Dār ul-Funun ( fa, دارالفنون , meaning "
polytechnic college
An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...
"), established by the Royal
Vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
to
Nasereddin Shah
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...
in 1851, is the oldest institute of higher learning in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
.
Introduction
Founded by
Amir Kabir, then the royal
vizier
A vizier (; ar, وزير, wazīr; fa, وزیر, vazīr), or wazir, is a high-ranking political advisor or minister in the near east. The Abbasid caliphs gave the title ''wazir'' to a minister formerly called '' katib'' (secretary), who was ...
to
Nasereddin Shah
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...
, the
Shah
Shah (; fa, شاه, , ) is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies.Yarshater, EhsaPersia or Iran, Persian or Farsi, ''Iranian Studies'', vol. XXII no. 1 (1989) It was also used by a variety of ...
of Persia, Dār al-Funun originally was conceived as a
polytechnic to train upper-class Persian youth in
medicine
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,
engineering
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,
military science
Military science is the study of military processes, institutions, and behavior, along with the study of warfare, and the theory and application of organized coercive force. It is mainly focused on theory, method, and practice of producing mi ...
, and
geology
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. It was similar in scope and purpose to American
land grant colleges like
Purdue
Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mo ...
and
Texas A&M
Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...
. Like them, it developed and expanded its mission over the next hundred years, eventually becoming the
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
.
The institute was planned by the Iranian educated Mirzā Rezā Mohandes
( fa), and built by the
architect
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Mohammad-Taqi Khān Memār-Bāshi
( fa) under the supervision of the
Qajar
Qajar Iran (), also referred to as Qajar Persia, the Qajar Empire, '. Sublime State of Persia, officially the Sublime State of Iran ( fa, دولت علیّه ایران ') and also known then as the Guarded Domains of Iran ( fa, ممالک م ...
prince
Bahrām Mirzā. Facilities such as an assembly hall, a theater, library, cafeteria, and a publishing house were built for the institute. In 1930, the building was destroyed by Mirzā Yahyā Khan Qarāgozlu (also known as ''Etemād od-Dowleh''), then Minister of Education, and rebuilt based on a Russian engineering design. Many parts of the institute were later on absorbed and merged into the newly establishing
Tehran University
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching p ...
. The Faculty of Medicine for example, was particularly the successor to the Dār ul-Funun Department of Medicine, established in 1851, which had become the School of Medicine (Madreseh-ye Tebb) in 1919.
['']Encyclopædia Iranica
''Encyclopædia Iranica'' is a project whose goal is to create a comprehensive and authoritative English language encyclopedia about the history, culture, and civilization of Iranian peoples from prehistory to modern times.
Scope
The ''Encyc ...
'': http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/faculties-v The elite school was training 287 students by 1889, and had graduated 1100 students by 1891. During this time, the faculty consisted of 16 European, and 26 Iranian professors.
List of presidents
* Mirzā Mohammad-Ali Khān Shirāzi
( fa) (1851–52)
*
Aziz Khān Mokri (1852)
* Mirzā Mohammad Khān ''Amir-Tumān'' (1852–57)
*
Ali-Qoli Mirzā ''Etezād os-Saltaneh'' (1857–80)
* Ali-Qoli Khān Hedayāt ''Mokhber od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1880–96)
* Jafar-Qoli Khān Hedāyat ''Nayyer ol-Molk''
( fa)
* Mohammad-Hossein Khān ''Adib od-Dowleh''
* Rezā-Qoli Khān Hedāyat ''Nayyer ol-Molk''
( fa) (1896–1906)
Notable teachers
* Dr.
Jakob Eduard Polak
Jakob Eduard Polak (12 November 1818 – 8 October 1891) was an Austrian physician, born to a Jewish family from Bohemia, who played an important role in introducing modern medicine in Iran.
Life
Polak studied Medicine in Prague and Vienna. ...
