Avenue (so named because it leads out of the city to the [[Blue Hills Reservation]]). The [[Neponset River]] separates Dorchester from Quincy and [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]]. The "Dorchester Turnpike" (now "Dorchester Avenue") stretches from Fort Point Channel (now in [[South Boston, Massachusetts|South Boston]]) to Lower Mills, and once boasted a [[horsecar|horse-drawn streetcar]]. |
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==History== |
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[[Image:Old Blake House, Dorchester, MA.jpg|thumb|left|Old Blake House in c. 1905]] |
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In the summer of 1614, [[John Smith of Jamestown|Captain John Smith]] entered [[Boston Harbor]] and landed a boat with eight men on the Dorchester shore, at what was then a narrow [[peninsula]] known as [[Mattapan]] or Mattahunts, and today is known as [[South Boston, Massachusetts|South Boston]]. The town was founded at what is now the intersection of Columbia Road and Massachusetts Avenue in 1630 by settlers who arrived on the ship ''Mary and John'' (even though it was annexed over 100 years ago into the city of Boston, this founding is still celebrated every year on Dorchester Day, which includes festivities and a parade down Dorchester Avenue). Most of the early Dorchester settlers came from the West Country of England, and some from Dorchester, Dorset, where the Rev. John White was chief proponent of a [[Puritan]] settlement in the [[New World]].<ref>[http://dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=917 John White, A Founder of Massachusetts, Rev. Arthur Ackerman, Dorchester Atheneum, dorchesteratheneum.org]</ref> (Rev. John White has been referred to as the unheralded champion of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, because despite his heroic efforts on its behalf, he remained in England and never emigrated to the Colony he championed.) |
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He continued the job of Special Secretary to all Prime ministers including Dr.Mohammad Mossadegh. In addition to his old position during Mossadegh’s Premiership and Nationalization of Oil Industry was promoted to be Chief of Staff of PM’s Office too. |
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They gathered as a church in England and founded the town and the [[First Parish Church of Dorchester]], which still exists as the [[Unitarian-Universalist]] church on Meetinghouse Hill and is the oldest religious organization in present-day Boston. Columbia Point is home to the [[John F. Kennedy Library|John F. Kennedy Library and Museum]], [[Boston College High School]] and the [[University of Massachusetts Boston|University of Massachusetts, Boston Campus]]. |
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Dorchester is the birthplace of the first public [[elementary school]] in America, the [[The Mather School|Mather School]], established in 1639.<ref>[http://www.masshome.com/events.html Notable Events in Massachusetts]</ref> The school still stands as the oldest elementary school in America.<ref>[http://www.boston.k12.ma.us/schools/RC348.pdf Mather Elementary School]</ref> |
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Twice elected as member of parliament (Majles) from Mashad but in both occasions The Imperial Court ‘s dictatorial Power of Reza Shah and his Son Mohammad Reza did not allow him to serve. On the occasion of popular and religious rise of people of Khorasan in summer of 1935 Sheikh Ahmad was accused of collaboration with organizers of this demonstration in Gowhar Shad Mosque and shrine of Imam Reza at Mashad and jailed for two Years and exiled from Mashad to Tehran. It is worthwhile to mention 19 member of so called Islamic Revolutionary Council on 1979 were from prosecuted for having role in above mentioned popular riot of Gowharshad Mosque. |
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In 1695, a party was dispatched to found the town of [[Dorchester, South Carolina]], which would last barely a half-century before being abandoned. |
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America's first [[chocolate]] factory opened at Dorchester in 1765, and the [[Baker's chocolate (brand)|Walter Baker Chocolate Factory]] operated until 1965. Dorchester (in a part of what is now South Boston) was also the site of the [[Fortification of Dorchester Heights|Battle of Dorchester Heights]] in 1776, which eventually resulted in the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)|evacuating Boston]]. |
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Haj Sheikh Ahmad Bahar was a third generation descendant of the Georgian Christian King whose two sons( Zorab & Alexander) were fighting with Russia for continuation of rule of Iran in Georgia and eventually lost the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) brought to Iran by Abbas Mirza Crown Prince and Commander of Iranian Forces in Georgia. |
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Dorchester was annexed by Boston in pieces, beginning on [[March 6]], [[1804]] and ending on [[January 3]], [[1870]], following a [[plebiscite]] held in Boston and Dorchester the previous June 22.{{Clarifyme|date=March 2008}}<!-- June in which year?--> Dorchester Heights is now considered part of South Boston, not modern-day Dorchester. Additional parts of Dorchester went to [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]] (in 1792, 1814, 1819, and 1855) and the now-annexed town of [[Hyde Park, Massachusetts|Hyde Park]] (1868); the new towns of [[Milton, Massachusetts|Milton]] (1662) and [[Stoughton, Massachusetts|Stoughton]] (1726) were entirely carved out of Dorchester. |
