Esmat Bagherpour Baboli ( ; 22 February 1925 – 1 September 2004), better known as Delkash (, ), was an Iranian diva singer and occasional actress with a rare and unique voice.
Biography
Delkash was born in Babol, Iran 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.