(1818–1891) – medicine and pharmacy
* Lieutenant August Karl Krziž
( hr) (1814–1886) – artillery
* Captain Joseph Czarnotta – mineralogy
* Captain Zatti – engineering
* Alfred Baron de Gumoëns – infantry
* Johann von Nemiro – cavalry
* Michele Materazzo
* Francesco Materazzo
*
Luigi Pesce
* Enrico Andreini – infantry
* Focchetti – pharmacy, physics and chemistry
* Jules Richard
( fa) (1852–1891) – French language
*
Ernest Cloquet
*
Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire (1842–1907) – music
* Fedor Karaczay
* Alexandre Bohler – mathematics
* Borowski – geography
* Hawkin
* Félix Vauvillier
* Johan Louis Schlimmer
( fa) (1819–1881)
*
Joseph Désiré Tholozan (1820–1897)
*
Albert Joseph Gasteiger (1823–1890)
*
Ernst Höltzer (1835–1911)
*
Martiros Khan Davidkhanian (1843-1905) – French and Russian
*
Eskandar Khan Davidkhanian - French and Russian
*
Mirzā Malkam Khān ''Nāzem od-Dowleh'' (1834–1908) – mathematics and geometry
* Mirzā Abdolghaffār Khān ''Najm od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1843–1908) – mathematics
* Mirzā Mohammad-Hossein Gharib ''Shams ol-Olamā''
( fa) (1843–1926) – Persian and Arabic languages
* Mohammad-Hossein Foroughi
( fa) (1839–1907) – history
* Joseph Richard
( fa) (1869–1935) – French language
* Abdorrazzāq Khān Baghāyeri
( fa) (1869–1953) – engineering
* Dr. Mohammd-Hossein Loqmān Adham ''Loqmān od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1879–1951) – medicine
* Dr. Mohammd-Hassan Loqmān Adham ''Loqmān od-Molk''
( fa) (1884–1957) – medicine
* Ahmad Bahmanyār
( fa) (1884–1955) – Persian language
Notable alumni
Politicians
* Mirzā
Hossein Khān ''Moshir od-Dowleh'' ''Sepahsālār'' (1828–1881) – prime minister (1871–73)
* Ali-Qoli Khān Hedāyat ''Mokhber od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1829–1897) – politician
* Jafar-Qoli Khān Hedāyat ''Nayyer ol-Molk''
( fa) (1832–1915) – politician
* Mirzā Mahmoud Khān ''Moshāver ol-Molk''
( fa) (1834–1920) – politician
* Narimān Khān Enāgolopiān ''Qavām os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1836–18??) – diplomat
* Prince Abdolhamid Mirzā ''Nāser od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1840–1892) – politician
* Mohammad-Hassan Khān ''Etemād os-Saltaneh''
( ru) (1843–1896) – politician
* Dr. Mirzā Ali-Naghi Khān ''Hakim ol-Molk''
( fa) (18??–1903) – physician and politician
* Prince
Abdolmajid Mirzā ''Eyn od-Dowleh'' (1845–1927) – prime minister
* Prince
Abdossamad Mirzā ''Ezz od-Dowleh'' (1845–1929) – politician
*
Mortezā-Qoli Khān Hedāyat ''Sanie od-Dowleh'' (1856–1911) – politician
* Prince
Kāmrān Mirzā ''Nāyeb os-Saltaneh'' (1856–1928) – prime minister (1909)
* Prince
Abdolhossein Mirzā ''Farmān-Farmā'' (1857–1939) – prime minister (1915)
* Abbās-Qoli Khān Ādamiyat
( fa) (1861–1939) – politician
* Abolhassan Khān Ardalān ''Fakhr ol-Molk''
( fa) (1862–1926) – politician
*
Mahmoud Khān Alāmir ''Ehteshām os-Saltaneh'' (1863–1936) – politician and diplomat
* Mousā Khān Hakimi ''Nazm os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1864–1944) – politician
*
Prince Mohammad Mirzā ''Kāshef os-Saltaneh'' (1866–1929) – diplomat and entrepreneur
* Mirzā Jafar Khān Esfandiāri ''Yamin ol-Mamālek''
( fa) (1867–1917) – politician
* Dr. Mohammad Sheikh ''Ehyā ol-Molk''
( fa) (1868–1938) – physician and politician
* Mirzā Nasrollāh Khān Khalatbari ''Etelā ol-Molk''
( fa) (1868–1962) – politician
* Mortezā Khān ''Momtāz ol-Molk''
( fa) (1869–19??) – politician
* Dr. Farajollāh Ziāei ''Ziā ol-Atebba''
( fa) (1870–19??) – physician and politician
*
Ebrahim Hakimi
Ebrahim Hakimi ( fa, ابراهیم حکیمی; 1869 – 19 October 1959) was an Iranian statesman who served as Prime Minister of Iran on three occasions.
Early life and education
Born in Tabriz in 1869, Ḥakimi was part of "an old and promine ...
