Oldest institute of higher learning in Iran
Dār ul-Funun (Persian : دارالفنون Persian pronunciation: [dɒːɾolfʊˈnuːn] polytechnic college ") is was an institute of higher education in Iran, established by the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah in 1851.
Introduction Entrance of Dar ul-Funun Founded by Amir Kabir , then the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah , the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran , Dār al-Funun originally was conceived as a polytechnic to train upper-class Persian youth in medicine , engineering , military science , and geology . It was similar in scope and purpose to American land grant colleges like Purdue and Texas A&M . Like them, it developed and expanded its mission over the next hundred years, eventually becoming the University of Tehran .[3]
The institute was planned by the Iranian-educated Mirzā Rezā Mohandes (fa) , and built by the architect Mohammad-Taqi Khān Memār-Bāshi (fa) under the supervision of the Qajar 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 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.[4] 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 Mirza Mohammad-Ali Khan Shirazi (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 (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 Mirzā Malkam Khān Nāzem od-Dowleh (1834–1908) – mathematics and geometryMirzā 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) – politicianPrince 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 diplomatMousā Khān Hakimi Nazm os-Saltaneh (fa) (1864–1944) – politician Prince Mohammad Mirzā Kāshef os-Saltaneh (1866–1929) – diplomat and entrepreneurMirzā 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 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) – politicianKhalil Fahimi Fahim ol-Molk (ru) (1876–1953) – politician Dr. Ali Khān Partow-Azam Hakim Azam (fa) (1877–1938) – physician and politician Mohammad-Ali Foroughi Zokā ol-Molk (1877–1942) – prime minister (1925–26, 1933–35 and 1941–42) and scholarAbdolhamid 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 activistAli-Akbar Hakimi (fa) (1883–19??) – politician Mirzā Hassan Farahmand Mokhber Hozour (fa) (1883–19??) – politician Ehsānollāh Khān Doustdār (1884–1939) – politicianDr. 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 justiceKāzem 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 affairsAli Soheili (1896–1958) – prime minister (1942–44)Mousā Nouri Esfandiāri (1896–1972) – minister of foreign affairsDr. Javād Āshtiāni (fa) (1896–1981) – minister of health Abdolhossein Masoud Ansāri (fa) (1896–1984) – diplomat Abbās Eskandari (1897–1955) – politicianAbolghāsem Narāghi (fa) (1899–1945) – politician Abdollāh Entezām (1899–1982) – diplomatEbrāhim Fakhrāei (fa) (1899–1988) – politician Nasrollāh Entezām (1900–1980) – diplomatShamseddin Amir-Alāei (fa) (1900–1994) – politician Hossein Naghavi (fa) (1901–1964) – politician Dr. Mehdi Āzar (fa) (1901–1994) – physician and politician Abdolhossein Hazhir (1902–1949) – prime minister (1948)Abbās-Qoli Golshāyān (fa) (1902–1990) – minister of finance Taghi Arāni (1903–1940) – political activistMohammad-Ali Maleki (fa) (1903–1996) – politician Abdolhamid Zanganeh (fa) (1904–1951) – minister of education Rezā Rādmanesh (1905–1984) – politicianAli Amini (1905–1992) – prime minister (1961–62)Gholām-Hossein Sadighi (1905–1992) – minister of interiorTaghi Nasr (fa) (1906–1985) – minister of finance Kāzem Hassibi (1906–1990) – politicianYadollāh Sahābi (1906–2002) – politicianFakhreddin Shādemān (fa) (1907–1967) – politician Fereydoun Keshāvarz (1907–2006) – politicianAli-Akbar Emāmi Ahari (fa) (1908–19??) – politician Ahmad Zirakzādeh (1908–1993) – politicianDr. 