Mirza Hossein Gholi, also known as Agha Mirza Hossein Gholi Farahani, (1854 – 1916 Tehran) was a musician and tar player. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year For other uses of this term including another kind of musical instrument see Tar (disambiguation. Born in Tehran, he and his younger brother Mirza Abdollah started learning music from their father Ali Akbar Farahani who was a well-known musician. Mirzá Abdollah (1843 - 1918 was a noted court musician and master of the Setar and Tar. Agha Ali Akbar Farahani (اغا على اكبر فراهانی was a musician and tar and setar player He is best known for his radif and for his unique style of playing tar. Radif ( Persian: ردیف meaning order in Persian) is a collection of many old melodic figures preserved through many generations by oral tradition For other uses of this term including another kind of musical instrument see Tar (disambiguation. His best student was Ali Akbar Shahnazi, who collected and performed his father's radif. Ali Akbar Shahnazi (1897 &ndash 1986 was an Iranian musician and master of the Tar. Radif ( Persian: ردیف meaning order in Persian) is a collection of many old melodic figures preserved through many generations by oral tradition