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Khresateh Khanum, mother of Ruhollah, also played the tar and was also familiar with playing the fiddle. The Khaleghi family had a lot of association with Mirza Gholamreza Shirazi, a string player, and the children of the family called Mirza Gholamreza “uncle.” Also, Mirza Rahim Kamanchekesh was the husband of Ruhollah’s aunt and used to visit their house. Roknuddin Mokhtari’s house was behind Khaleghi’s family house, and his violin playing in the summer nights made Ruhollah fall in love with the sound of this instrument. As Ruhollah said, “As a child, he often fell asleep to the sound of the neighbor’s violin.” When it was time to start primary education, Rohollah was enrolled in the American school in Capital.
