Dar ul-Funun (Persia)

Dār ul-Funun
دارالفنون
	Eastern gate of Dār ul-Funun in the Nāser Khosrow Street. The motto is inscribed on the upper part of the front face.
Motto	توانا بود هرکه دانا بود; ز دانش دل پیر برنا بود
Motto in English	Mighty is the one who has knowledge ; By knowledge the old hearts grow young again ; (couplet from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh)
Type	Polytechnic
Established	1851
Endowment	7,750 tomans (initially) ; 30,000 tomans (in 1930)
Location	Tehran, Persia
Language	Persian

Dār ul-Funun (Persian: دارالفنون Persian pronunciation: [dɒːɾolfʊˈnuːn], meaning "polytechnic college") 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

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 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 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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 (1908–1976) – mathematician
Dr. Morteza Kaveh (1905-1986) - vaccine & serum pioneer
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 (1909–1975) – physician
Khānbābā Bayāni (fa) (1909–1997) – scholar
Mohammad Mohaqqeqi (fa) (1910–1970) – cleric
Ahmad Fardid (1910–1994) – philosopher
Zabihollāh Safā (1911–1999) – scholar
Mohammad Moin (1914–1971) – lexicographer
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
Fereydoun Ādamiyat (1920–2008) – historian and diplomat
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
Ehsān Narāghi (1926–2012) – sociologist
Houshang Alam (fa) (1928–2007) – linguist
Mahmoud Rouholamini (fa) (1928–2011) – anthropologist
Dr. Mohammad Shafiezādeh (fa) (1928–2014) – physician
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
Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – linguist
Hormoz Milāniān (fa) (1937–2014) – linguist
Abbās Shafiei (1937–2016) – chemist
Dāriush Āshouri (b. 1938) – scholar
Dāriush Farhoud (fa) (b. 1938) – physician
Abbās Alijānzādeh Ārāni (fa) (b. 1938) – linguist
Shamseddin Mojābi (1939–2012) – scholar
Mohammad-Rezā Ziāei (fa) (b. 1939) – scholar
Dāriush Farhoud (fa) (b. 1939) – physician
Ahmad Kāzemi (fa) (b. 1940) – historian
Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017) – linguist
Bahman 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) – scholar
Ahmad 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) – painter
Mirzā Aboutorāb Ghaffāri (fa) (1847–1890) – painter
Prince Abdollāh Mirzā (fa) (1850–1908) – photographer
Esmāil Jalāyer (19th cent.) – painter
Gholām-Rezā Khān Minbāshiān (fa) (1861–1935) – musician
Arsalān Khān Nāser Homāyoun (fa) (1866–1920) – musician
Fekri Ershād Moayed ol-Mamālek (1869–1916) – playwright
Hossein-Ali Khān Hendesi Gorān (fa) (1871–1932) – architect
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mohammad Ghāzi (1913–1998) – writer and translator
Lotfollāh Mofakham-Pāyān (fa) (1915–1984) – musician
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
Mohammad Bahmanbeigi (1920–2010) – writer and philanthropist
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
Fereydoun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poet
Hassan Tofigh (fa) (1926–2020) – cartoonist and journalist
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
Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician
Farrokh Tamimi (fa) (1934–2002) – poet
Dāvoud Navvābi (fa) (b. 1934) – translator
Manouchehr Neyestāni (fa) (1936–1982) – poet
Fereydoun Farrokhzād (1936–1992) – singer and poet
Bāgher Āyatollāhzādeh (fa) (1936–2007) – architect
Nāder Ebrāhimi (1936–2008) – writer
Mohsen Sharif (fa) (1936–2016) – writer
Esmāil Shangeleh (fa) (b. 1936) – actor
Bahrām Beyzāei (b. 1938) – film director
Abolhassan Tahāminejād (fa) (b. 1938) – voice actor
Nowzar Parang (fa) (1937–2006) – songwriter
Mohammad-Ali Sepānlou (1940–2015) – poet
Ahmadreza Ahmadi (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

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: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/faculties-v

External links

Media related to Dar ul-Funun at Wikimedia Commons
Dar al-Funun in jazirehdanesh Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
Encyclopedia Iranica: Dar Al-Fonun

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[1] Transliteration: Tavānā bovad har keh dānā bovad – Ze dānesh del-e pīr bornā bovad

[2] In verse form the couplet may be translated as: Capable is he who is wise – Happiness from wisdom will arise.

[3] 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].

[4] Encyclopædia Iranica: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/faculties-v

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