''Hakim ol-Molk'' (1871–1959) – prime minister (1945–47)
* Mostafā Khān Navāei ''Nayyer os-Soltān''
( fa) (1873–1940) – politician
* Hedāyat-Qoli Khān ''Etezād ol-Molk''
( fa) (1873–1953) – politician
* Esmāil Khān Adib ''Moāzed ol-Molk''
( fa) (1874–1923) – politician
* Yahyā Shams Malekārā
( fa) (1874–1945) – politician
* Mirzā
Jahangir Khān Sur-e-Esrafil (1875–1908) – journalist and political activist
* Mirzā Ebrāhim Khān ''Amid os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1875–19??) – politician
* Mirzā Ahmad Khān ''Etelā os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1875–19??) – politician
* Dr. Hossein-Qoli Qezel-Ayāgh
( fa) (1875–1957) – physician and politician
* Dr. Hossein Khān Bahrāmi ''Ehyā os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1876–1940) – politician
* Prince
Soleimān Mirzā Eskandari (1876–1944) – political activist
* Mirzā
Hassan Khān Esfandiāri ''Mohtashem os-Saltaneh'' (1876–1945) – politician
* Asadollāh Ghaffārzādeh
( fa) (1876–19??) – journalist and political activist
*
Hossein Samiei (1876–1954) – politician
* Khalil Fahimi ''Fahim ol-Molk''
( ru) (1876–1953) – politician
* Dr. Ali Khān Partow-Azam ''Hakim Azam''
( fa) (1877–1938) – physician and politician
*
Mohammad-Ali Foroughi
Mohammad Ali Foroughi ( fa, محمدعلی فروغی; early August 1877 – 26 or 27 November 1942), also known as Zoka-ol-Molk ( Persian: ذُکاءُالمُلک), was a writer, diplomat and politician who served three terms as Prime Mini ...
''Zokā ol-Molk'' (1877–1942) – prime minister (1925–26, 1933–35 and 1941–42) and scholar
* Abdolhamid Saqafi ''Matin os-Saltaneh''
( fa) (1878–1917) – journalist and politician
* Mohammad-Ali Farzin
( fa) (1878–1941) – politician
* Prince Nosratollāh Mirzā ''Amir Azam''
( fa) (1879–1916) – politician
* Ebrāhim Monshizādeh
( fa) (1879–1918) – political activist
* Mirzā Nasrollāh Khān Sheibāni ''Jalil ol-Molk''
( fa) (1879–1959) – politician
* Yār-Mohammad Khān Afshār ''Sardār Saeid''
( fa) (1880–1936) – politician
* Prince Mohammad-Hāshem Mirzā Afsar
( fa) (1880–1940) – politician
* Ahmad Fereydouni
( fa) (1881–1969) – politician
* Mirzā Loqmān Nahourāi
( fa) (1882–19??) – politician
* Gholām-Hossein Rahnamā
( fa) (1882–1946) – minister of education
* Mirzā Farajollāh Khān Bahrāmi ''Dabir Azam''
( fa) (1882–1948) – politician
*
Sediqeh Dowlatābādi (1882–1961) – journalist and political activist
* Ali-Akbar Hakimi
( fa) (1883–19??) – politician
* Mirzā Hassan Farahmand ''Mokhber Hozour''
( fa) (1883–19??) – politician
*
Ehsānollāh Khān Doustdār (1884–1939) – politician
* Dr. Hassan Loqmān Adham ''Hakim od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1884–1957) – physician and politician
* Dr.
Ebrāhim Heshmat (1885–1919) – physician and politician
*
Ali-Akbar Dāvar (1885–1937) – minister of justice
* Kāzem Khān Mojdehi ''Motamed Divān''
( fa) (1885–1964) – politician
* Ali-Asghar Zarrinkafsh
( fa) (1885–1969) – politician
*
Ali Mansour ''Mansour ol-Molk'' (1886–1974) – prime minister (1940–41)
* Ahmad Akhgar
( fa) (1888–1969) – politician
* Asadollāh Yamin Esfandiāri ''Yamin ol-Mamālek''
( fa) (1889–1955) – politician
* Jamāleddin Akhavi
( fa) (1891–1983) – politician
* Ghāsem Ghani
( fa) (1893–1952) – diplomat
*
Ali-Akbar Siāsi (1895–1990) – minister of foreign affairs
*
Ali Soheili (1896–1958) – prime minister (1942–44)
*
Mousā Nouri Esfandiāri (1896–1972) – minister of foreign affairs
* Dr. Javād Āshtiāni
( fa) (1896–1981) – minister of health
* Abdolhossein Masoud Ansāri
( fa) (1896–1984) – diplomat
*
Abbās Eskandari (1897–1955) – politician
* Abolghāsem Narāghi
( fa) (1899–1945) – politician
*
Abdollāh Entezām (1899–1982) – diplomat
* Ebrāhim Fakhrāei
( fa) (1899–1988) – politician
*
Nasrollāh Entezām (1900–1980) – diplomat
* Shamseddin Amir-Alāei
( fa) (1900–1994) – politician
* Hossein Naghavi
( fa) (1901–1964) – politician
* Dr. Mehdi Āzar
( fa) (1901–1994) – physician and politician
*
Abdolhossein Hazhir
Abdolhossein Hazhir ( fa, عبدالحسین هژیر; 4 June 1902 – 5 November 1949) was an Iranian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Iran under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi in 1948, having been a minister 10 times. One of his posts ...
