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{{short description|Iranian musical artist (1925–2004)}}
{{Expand Persian|topic=bio|date=February 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Delkash
| native_name     = {{no bold|دلکش}}
| image           = Delkesh.jpg
| caption         =
| landscape       = yes
| birth_name      = Esmat Bagherpour Baboli
| alias           = Delkash
| birth_date      = {{birth date|df=y|1925|2|26}}
| birth_place     = [[Babol]], [[Qajar Iran|Iran]]
| death_date      = {{death date and age|df=y|2004|9|01|1925|2|26}}
| death_place     = [[Tehran]], Iran
| origin          = [[Mazandaran]] and [[Tehran]]
| genre           = [[Persian traditional music|Persian classical]]<br /> [[Folk music|Folk]]<br /> Classical
| occupation      = Singer, actress
| years_active    = 1943–1979
| label           = [[Caltex Records]]<br />[[Avang Records]]<br />Pars Video
| website         = 
}}
'''Esmat Bagherpour Baboli''' ({{langx|fa|عصمت باقرپور بابلی}} {{IPA|fa|ʔesmæt bɒːɣeɾpuːɾ bɒːboliː||}}; 22 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as '''Delkash''' ({{lang|fa|دلکش}}, {{IPA|fa|delkæʃ||}}), was an [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] [[diva]] singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.<ref name="A">{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2004/09/040902_pm-mk-delkash.shtml|title=Arts |publisher=[[BBC Persian]]|date=2 September 2004|accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>

==Biography==
Delkash was born in [[Babol]], and was the daughter of a cotton trader who had nine other children. She came to [[Tehran]] to study (where she stayed until her death in 2004), but she was discovered soon and was introduced to the music masters of the time, [[Ruhollah Khaleghi]] and [[Abdolali Vaziri]].<ref name=A /> She was named ''Delkash'' by Khaleghi.

Delkash started public singing in 1943 and was employed in [[Radio Iran]] in 1945, only five years after the establishment of the program. There, she worked with the composer [[Mehdi Khaledi]] for seven years, until 1952. The best of her songs were written by [[Moeini kermanshahi|Rahim Moeini Kermanshahi]], Iranian lyricist, and [[Ali Tajvidi]], Iranian composer, from 1954 until 1969. Besides Persian, Delkash sang several songs, such as Kija and Banu, in her native Mazandarani language.

She also worked as a songwriter under the pen name of '''Niloofar''' (Persian: نیلوفر) and played in a few Iranian movies, including ''[[Sharmsaar]]'', ''Maadar'', ''[[Farda Roushan Ast]]'', ''[[Afsoungar]]'', and ''[[Dasiseh]]''. She worked with singer and [[electric guitar]] musician [[Vigen Derderian]] ''Sultan of Jazz''. Their duet "Delam Mikhast" can be heard on YouTube. Delkash died in September 2004, at the age of 79, in [[Tehran]] and was buried in [[Emamzadeh Taher]], a popular graveyard for the artists located in [[Karaj]].

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150320062858/http://www.daryadadvar.com/Darya-Video/YadeManKon-Vancouver-April2008.html Yade Man Kon یاد من کن by Delkash].
*{{IMDb name|1171911}}
* Photograph of the graveside of Delkash at [[Emamzadeh Taher]] Cemetery, [[Mehrshahr]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405062301/http://www.zahirdowleh.com/delkash.jpg].

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[[Category:People from Babol]]
[[Category:Iranian folk singers]]
[[Category:Caltex Records artists]]
[[Category:Taraneh Records artists]]
[[Category:Persian-language singers of Iran]]
[[Category:Iranian classical singers]]
[[Category:Burials at Emamzadeh Taher]]
[[Category:20th-century classical musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Iranian women singers]]