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In [[Victorian era|Victorian]] times, Dorchester became a popular country retreat for Boston elite, and developed into a bedroom community, easily accessible to the city -- a [[streetcar suburb]]. The mother and grandparents of [[John F. Kennedy]] lived in the Ashmont Hill neighborhood while [[John F. Fitzgerald|John F. "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald]] was mayor of Boston. |
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Abbass Mirza asked The King Fathalishah to keep them honorably and give them job in the Imperial Court. Two brothers became Moslem and changed Names to Sohrab and Afrasiab Khan. Sohrab appointed Cashier of Court called Naghdi. Afrasiab Khan preferred to choose being a Merchant and moved to Mashad to be in the vicinity of Shrine of Imam Reza. |
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In 1953, [[Carney Hospital]] moved from [[South Boston]] to its current location in Dorchester, serving the local communities of Dorchester, Mattapan, Milton and Quincy. |
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Also in 1953, the [[Columbia Point (Boston)|Columbia Point]] [[public housing project]]s were completed on the Dorchester [[peninsula]]. There were 1,502 units in the development on 50 acres of land. |
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As he moved from Tehran to Mashad his surname along with his immediate family and most relatives in Mashad changed to Tehranian (means those who from Tehan). |
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The first community [[health center]] in the United States was the Columbia Point Health Center in Dorchester. It was opened in December 1965 and served mostly the massive Columbia Point public housing complex adjoining it. It was founded by two medical doctors, Jack Geiger of [[Harvard University]] and Count Gibson of [[Tufts University]]. It is still in operation and was rededicated in 1990 as the Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center.<ref> Roessner, Jane. "A Decent Place to Live: from Columbia Point to Harbor Point - A Community History", Boston: Northeastern University Press, c2000. Cf. p.80, "The Columbia Point Health Center: The First Community Health Center in the Country".</ref> |
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The Columbia Point housing complex went through bad times eventually, until there were only 350 families living in it in 1988. It was run down and dangerous. |
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Sheikh Ahmad carried this surname until Reza Shah decreed that all citizens must have surname which no body had at that time. So Sheikh Ahmad Tehrani because of good name of his newspaper already known as Sheikh Ahmad Bahar officially chose the new surname of Bahar for the first time in Iran. Poetic name of his cousin Mohammad Taghi Sabouri was Bahar too but officially he was to register surname of Bahar in Tehran because at that time Iranian law would only allow one surname of each type in each city. |
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In 1984, the city of Boston gave control of it to a private developer, Corcoran-Mullins-Jennison, who re-developed and re-vitalised the property into a beautiful residential mixed-income community called Harbor Point Apartments which was opened in 1988 and completed by 1990. It is a very significant example of revitalisation and [[redevelopment]] and was the first federal housing project to be converted to private, mixed-income housing in the USA. Harbor Point has won much acclaim for this transformation, including awards from the [[Urban Land Institute]], the [[FIABCI]] Award for International Excellence, and the Rudy Bruner Award. |
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<ref>Kamin, Blair. [http://www.nbm.org/blueprints/summer97/page4/page4.htm "Rethinking Public Housing"], Blueprints magazine, Summer 1997, p.4, [[National Building Museum]], Washington D.C.</ref> <ref> Roessner, Jane. [http://www.lib.umb.edu/archives/points.html "A Decent Place to Live: From Columbia Point to Harbor Point"], Boston, Northeastern University Press, 2000.</ref> <ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE1DB103BF930A15752C1A967958260 "Boston War Zone Becomes Public Housing Dream"], The New York Times, November 23, 1991.</ref> |
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The oldest surviving home in the city of Boston, the [[James Blake House]], is located at Edward Everett Square, a few blocks from the Dorchester Historical Society.<ref name="dotnews"/> Although unconfirmed by [[radiocarbon dating]], its year of construction is conjectured as 1648, 1661 or 1680. |
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A biography of Sheikh Ahmad’s Political life and his poems collected by his 3rd Son Jalil Bahar and Majid Tafreshi jointly called “Shenasnameh” which means “Identity Card” was printed in Tehran. |
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A number of the earliest streets in Dorchester have changed names several times through the centuries, meaning that some names have come and gone. Leavitt Place, for instance, named for one of Dorchester's earliest settlers, eventually became Brook Court, and then Brook Avenue Place.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=MOpIAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA74&lpg=PA74&dq=%22brook+avenue+place%22+dorchester&source=web&ots=dVtTKLY2e9&sig=PI3s8CXOMtXkEsT-8s63l3PHfSM&hl=en A Record of the Streets, Alleys, Places, Etc. in the City of Boston, Street Laying-Out Dept., Boston, Mass., City of Boston Printing Dept., 1910]</ref> |
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==Education== |
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===Primary and secondary schools=== |
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====Parochial schools==== |