(1902–1949) – prime minister (1948)
* Abbās-Qoli Golshāyān
( fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance
*
Taghi Arāni (1903–1940) – political activist
* Mohammad-Ali Maleki
( fa) (1903–1996) – politician
* Abdolhamid Zanganeh
( fa) (1904–1951) – minister of education
*
Rezā Rādmanesh (1905–1984) – politician
*
Ali Amini
Ali Amini ( fa, علی امینی; 12 September 1905–12 December 1992) was an Iranian politician who was the Prime Minister of Iran from 1961 to 1962. He held several cabinet portfolios during the 1950s, and served as a member of parliamen ...
(1905–1992) – prime minister (1961–62)
*
Gholām-Hossein Sadighi (1905–1992) – minister of interior
* Taghi Nasr
( fa) (1906–1985) – minister of finance
*
Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politician
*
Yadollāh Sahābi (1906–2002) – politician
* Fakhreddin Shādemān
( fa) (1907–1967) – politician
*
Fereydoun Keshāvarz (1907–2006) – politician
* Ali-Akbar Emāmi Ahari
( fa) (1908–19??) – politician
*
Ahmad Zirakzādeh (1908–1993) – politician
* Dr.
Manouchehr Eghbāl (1909–1977) – prime minister (1957–60)
* Ahmad Houman
( fa) (1909–1995) – politician
* Mohammad-Hossein Aliābādi
( fa) (1909–1995) – politician
* Dr. Nosratollāh Kāsemi
( fa) (1911–1995) – physician and politician
* Yahyā Sādegh Vaziri
( fa) (1911–2013) – minister of justice
*
Mozzafar Baghāei (1912–1987) – politician
* Javād Sadr
( fa) (1912–2000) – diplomat
* Shamseddin Jazāyeri
( fa) (1913–1990) – politician
* Shams Qanātābādi
( fa) (1914–1988) – politician
*
Ali Ardalān (1914–2000) – economist and politician
*
Hassan Arsanjāni (1922–1969) – politician
* Fereydoun Motamed Vaziri
( fa) (1922–2006) – politician
*
Ziāeddin Shādemān (1923–2009) – politician
*
Siāvash Kasrāei (1927–1996) – political activist
*
Hossein Shāh-Hosseini (1928–2017) – politician
*
Ebrāhim Yazdi (1931–2017) – minister of foreign affairs
*
Mostafā Chamrān (1932–1981) – minister of national defence
*
Abbās Amir-Entezām (1932–2018) – politician
* Mohammad-Hassan Eslāmi
( fa) (1933–2018) – minister of communications
*
Sādegh Ghotbzādeh (1936–1982) – minister of foreign affairs
* Mahmoud Kāzemi Dinān
( fa) (1939–2007) – politician
*
Abdolkarim Lāhiji (b. 1940) – political activist
* Kāzem Akrami
( fa) (b. 1940) – minister of education
*
Hamid Ashraf
Hamid Ashraf ( fa, حمید اشرف; December 31, 1946 – June 29, 1976) was one of the original member and later the leader of the Organization of Iranian People's Fedai Guerrillas (OIPFG) that waged a guerrilla warfare against the former Pah ...
(1946–1976) – political activist
* Ali Nazari
( fa) (b. 1947) – politician
* Mohammad Mofidi
( fa) (1948–1972) – political activist
*
Mohammad-Hossein Ādeli (b. 1953) – economist and politician
*
Shahābeddin Bimeghdār (b. 1953) – politician
*
Majid Qāsemi (b. 1952) – politician and economist
* Rezā Āmeri
( fa) (b. 1961) – diplomat
* Dr.
Shahābeddin Sadr (b. 1962) – minister of health
Military personnel
* General Amānollāh Khān Jahānbāni ''Ziā od-Dowleh'' (1869–1923) –
Cossack Brigade general
* Admiral
Ahmad Khān Daryābeigi (18??–1923) – Imperial Iranian Navy (IIN) admiral
* General Mahmoud Khosrowpanāh ''Ezām os-Soltān''
( fa) (1886–1972) – Gendarmerie general
* General Hādi Khānshaqāqi ''Hesn od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1889–1959) – IIA general
* General Ali-Asghar Naghdi
( fa) (1895–1966) – IIA general and minister of war
* Admiral
Gholām-Ali Bāyandor (1898–1941) – IIN admiral
* Colonel Sharafeddin Ghahramāni
( fa) (1900–1942) – Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) pilot
* General
Hāj-Ali Razmārā (1901–1951) – Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) general and prime minister (1950–51)
* General Ahmad Zanganeh
( fa) (1904–19??) – IIA general
* General Abbās Izadpanāh
( fa) (1905–19??) – IIA general
* Admiral
Farajollāh Rasāei (1908–2002) – IIN admiral
* General
Mohammd-Taghi Riāhi (1911–1988) – IIA general
* General
Mohammad-Vali Gharani
Mohammad-Vali Gharani ( fa, محمدولی قرنی) (1913–23 April 1979) was an Iranian military officer. He was born in Tehran in 1913. He graduated from the Officers' Academy and the War College. In 1950 he joined the Imperial Army and was ...
