found: His Twenty three years, 1985: t.p. (ʻAli Dashti) p. xiv (died between 22 Dec. 1981 & 20th Jan. 1982)
found: LC in RLIN, 3/31/86 (hdg.: Dashtī, ʻAlī, 1895- )
found: Dar qalamraw-i Saʼdī, 2002 or 2003: t.p. (ʻAlī Dashtī) t.p. verso (Iranian CIP data: b. 1272? [1893 or 1894?]; d. 1360 [1981 or 1982])
found: Wikipedia, via www, 20 Aug 2008: (Ali Dashti (b. 1894 - d. January 16, 1982) was an Iranian rationalist of the twentieth century; also an Iranian senator, a member of Majlis at various times between 1928 and 1946; also a journalist, published a newspaper (Shafaq-e Sorkh) in Tehran from 1922 to 1935)
found: fa.wikipedia.org, Feb. 14, 2012: (b. 11 Farvardin 1276 [= Mar. 31, 1897], [but page has a link to Wikipedia list of people born in 1274]; citing http://www.shahbazi.org/pages/Dashti1.htm, which, however, says (b. 11 Farvardi 1273 [= Mar. 31, 1894], 1312 AH [but 11 Farvardi 1274 = 1312 AH = Mar. 31, 1895]); d. 26 Dey 1360 [= Jan. 16, 1982])