Salim Moazenzadeh Ardabili

{{Short description|Iranian maddah and muezzin (1936–2016)}}

{{For|Rahim Moazenzadeh Ardebili, the Iranian muezzin from Ardabil|Rahim Moazenzadeh Ardabili}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Salim Moazenzadeh Ardebili

| image = Salim muzzin zadeh.jpg

| caption = Moazenzadeh in 2005

| birth_date = October 7, 1936

| birth_place = Ardabil, Iran

| death_date = November 22, 2016 (aged 80)

| death_place = Ardabil, Iran

| resting_place = Behesht-e Zahra

| nationality = Iranian

| occupation = Muezzin, religious singer

| known_for = Religious singing in Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic

| parents = Abdolkarim Moazenzadeh Ardabili (father)
Hanieh Mehrajie (mother)

| relatives = Rahim Moazenzadeh Ardabili (brother)

}}

Salim Moazenzadeh Ardabili ({{langx|fa|سليم مؤذن‌زاده اردبیلی}}; October 7, 1936 – November 22, 2016) was an Iranian maddah and muezzin, known for religious singing in Azerbaijani, Persian, and Arabic, all of which he was fluent in.{{Cite web |title=وفاة المؤذن الشهیر سلیم مؤذن‌زاده اردبیلی+ملف صوتی- الأخبار ثقافة و علوم |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/ar/news/2016/11/22/1246931/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B0%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B0%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D9%85%D9%84%D9%81-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%AA%DB%8C |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=وکالة تسنیم الدولیة للأنباء |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=roozplus.com |first=پایگاه خبری روز پلاس {{!}} |date=December 23, 2016 |title=فوری/مداح معروف به علت ایست قلبی در گذشت +عکس |url=https://roozplus.com/fa/news/16018/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%AA-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%AA-%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%B0%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B9%DA%A9%D8%B3 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=fa |language=fa}}{{Cite web |date=2016-11-22 |title=وفاة سليم مؤذن زاده اردبيلي سلطان مداحي آل البيت |url=https://ar.mehrnews.com/news/1867134/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B0%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AD%D9%8A-%D8%A2%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=Mehr News Agency |language=ar}}

Moazenzadeh was born in 1936 in Tazeh Shahr, Ardabil to a religious Azeri-Iranian family.{{Cite web |title=درباره رحیم مؤذن‌زاده اردبیلی |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/83799486/%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%AD%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B0%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=www.irna.ir}} His father, Abdolkarim Moazenzadeh Ardabili, was the first muezzin on Iranian radio, and his brother, Rahim Moazenzadeh Ardabili, was also a revered muezzin who passed away in 2005.{{Cite web |title=وفاة الرادود الحسيني والمؤذن الايراني الكبير سليم مؤذن زادة |url=https://www.alkawthartv.ir/news/63556 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=قناة الکوثر - Al-Kawthar TV |language=ar}}{{Cite web |last=Mohammadpour |first=Dariush |date=26 May 2005 |title=Moazenzadeh Ardabili and the call to prayer for the souls |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/arts/story/2005/05/050526_mj-dm-moazzen-zadeh |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=BBC Persian}}

In his youth and middle age, Moazenzadeh often performed for Muharram ceremonies at mosques and husayniyya in Ardabil and Tabriz.{{Cite web |title=اصفهان سبز - اطلاع رسانی و اخبار |url=https://esfahansabz.ir/read.php?id=11463 |access-date=2025-03-29 |website=esfahansabz.ir |language=fa}} In his later years, he also performed in mosques in Tehran.