(1913–1979) – IIA general
* General
Hassan Toufāniān (1913–1998) – IIAF general
* Admiral
Abbās Ramzi Atāei (1928–2018) – IIN admiral
* Admiral
Kamāl Habibollāhi (1930–2016) – IIN admiral
Religion
*
Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíbu'l-ʻUlamá (Adíb) (1848-1919) – writer,
Apostle of Baháʼu'lláh,
Hand of the Cause
Hand of the Cause was a title given to prominent early members of the Baháʼí Faith, appointed for life by the religion's founders. Of the fifty individuals given the title, the last living was ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá who died in 2007. Hands of ...
of the
Bahá’í Faith
Scholars
* Prince
Jalāleddin Mirzā (1827–1872) – historian
* Dr. Mohammad Mirzā Kermānshāhi
( fa) (1828–1908) – physician
* Mirzā
Abolfazl Golpāygāni (1844–1914) –
Bahá’í scholar
* Dr. Ali-Akbar Khān Nafisi ''Nāzem ol-Atebbā'' (1847–1924) – physician
* Dr. Mirzā Mahmoud Khān Boroujerdi
( fa) (1856–1903) – physician
* Dr. Khalil Saqafi ''Alam od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1862–1944) – physician
* Ali-Mohammad Farahvashi ''Motarjem Homāyoun''
( fa) (1875–1968) – scholar
* Dr. Amir Khān Amir-Alam
( fa) (1876–1961) – physician and politician
* Dr. Valiollāh Nasr
( fa) (1878–1945) – physician and politician
* Abdolazim Gharib
( ru) (1879–1965) – linguist
* Dr. Mehdi Malekzādeh
( fa) (1881–1955) – physician
* Dr. Abdollāh Ahmadieh
( fa) (1886–1959) – physician
* Dr.
Hossein Khān Motamed (1893–1955) – surgeon
*
Isā Sedigh (1894–1978) – scholar
*
Abbās Eghbāl Āshtiāni (1896–1956) – historian
*
Badiozzamān Forouzānfar (1897–1970) – scholar
* Abdorrasoul Khayyāmpour
( fa) (1898–1979) – scholar
* Nasrollāh Falsafi
( fa) (1901–1981) – scholar
* Mohammad Mohit Tabātabāei
( fa) (1901–1992) – scholar
* Dr. Ahmad Farhād
( fa) (1902–1971) – physician
*
Mojtabā Minovi (1903–1977) – historian
* Dr. Mahmoud Najmābādi
( fa) (1903–2000) – physician
* Hossein-Qoli Mostaān
( fa) (1904–1983) – scholar
* Dr. Hossein Rezāei
( fa) (1904–1993) – psychologist
*
Mehdi Bayāni ( fa) (1906–1968) – scholar
* Dr. Abdolhossein Mirsepāsi
( fa) (1907–1976) – psychologist
* Abolghāsem Ghaffāri
( fa) (1907–2013) – scientist
*
Mohsen Hashtroodi
Mohsen Hashtroodi (Hachtroudi) ( fa, محسن هشترودی; also romanized as Mohsen Hashtrūdi; December 13, 1908, Tabriz – September 4, 1976, Tehran) was a prominent Iranian mathematician, known as "Professor Hashtroodi (Hashtroudi)". His f ...
(1908–1976) – mathematician
*
Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholar
* Yahyā Mahdavi
( fa) (1908–2000) – psychologist
* Asadollāh Āl-e Bouyeh
( fa) (1908–2002) – mathematician
* Dr. Ebrāhim Chehrāzi
( fa) (1908–2010) – psychologist
* Dr.
Mohammad Gharib
Mohammad Gharib ( fa, محمد قریب; 5 July 1909 – 20 January 1975) was an Iranian physician, clinician, distinguished university professor and a pioneer of pediatrics in Iran.
Gharib is known as the father of pediatrics in Iran. He ...
(1909–1975) – physician
* Khānbābā Bayāni
( fa) (1909–1997) – scholar
* Mohammad Mohaqqeqi
( fa) (1910–1970) – cleric
*
Ahmad Fardid
Seyyed Ahmad Fardid ( fa, سید احمد فردید) (Born in 1910, Yazd – 16 August 1994, Tehran), born Ahmad Mahini Yazdi, was a prominent Iranian philosopher and a professor of Tehran University. He is considered to be among the philosoph ...