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* [[Boston College High School]], 7-12 |
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* [[Elizabeth Seton Academy (Boston)|Elizabeth Seton Academy]], 9-12 |
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* St. Ann Elementary School, K-8 |
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* St. Brendan School, K-8 |
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* St. Gregory Elementary School, K-8 |
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* St. Kevin School, - closing in 08, K-8 |
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* St. Mark School, K-8 |
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* St. Matthew School, K-8 |
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* St. Peter Elementary School, K-8 |
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* St. Margaret Elementary School, K-8 |
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* St. Ambrose School - closed, K-8 |
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Sheikh Ahmad is known as one of the masters of writing patriotic and political poetry utilizing Khorasani Dialogue. |
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====Public schools==== |
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<!--COMMENT - This section needs improvement, perhaps including the parochial schools. END COMMENT -->Students in Dorchester are served by [[Boston Public Schools]]. |
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* Boston Collegiate Charter School, grades 6-12 |
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* [[Boston Latin Academy]], 7-12 |
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* Jeremiah E. Burke High School, 9-12 |
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* Codman Academy Charter School, 9-12 |
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* Dorchester High School, 10-12 |
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* Edward Everett Elementary School, K1-5 |
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* Lilla Frederick Pilot Middle School, 6-8 |
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* Thomas J. Kenney Elementary School, K-5 |
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* [[The Mather School|The Mather Elementary School]], K-6 |
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* Richard J. Murphy Elementary School, K1-8 |
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* Neighborhood Charter School, K-8 |
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* Patrick O'Hearn Elementary School, K-5 |
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* Smith Leadership Academy Charter School, 5-8 |
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* Lucy Stone School, K-5 |
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* Uphams Corner Charter School, 5-8 |
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* Woodrow Wilson Middle School, 6-8 |
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* John W. McCormack School, 6-8 |
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He died in Tehran at 1957 and buried in the Ebn-e Babveih graveyard close to graves of Dr. Hossein Fatemi excuted Foreign Minster of Dr. Mossadegh and Matyrs of 30 Tir 1331 Riot (21st July 1952) against Shah and Ahmad Ghavam Ghavomolsaltaneh the Prime Minister. |
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===Colleges and universities=== |
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The [[University of Massachusetts Boston]] campus is located in the Harbor Point area of Dorchester. |
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==Sites of interest== |
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* [http://www.baysideexpo.com/ Bayside Expo & Conference Center] |
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* [[James Blake House]] |
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* [[Captain Lemuel Clap House]] |
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* [[William Clapp House]] |
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* [[First Parish Church of Dorchester]] |
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* [[Franklin Park Zoo]] |
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* [[John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library|John F. Kennedy Library and Museum]] |
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* [http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/metroboston/neponset.htm Neponset River State Reservation] |
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* [[William Monroe Trotter House]] |
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Sheikh Ahmad had five sons and two daughters as follows: his first son, Habib Bahar, is a lawyer and was also a member of Iran's Majlis (Parliament) from Mashad. His 2nd son are Rashed Bahar , Agricultural Eng and is a Retired World Health Organization Officer. His 3rd Son Dr. Jalil Bahar is a retired Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)). 4th Son Mohammad Reza Bahar (Retired Colonel of Traffic Police and served his last post as Chief of Metropolitan Traffic Police of Tehran). 5th son Dr. Kamal Bahar Patologist and Imminologist (Tehran). His Daughters are Bahereh Bahar (Social Worker and retired Senior official of Tehran City Municipality, and Dr. Lili Bahar (Dentist in Tehran). |
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==Notable residents== |
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* [[Charles Baker Adams]] (1814-1853) - Born in Dorchester, noted academic and naturalist<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896">{{cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | location = Chicago | date = 1963}}</ref> |
