Musical and stage career. Żarrābi’s professional career as a singer began with two public performances in capital at Firuz Bahrām High School and with master setār player Aḥmad ʿEbādi at The Grand Hotel in 1924. Later, she joined tār player Esmāʿil Mehrtāš’s music-theater group Jāmeʿa-ye Bārbod that had been established in 1926.