(1910–1994) – philosopher
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Zabihollāh Safā (1911–1999) – scholar
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Mohammad Moin (1914–1971) – lexicographer
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Parviz Nātel Khānlari (1914–1990) – scholar and politician
* Mostafā Moqarrabi
( fa) (1914–1998) – scholar
* Abolghāsem Kheradjou
( fa) (1915–1986) – economist
* Hossein Khatibi
( fa) (1916–2001) – scholar
* Dr. Ali Farr
( fa) (1916–2016) – physician
* Mohammad-Javād Mashkour
( fa) (1918–1995) – linguist
* Abbās Yamini Sharif
( fa) (1919–1989) – scholar
* Sādegh Kiā
( fa) (1920–2001) – linguist
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Fereydoun Ādamiyat (1920–2008) – historian and diplomat
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Enāyatollāh Rezā (1920–2010) – historian
* Hāshem Kārdoush
( fa) (1922–2015) – scholar
* Mortezā Rāvandi
( fa) (1923–1999) – historian
* Dr. Noureddin Mojtahedi
( fa) (1923–2002) – physician
* Jalāleddin Āshtiāni
( fa) (1924–2015) – scholar
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Ehsān Narāghi (1926–2012) – sociologist
* Houshang Alam
( fa) (1928–2007) – linguist
* Mahmoud Rouholamini
( fa) (1928–2011) – anthropologist
* Dr. Mohammad Shafiezādeh
( fa) (1928–2014) – physician
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Seifollāh Kāmbakhshfard (1929–2010) – archaeologist
* Bāgher Āqeli
( fa) (1929–2013) – historian
* Dr. Hājeb Mortāz
( fa) (b. 1931) – physician
* Zardosht Houshvar
( fa) (b. 1931) – scholar
* Mazāher Mosaffā
( fa) (1932–2019) – scholar
* Dr. Mortezā Katbi
( fa) (b. 1932) – psychologist
* Mohammad-Taghi Sadr
( fa) (1933–2018) – mathematician
* Yahyā Ardalān
( fa) (1934–2014) – scholar
* Seyyed Nasrollah Sadrolhoffazi (1934-2022) – judge
* Mohammad-Rahim Sarrāf
( fa) (b. 1936) – archaeologist
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Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – linguist
* Hormoz Milāniān
( fa) (1937–2014) – linguist
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Abbās Shafiei (1937–2016) – chemist
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Dāriush Āshouri (b. 1938) – scholar
* Dāriush Farhoud
( fa) (b. 1938) – physician
* Abbās Alijānzādeh Ārāni
( fa) (b. 1938) – linguist
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Shamseddin Mojābi (1939–2012) – scholar
* Mohammad-Rezā Ziāei
( fa) (b. 1939) – scholar
* Dāriush Farhoud
( fa) (b. 1939) – physician
* Ahmad Kāzemi
( fa) (b. 1940) – historian
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Amir Hassanpour
Amir Hassanpour, (17 November 1943 – 24 June 2017; fa, امیر حسنپور; ku, ئهمیر حهسهنپوور, translit=Emîr Hesenpûr), was a prominent Iranian- Kurdish scholar and researcher. He was born in Mahabad, in nor ...