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* [[William Taylor Adams]] (1822-1897) - Wrote fiction under the pseudonym "Oliver Optic" and served on the School Board of Dorchester.<ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> |
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* [[Sheldon Adelson]] - born in Dorchester; the 3<sup>rd</sup> richest person in the country and 6<sup>th</sup> richest person in the world. |
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* [[Akrobatik]] (a.k.a Jared Bridgeman) - Hip hop artist. Born/raised in Dorchester. |
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* [[James J. Bulger]] - Irish American crime boss and one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted fugitives. |
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* [[Samuel Turell Armstrong]] (1784-1850) - Born in Dorchester, [[Governor of Massachusetts]] <ref name="Marquis 1607-1896"/> |
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* [[Ray Bolger]] - American actor. "[[Scarecrow (Oz)|Scarecrow]]" in the 1939 film [[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]] |
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* [[Edwin Booth]] - 19th century actor and brother of [[John Wilkes Booth]]. Lived in Dorchester for a few months in the 1860s. |
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* [[William J. Bratton]] - former police commissioner of Boston and New York City. [[Los Angeles Police Department|LAPD]]'s 54<sup>th</sup> Police Chief. Born and raised in Dorchester. |
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* [[Herb Chambers]] - Born and raised in Dorchester. Owner and CEO of Herb Chambers Companies. |
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* [[Richard A. Clarke]] (1951- ) - Counter-terrorism expert. |
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* [[James Bryant Conant]](1893-1978) - President of [[Harvard University]], 1933-1953. |
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* [[Clarence Cook]] - Born in Dorchester. 19th century art critic and writer.<ref>The New York Times, June 3, 1900: "Clarence Cook Dead".</ref> |
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* [[Calvin Davis]] - athlete, [[1996 Summer Olympics]] 400 meters bronze medalist |
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* [[Mark D. Devlin]] - Author of ''Stubborn Child'' (ISBN 0-6891-1476-1) |
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* [[Edward Everett]] - Orator and statesman whose speech preceded [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s at Gettysburg |
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* [[Thomas Finneran]] - Former [[Speaker of the House]], State of Massachusetts. Convicted felon (perjury and obstruction of justice), 2007. |
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* [[John Foster]] (1648-1681) - The earliest engraver in what is now the United States. The first printer in Boston, he set up a printing press in 1675. Also a teacher, painter, and fiddle player. |
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* [[Elliott Francis]] - Television news anchor, journalist. |
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* [[Kay Hanley]] - Music singer and songwriter. Former singer of [[Letters To Cleo]] |
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* [[Mike Gorman]] - Born and raised in Dorchester; American sports commentator for the Boston Celtics' television broadcasts |
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* [[Childe Hassam]] (1859-1935) - American Impressionist painter raised in Dorchester. |
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* [[Robert Ball Hughes]] - sculptor |
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* [[Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy|Rose Kennedy née Fitzgerald]] - [[matriarch]] of the [[Kennedy family]] was raised in the Ashmont Hill section of Dorchester, Massachusetts. The house itself later was destroyed by fire but a plaque was erected on the site. |
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* [[Jonathan Knight]] - member of [[New Kids on the Block]], brother of Jordan Knight (see below) |
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* [[Jordan Knight]] - lead singer of the 80s-90s original boy band, New Kids on the Block |
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* [[Dennis Lehane]] - writer |
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* [[Cotton Mather]] - [[Puritan]] minister, prolific author, and pamphleteer. Influential in the [[Salem Witch Trials]]; son of Increase Mather. |
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* [[Increase Mather]] - Puritan minister involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Son of Richard Mather (see below). |
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* [[Richard Mather]] - Puritan minister and Pastor of Dorchester until his death in 1669 |
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* [[Kevin McBride]] - Boxer. |
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* [[Chris McCarron]] - American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey from 1974-2002. |
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* [[Mike McColgan]] - Lead singer and founding member of the punk rock band [[Street Dogs]], former lead singer of [[Dropkick Murphys]]. |
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* [[John W. McCormack]] - Speaker of the US House of Representatives. |
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* [[Leonard Nimoy]]- American actor. "[[Mr. Spock]]" of [[Star Trek]]. |
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* [[Lawrence O'Donnell Jr.]] - Emmy Award-winning television producer and writer, television political commentator, and former Democratic Chief of Staff of the US Senate Committee on Finance and the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. |