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) – politicianJavād Sadr (fa) (1912–2000) – diplomat Shamseddin Jazāyeri (fa) (1913–1990) – politician Shams Qanātābādi (fa) (1914–1988) – politician Ali Ardalān (1914–2000) – economist and politicianHassan Arsanjāni (1922–1969) – politicianFereydoun Motamed Vaziri (fa) (1922–2006) – politician Ziāeddin Shādemān (1923–2009) – politicianSiāvash Kasrāei (1927–1996) – political activistHossein Shāh-Hosseini (1928–2017) – politicianEbrāhim Yazdi (1931–2017) – minister of foreign affairsMostafā Chamrān (1932–1981) – minister of national defenceAbbās Amir-Entezām (1932–2018) – politicianMohammad-Hassan Eslāmi (fa) (1933–2018) – minister of communications Sādegh Ghotbzādeh (1936–1982) – minister of foreign affairsMahmoud Kāzemi Dinān (fa) (1939–2007) – politician Abdolkarim Lāhiji (b. 1940) – political activistKāzem Akrami (fa) (b. 1940) – minister of education Hamid Ashraf (1946–1976) – political activistAli Nazari (fa) (b. 1947) – politician Mohammad Mofidi (fa) (1948–1972) – political activist Mohammad-Hossein Ādeli (b. 1953) – economist and politicianShahābeddin Bimeghdār (b. 1953) – politicianMajid Qāsemi (b. 1952) – politician and economistRezā 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 (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
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) – scholarAbbās Eghbāl Āshtiāni (1896–1956) – historianBadiozzamān Forouzānfar (1897–1970) – scholarAbdorrasoul 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) – historianDr. 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) – scholarDr. Abdolhossein Mirsepāsi (fa) (1907–1976) – psychologist Abolghāsem Ghaffāri (fa) (1907–2013) – scientist Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976) – mathematicianDr. Morteza Kaveh (1905-1986) - vaccine & serum pioneer Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholarYahyā Mahdavi (fa) (1908–2000) – psychologist Asadollāh Āl-e Bouyeh (fa) (1908–2002) – mathematician Dr. Ebrāhim Chehrāzi (fa) (1908–2010) – psychologist Dr. Mohammad Gharib (1909–1975) – physician Khānbābā Bayāni (fa) (1909–1997) – scholar Mohammad Mohaqqeqi (fa) (1910–1970) – cleric Ahmad Fardid (1910–1994) – philosopherZabihollāh Safā (1911–1999) – scholarMohammad Moin (1914–1971) – lexicographerParviz Nātel Khānlari (1914–1990) – scholar and politicianMostafā 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 Fereydoun Ādamiyat (1920–2008) – historian and diplomatEnāyatollāh Rezā (1920–2010) – historianHāshem Kārdoush (fa) (1922–2015) – scholar Mortezā Rāvandi (fa) (1923–1999) – historian Dr. Noureddin Mojtahedi (fa) (1923–2002) – physician Jalāleddin Āshtiāni (fa) (1924–2015) – scholar Ehsān Narāghi (1926–2012) – sociologistHoushang Alam (fa) (1928–2007) – linguist Mahmoud Rouholamini (fa) (1928–2011) – anthropologist Dr. Mohammad Shafiezādeh (fa) (1928–2014) – physician Seifollāh Kāmbakhshfard (1929–2010) – archaeologistBāgher 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 Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – linguistHormoz Milāniān (fa) (1937–2014) – linguist Abbās Shafiei (1937–2016) – chemistDāriush Āshouri (b. 1938) – scholarDāriush Farhoud (fa) (b. 1938) – physician Abbās Alijānzādeh Ārāni (fa) (b. 1938) – linguist Shamseddin Mojābi (1939–2012) – scholarMohammad-Rezā Ziāei (fa) (b. 1939) – scholar Dāriush Farhoud (fa) (b. 1939) – physician Ahmad Kāzemi (fa) (b. 1940) – historian Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017) – linguistBahman Keshāvarz (fa) (1944–2019) – lawyer Ali Tābandeh Mahboub-Ali Shāh (fa) (1945–1997) – Sufi leader Jāber Anāsori (fa) (1945–2016) – scholar Mohsen Ghāne Basiri (1949–2017) – scholar Kāmrān Nejātollāhi (fa) (1954–1978) – scholar Mohammad Karamoddini (b. 1955) – scholarAhmad Hātami (fa) (1960–2015) – scholar