(1943–2017) – linguist
* Bahman Keshāvarz
( fa) (1944–2019) – lawyer
* Ali Tābandeh ''Mahboub-Ali Shāh''
( fa) (1945–1997) –
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
leader
* Jāber Anāsori
( fa) (1945–2016) – scholar
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Mohsen Ghāne Basiri (1949–2017) – scholar
* Kāmrān Nejātollāhi
( fa) (1954–1978) – scholar
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Mohammad Karamoddini (b. 1955) – scholar
* Ahmad Hātami
( fa) (1960–2015) – scholar
Artists and writers
* Mirzā Ali-Akbar Khān ''Mozayyan od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1844–1920) – painter and musician
* Mirzā Mehdi Khān Shaqāqi ''Momtahen od-Dowleh''
( fa) (1844–1920) – architect
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Mohammad Khān Ghaffāri ''Kamāl ol-Molk'' (1847–1940) – painter
* Mirzā Aboutorāb Ghaffāri
( fa) (1847–1890) – painter
* Prince Abdollāh Mirzā
( fa) (1850–1908) – photographer
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Esmāil Jalāyer (19th cent.) – painter
* Gholām-Rezā Khān Minbāshiān
( fa) (1861–1935) – musician
* Arsalān Khān ''Nāser Homāyoun''
( fa) (1866–1920) – musician
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Fekri Ershād ''Moayed ol-Mamālek'' (1869–1916) – playwright
* Hossein-Ali Khān Hendesi Gorān
( fa) (1871–1932) – architect
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Gholām-Hossein Khān Darvish (1872–1926) – musician
* Mirzā Ahmad Khān Mahmoudi ''Kamāl ol-Vezāreh''
( fa) (1874–1930) – playwright
* Hossein Hangāfarin
( fa) (1875–1952) – musician
* Mehdi Ivānov
( fa) (1875–1968) – photographer
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Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (1879–1956) – politician, author and linguist
* Hādi Hāeri
( fa) (1886–1977) – writer
* Esmāil Āshtiāni
( fa) (1892–1970) – scholar
* Hossein Jodat
( fa) (1892–1990) – writer
* Abbās Forāt Yazdi
( ar) (1894–1968) – poet
* Abdollāh Dādvar
( fa) (1894–1977) – musician
* Ali-Akbar Kāveh
( fa) (1894–1990) – calligrapher
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Hossein Gol-e Golāb (1895–1985) – musician
* Mohammad-Ali Amirjāhed
( fa) (1896–1977) – songwriter
* Ebrāhim Mansouri
( fa) (1899–1970) – musician
* Esmāil Zarrinfar
( fa) (1901–1993) – musician
* Mortezā Moshfeq Kāzemi
( ru) (1902–1978) – novelist
* Javād Badiezādeh
( fa) (1902–1980) – musician
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Sādegh Hedāyat (1903–1951) – novelist
* Abolhassan Amidi
( fa) (1903–1980) – writer and journalist
* Mirzā Soroush Lohrāsp
( fa) (1904–1980) – writer and philanthropist
* Esmāil Mehrtāsh
( fa) (1904–1996) – musician
* Ahmad Ārām
( fa) (1904–1998) – writer
* Mohammad-Taghi Mostafavi
( fa) (1905–1980) – archaeologist
* Rezā Mashāyekhi
( fa) (1905–1990) – translator
* Hossein-Ali Vaziritabār
( fa) (1906–1958) – musician
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Rouhollāh Khāleghi (1906–1965) – musician
* Hassan Rādmard
( fa) (1906–1978) – musician
* Hassan Mashhoun
( fa) (1906–1979) – musician
* Masoud Farzād
( fa) (1906–1981) – writer
* Gholām-Hossein Khān Minbāshiān
( fa) (1907–1980) – musician
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Mohammad-Hossein Shahriār (1907–1988) – poet
* Ebrāhim Sahbā
( fa) (1911–1999) – writer
* Houshang Vaziri
( fa) (1911–2003) – journalist
* Mehdi Barkeshli
( fa) (1912–1988) – musician
* Ahmad Nāzerzādeh
( fa) (1913–1976) – writer
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Mohammad Ghāzi (1913–1998) – writer and translator
* Lotfollāh Mofakham-Pāyān
( fa) (1915–1984) – musician
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Ebrāhim Karimābādi (1917–1981) – journalist
* Jafar Bozorgi
( fa) (1917–2006) – actor
* Ebrāhim Modarresi
( fa) (1918–2007) – writer and journalist
* Mohammad-Hossein Jalili
( fa) (1919–1979) – poet
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Mohammad Bahmanbeigi
Mohammad Bahmanbeigi (16 February 1920 – 1 May 2010), sometimes rendered Mohammad Bahman Beigi, was an activist of education for nomadic communities in Iran.
Early life
Bahmanbeigi was born into the Iranian Qashqai tribe in the southern region ...
(1920–2010) – writer and philanthropist
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Jalāl Āl-e Ahmad (1923–1969) – writer
* Houshang Montaseri
( fa) (1923–2015) – translator
* Dāriush Asadzādeh
( fa) (1923–2019) – actor
* Abdollāh Tavakkol
( fa) (1924–1999) – translator
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Fereydoun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poet
* Hassan Tofigh
( fa) (1926–2020) – cartoonist and journalist
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Siāvash Kasrāei (1927–1996) – poet
* Mohammad-Taghi Masoudieh
( fa) (1927–1999) – musician
* Homāyoun Nour-Ahmar
( fa) (1927–2013) – translator
* Mahmoud Tolouei
( fa) (1930–2015) – writer
* Ahmad Rasoulzādeh
( fa) (1930–2015) – voice actor
* Ahmad Samiei
( fa) (b. 1930) – musician
* Jahāngir Malek
( fa) (1933–2002) – musician
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Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician
* Farrokh Tamimi
( fa) (1934–2002) – poet
* Dāvoud Navvābi
( fa) (b. 1934) – translator
* Manouchehr Neyestāni
( fa) (1936–1982) – poet
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Fereydoun Farrokhzād (1936–1992) – singer and poet
* Bāgher Āyatollāhzādeh
( fa) (1936–2007) – architect
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Nāder Ebrāhimi (1936–2008) – writer
* Mohsen Sharif
( fa) (1936–2016) – writer
* Esmāil Shangeleh
( fa) (b. 1936) – actor
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Bahrām Beyzāei (b. 1938) – film director
* Abolhassan Tahāminejād
( fa) (b. 1938) – voice actor
* Nowzar Parang
( fa) (1937–2006) – songwriter
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Mohammad-Ali Sepānlou (1940–2015) – poet
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Ahmadreza Ahmadi
Ahmadreza Ahmadi ( fa, احمدرضا احمدی; 20 May 1940 – 11 July 2023) was an Iranian poet and screenwriter. He was one of the prominent figures of the "New Wave poetry movement" in Iran.