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* Status Quo - Hip hop dance crew featured on MTV's ''[[America's Best Dance Crew]].'' |
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* [[Lucy Stone]]- Women's rights activist and first woman to keep her last name at marriage. |
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* [[William Stoughton]] - [[Chief Justice]] at Salem witch trials, later Governor. |
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* [[Donna Summer]] - Grammy Award-winning American singer and songwriter. |
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* [[Edmund C. Tarbell]] (1862-1938) - Painter; principal of Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. Lived at 24 Alban Street. |
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* [[William Monroe Trotter]] - Co-founder of Boston Guardian newspaper; political activist; first black person awarded a Phi Beta Kappa key (Harvard 1895). |
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* [[Mark Wahlberg]] - [[Academy Award]]-nominated actor and television producer. Also had a brief stint as rapper "Marky Mark". Born and raised in Dorchester. |
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* [[Donnie Wahlberg]] - American actor and producer. Former member of boy band [[New Kids on the Block]]. Born and raised in Dorchester. |
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* [[Daniel Webster]] - Leading American statesman during the nation's [[antebellum]] era. Lived in Dorchester for a short time. |
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* [[Danny Wood]] - Former member of original boy band [[New Kids on the Block]]. |
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==Notes== |
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[[Category:Iranian politicians]] |
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[[Category:Iranian Majlis Representatives]] |
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==References== |
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* Clapp, Ebenezer. [http://books.google.com/books?id=sT0OAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=History+of+Dorchester&lr=&num=50&as_brr=0#PPR1,M1 History of the Town of Dorchester, Massachusetts.] Published in 1859. |
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[[Category:Iranian writers]] |
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* Glover, Anna. [http://books.google.com/books?id=ygeSH-4i9VAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=related:00lefXbsHzcU6IN4oU1alUG#PPR1,M1 Glover Memorials and Genealogies: An Account of John Glover Of Dorchester and Some of his Descendants.] Published 1867. |
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* Orcutt, William Dana. [http://books.google.com/books?id=davty16_aRgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=History+of+Dorchester&lr=&num=50&as_brr=0&source=gbs_similarbooks_r&cad=3_1#PPR3,M1 Good Old Dorchester: A Narrative History of the Town, 1630-1893.] Published 1893. |
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* The Vital Records of Dorchester (Births, Marriages, and Deaths) to 1825 were published in 1890 as the [http://books.google.com/books?id=_kFZjHOWJ0QC&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0nAKSbSQzM47rp&lr= 21st Report of the Records Commissioners of Boston.] |
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* Dutton, E.P. [http://maps.bpl.org/id/06_01_002671/ Chart of Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay with Map of Adjacent Country.] Published 1867. A good map of roads and rail lines around Dorchester. Note the Horse RailRoad on Dorchester Ave. |
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* [http://docs.unh.edu/nhtopos/Boston.htm Old USGS Maps of Boston and Dorchester area.] See the 1903 southeaster corner map. |
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==Bibliography== |
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* Sammarco, Anthony Mitchell. |
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** "''Boston's South End''", Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing, 1998. |
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** "''Dorchester''", Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing, 2000. |
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** "''Dorchester: Then & Now''", Arcadia Publishing, 2005. |
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* {{cite book| author=Seasholes, Nancy S. | title=Gaining ground : a history of landmaking in Boston | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | publisher=MIT Press | year=2003 }} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.dotnews.com/dorheights.html Battle of Dorchester Heights in DotNews] |
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* [http://www.mydorchester.org Dorchester Community Website] |
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* [http://www.dotnews.com/history.html History of Dorchester in DotNews] |
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* [http://www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Dorchester Historical Society] |
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* [http://www.danmarrclub.org Colonel Daniel Marr Boys and Girls Club] |
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* [http://www.uphamscorner.com Uphams Corner Charter School] |
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* [http://www.firstparish.com First Parish Church in Dorchester] |
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Haj Sheikh Ahmad Bahar (1889 Mashad, Iran - 1957 Tehran, Iran) was an Iranian politician, a patriotic poet, prominent journalist writer, publisher and farmer.