Artists and writers Hossein Towfigh , Editor-in-Chief of Towfigh Magazine Mirzā Ali-Akbar Khān Mozayyan od-Dowleh (fa) (1844–1920) – painter and musician Mirzā Mehdi Khān Shaqāqi Momtahen od-Dowleh (fa) (1844–1920) – architect Mohammad Khān Ghaffāri Kamāl ol-Molk (1847–1940) – painterMirzā Aboutorāb Ghaffāri (fa) (1847–1890) – painter Prince Abdollāh Mirzā (fa) (1850–1908) – photographer Esmāil Jalāyer (19th cent.) – painterGholām-Rezā Khān Minbāshiān (fa) (1861–1935) – musician Arsalān Khān Nāser Homāyoun (fa) (1866–1920) – musician Fekri Ershād Moayed ol-Mamālek (1869–1916) – playwrightHossein-Ali Khān Hendesi Gorān (fa) (1871–1932) – architect Gholām-Hossein Khān Darvish (1872–1926) – musicianMirzā Ahmad Khān Mahmoudi Kamāl ol-Vezāreh (fa) (1874–1930) – playwright Hossein Hangāfarin (fa) (1875–1952) – musician Mehdi Ivānov (fa) (1875–1968) – photographer Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (1879–1956) – politician, author and linguistHādi 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 Hossein Gol-e Golāb (1895–1985) – musicianMohammad-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 Sādegh Hedāyat (1903–1951) – novelistAbolhassan 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 Rouhollāh Khāleghi (1906–1965) – musicianHassan 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 Mohammad-Hossein Shahriār (1907–1988) – poetEbrāhim Sahbā (fa) (1911–1999) – writer Houshang Vaziri (fa) (1911–2003) – journalist Mehdi Barkeshli (fa) (1912–1988) – musician Ahmad Nāzerzādeh (fa) (1913–1976) – writer Mohammad Ghāzi (1913–1998) – writer and translatorLotfollāh Mofakham-Pāyān (fa) (1915–1984) – musician Ebrāhim Karimābādi (1917–1981) – journalistJafar Bozorgi (fa) (1917–2006) – actor Ebrāhim Modarresi (fa) (1918–2007) – writer and journalist Mohammad-Hossein Jalili (fa) (1919–1979) – poet Mohammad Bahmanbeigi (1920–2010) – writer and philanthropistJalāl Āl-e Ahmad (1923–1969) – writerHoushang Montaseri (fa) (1923–2015) – translator Dāriush Asadzādeh (fa) (1923–2019) – actor Abdollāh Tavakkol (fa) (1924–1999) – translator Fereydoun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poetHassan Tofigh (fa) (1926–2020) – cartoonist and journalist Siāvash Kasrāei (1927–1996) – poetMohammad-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 Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musicianFarrokh Tamimi (fa) (1934–2002) – poet Dāvoud Navvābi (fa) (b. 1934) – translator Manouchehr Neyestāni (fa) (1936–1982) – poet Fereydoun Farrokhzād (1936–1992) – singer and poetBāgher Āyatollāhzādeh (fa) (1936–2007) – architect Nāder Ebrāhimi (1936–2008) – writerMohsen Sharif (fa) (1936–2016) – writer Esmāil Shangeleh (fa) (b. 1936) – actor Bahrām Beyzāei (b. 1938) – film directorAbolhassan Tahāminejād (fa) (b. 1938) – voice actor Nowzar Parang (fa) (1937–2006) – songwriter Mohammad-Ali Sepānlou (1940–2015) – poetAhmadreza Ahmadi (b. 1940) – poet and screen writerMohammad-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
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References and notes ^ Transliteration : Tavānā bovad har keh dānā bovad – Ze dānesh del-e pīr bornā bovad^ In verse form the couplet may be translated as: Capable is he who is wise – Happiness from wisdom will arise . ^ For an illustrated report on Dar ol-Fonoun see: Hamid-Reza Hosseini, Dar ol-Fonoun in want of love ("Dar ol-Fonoun dar hasrat-e eshgh"), in Persian, Jadid Online, September 22, 2008, [1]. The pertinent photographs (15 in total) can be viewed here: [2]. ^ Encyclopædia Iranica
Further reading Ringer, Monica (2013). "Dār al-Funūn (Iran)" . In Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun ; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam (3rd ed.). Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830.
External links Dar al-Funun in jazirehdanesh Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia Iranica: Dar Al-Fonun
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