Ahmadi was born in 1940 in Kerman, Iran. He mov ...
(b. 1940) – poet and screen writer
* Mohammad-Ebrāhim Jafari
( fa) (1940–2018) – painter
* Manouchehr Ehterāmi
( fa) (1941–2009) – writer
* Mostafā Eslāmieh
( fa) (1941–2016) – writer
* Mohammad-Ali Najafi
( fa) (b. 1945) – film director
* Masoud Houshmand
( fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter
* Atāollāh Omaidvār
( fa) (b. 1946) – architect and painter
* Hamid-Rezā Afshār
( fa) (b. 1955) – actor
See also
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''Danesh''
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Higher education in Iran
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Alborz High School
Mandegar Alborz High School ( fa, دبیرستان ماندگار البرز) is a college-preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and the Middle East, named after the Alborz ...
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Academy of Gundishapur
The Academy of Gondishapur ( fa, فرهنگستان گندیشاپور, Farhangestân-e Gondišâpur), also known as the Gondishapur University (دانشگاه گندیشاپور Dânešgâh-e Gondišapur), was one of the three Sasanian ...
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Nizamiyyah
The Nezamiyeh ( fa, نظامیه) or Nizamiyyah ( ar, النظامیة) are a group of institutions of higher education established by Khwaja Nizam al-Mulk in the eleventh century in Iran. The name ''nizamiyyah'' derives from his name. Founded a ...
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List of universities in Iran
This is a list of universities in Iran.
List of universitiesHamedan University of Technology Hamedan University of TechnologyHekmat Private UniversityQom Province
* Abadan University of Medical Sciences
* Al-Mustafa International University
* ...
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List of Iranian scientists
The following is a non-comprehensive list of Iranian scientists, engineers, and scholars who lived from antiquity up until the beginning of the modern age. For the modern era, see List of contemporary Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineer ...
from the pre-modern era.
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Modern Iranian scientists and engineers
The following is a list of notable Iranian scholars, scientists and engineers around the world from the contemporary period. For pre-modern era, see List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars. For mathematicians, see List of Iranian mathem ...
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List of Iranian Research Centers
See also
* Science and technology in Iran
* Iran National Science Foundation
The Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) ( fa, صندوق حمایت از پژوهشگران کشور) is an Iranian government agency that supports fundamental r ...
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School of Nisibis
The School of Nisibis ( syr, ܐܣܟܘܠܐ ܕܢܨܝܒܝܢ, for a time absorbed into the School of Edessa) was an educational establishment in Nisibis (now Nusaybin, Turkey). It was an important spiritual centre of the early Church of the East, and ...
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Sarouyeh
Sarouyeh ( fa, سارویه) was a large library in ancient pre-Islamic Iran. The 10th century chronicler Ahmad ibn Rustah refers to it as "Sarough" (). The ''Fars Nameh'' of Ibn Balkhi calls it ''Haft Halkeh'' ().
The library, located near wher ...
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Baku State University
Baku State University (BSU) ( az, Bakı Dövlət Universiteti (BDU)) is a public university located in Baku, Azerbaijan. Established in 1919 by the Parliament of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the university started with faculties of history and ...
(Baku State Dar ul-Funun)
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Istanbul University
, image = Istanbul_University_logo.svg
, image_size = 200px
, latin_name = Universitas Istanbulensis
, motto = tr, Tarihten Geleceğe Bilim Köprüsü
, mottoeng = Science Bridge from Past to the Future
, established = 1453 1846 1933
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(Dar ul-Funun in Turkey)
References and notes
Further reading
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External links
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Dar al-Funun in jazirehdaneshEncyclopedia Iranica: Dar Al-Fonun
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University of Tehran
History of education in Iran
Universities in Tehran
History of Tehran
Architecture in Iran
Educational institutions established in 1851
1851 establishments in Iran
Higher education in Iran
Buildings of the Qajar period