He was one of the best students of late Sheikh Abdoljavad Adib Neishaboori in Mashad in the field of Persian and Arabic litratures. He started Journalism with his famous poet and politician cousin Mohammad Taghi Sabouri, later known as Malekoshoaraye Bahar and was editor of his cousin’s newspaper published in Mashad called” Now Bahar” from 1915 to 1917.
Sheikh Ahmad and his cousin were founder members of Democrat Party of Khorasan and contributed to development of democratic values and encouraging people to learn about national interests of Iran.
He was owner and editor of “Bahar” influential news paper published in Mashad during first world war and in Tehran during 2nd world war.He was invited by Ahmad Ghavam Ghavomolsaltaneh the Prime Minister to join Government service in1941 as a Special Secretary to Prime Minister as well as Press Secretary at the office of PM.
He continued the job of Special Secretary to all Prime ministers including Dr.Mohammad Mossadegh. In addition to his old position during Mossadegh’s Premiership and Nationalization of Oil Industry was promoted to be Chief of Staff of PM’s Office too.
Twice elected as member of parliament (Majles) from Mashad but in both occasions The Imperial Court ‘s dictatorial Power of Reza Shah and his Son Mohammad Reza did not allow him to serve. On the occasion of popular and religious rise of people of Khorasan in summer of 1935 Sheikh Ahmad was accused of collaboration with organizers of this demonstration in Gowhar Shad Mosque and shrine of Imam Reza at Mashad and jailed for two Years and exiled from Mashad to Tehran. It is worthwhile to mention 19 member of so called Islamic Revolutionary Council on 1979 were from prosecuted for having role in above mentioned popular riot of Gowharshad Mosque.
Haj Sheikh Ahmad Bahar was a third generation descendant of the Georgian Christian King whose two sons( Zorab & Alexander) were fighting with Russia for continuation of rule of Iran in Georgia and eventually lost the Russo-Persian War (1804-1813) brought to Iran by Abbas Mirza Crown Prince and Commander of Iranian Forces in Georgia.
Abbass Mirza asked The King Fathalishah to keep them honorably and give them job in the Imperial Court. Two brothers became Moslem and changed Names to Sohrab and Afrasiab Khan. Sohrab appointed Cashier of Court called Naghdi. Afrasiab Khan preferred to choose being a Merchant and moved to Mashad to be in the vicinity of Shrine of Imam Reza.
As he moved from Tehran to Mashad his surname along with his immediate family and most relatives in Mashad changed to Tehranian (means those who from Tehan).
Sheikh Ahmad carried this surname until Reza Shah decreed that all citizens must have surname which no body had at that time. So Sheikh Ahmad Tehrani because of good name of his newspaper already known as Sheikh Ahmad Bahar officially chose the new surname of Bahar for the first time in Iran. Poetic name of his cousin Mohammad Taghi Sabouri was Bahar too but officially he was to register surname of Bahar in Tehran because at that time Iranian law would only allow one surname of each type in each city.
A biography of Sheikh Ahmad’s Political life and his poems collected by his 3rd Son Jalil Bahar and Majid Tafreshi jointly called “Shenasnameh” which means “Identity Card” was printed in Tehran.
Sheikh Ahmad is known as one of the masters of writing patriotic and political poetry utilizing Khorasani Dialogue.
He died in Tehran at 1957 and buried in the Ebn-e Babveih graveyard close to graves of Dr. Hossein Fatemi excuted Foreign Minster of Dr. Mossadegh and Matyrs of 30 Tir 1331 Riot (21st July 1952) against Shah and Ahmad Ghavam Ghavomolsaltaneh the Prime Minister.
Sheikh Ahmad had five sons and two daughters as follows: his first son, Habib Bahar, is a lawyer and was also a member of Iran's Majlis (Parliament) from Mashad. His 2nd son are Rashed Bahar , Agricultural Eng and is a Retired World Health Organization Officer. His 3rd Son Dr. Jalil Bahar is a retired Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Iran)). 4th Son Mohammad Reza Bahar (Retired Colonel of Traffic Police and served his last post as Chief of Metropolitan Traffic Police of Tehran). 5th son Dr. Kamal Bahar Patologist and Imminologist (Tehran). His Daughters are Bahereh Bahar (Social Worker and retired Senior official of Tehran City Municipality, and Dr. Lili Bahar (Dentist in Tehran).
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