Honorific Prefix: | Haj |
Mahdi Rasouli | |
Native Name: | مهدی رسولی |
Native Name Lang: | Persian |
Birth Name: | مهدی رسولی |
Birth Place: | Zanjan, Iran |
Genre: | Maddahi - Dhikr - Noha |
Occupation: | Religious singer |
Years Active: | 1998–present |
Mahdi Rasouli (pronounced as 'Rasouli', Persian: مهدی رسولي, born 1988 in Zanjan, Iran) is an Iranian Maddah (religious singer).[1] He normally holds his Hei'ats (public places for religious rituals/mourning) in "Hei'at TharaAllah Zannjan" in Zanjan.[2] Mehdi Rasouli performs Maddahi in three languages: Persian, Arabic and Turkish. He also has held maddahis/dhikrs in the "office of the supreme leader of Iran".[3]
Mahdi Rasouli is a civil engineering graduate from Zanjan University and a bachelor's degree in cultural affairs management and a master's degree in Quran and Hadith sciences from Dar al-Hadith University.[4] Mahdi Rasouli grew up in a religious family and his father was in charge of the headquarters of the 36th Ansar Brigade during the Iran-Iraq war and was killed in 1969 in Kurdistan. He is married and have one daughter and one son.[5]