Introduction
Founded byList 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 (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 *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 *Military personnel
* General Amānollāh Khān Jahānbāni ''Ziā od-Dowleh'' (1869–1923) – Persian Cossack Brigade, Cossack Brigade general * Admiral Ahmad Khan Daryabeigi, Ahmad Khān Daryābeigi (18??–1923) – Imperial Iranian Navy (IIN) admiral * General Mahmoud Khosrowpanāh ''Ezām os-Soltān'' (:fa:محمود خسروپناه, fa) (1886–1972) – Gendarmerie general * General Hādi Khānshaqāqi ''Hesn od-Dowleh'' (:fa:هادی خانشقاقی, fa) (1889–1959) – IIA general * General Ali-Asghar Naghdi (:fa:علیاصغر نقدی, fa) (1895–1966) – IIA general and minister of war * Admiral Gholamali Bayandor, Gholām-Ali Bāyandor (1898–1941) – IIN admiral * Colonel Sharafeddin Ghahramāni (:fa:شرفالدین قهرمانی, fa) (1900–1942) – Imperial Iranian Air Force (IIAF) pilot * General Haj Ali Razmara, Hāj-Ali Razmārā (1901–1951) – Imperial Iranian Army (IIA) general and prime minister (1950–51) * General Ahmad Zanganeh (:fa:احمد زنگنه (نظامی), fa) (1904–19??) – IIA general * General Abbās Izadpanāh (:fa:عباس ایزدپناه, fa) (1905–19??) – IIA general * Admiral Farajollah Rasaei, Farajollāh Rasāei (1908–2002) – IIN admiral * General Taghi Riahi, Mohammd-Taghi Riāhi (1911–1988) – IIA general * General Mohammad-Vali Gharani (1913–1979) – IIA general * General Hassan Toufanian, Hassan Toufāniān (1913–1998) – IIAF general * Admiral Abbas Ramzi Ataie, Abbās Ramzi Atāei (1928–2018) – IIN admiral * Admiral Kamal Habibollahi, Kamāl Habibollāhi (1930–2016) – IIN admiralReligion
* Adíb, Mírzá Ḥasan-i-Adíbu'l-ʻUlamá (Adíb) (1848-1919) – writer, Apostles of Baháʼu'lláh, Apostle of Baháʼu'lláh, Hands of the Cause, Hand of the Cause of the Baháʼí Faith, Bahá’í FaithScholars
* Prince Jalal al-Din Mirza Qajar, Jalāleddin Mirzā (1827–1872) – historian * Dr. Mohammad Mirzā Kermānshāhi (:fa:محمد کرمانشاهی, fa) (1828–1908) – physician * Mirzā Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl, Abolfazl Golpāygāni (1844–1914) – Baháʼí Faith, Bahá’í scholar * Dr. Ali-Akbar Khān Nafisi ''Nāzem ol-Atebbā'' (1847–1924) – physician * Dr. Mirzā Mahmoud Khān Boroujerdi (:fa:میرزا محمود خان بروجردی, fa) (1856–1903) – physician * Dr. Khalil Saqafi ''Alam od-Dowleh'' (:fa:خلیل ثقفی, fa) (1862–1944) – physician * Ali-Mohammad Farahvashi ''Motarjem Homāyoun'' (:fa:علیمحمد فرهوشی, fa) (1875–1968) – scholar * Dr. Amir Khān Amir-Alam (:fa:امیر خان امیراعلم, fa) (1876–1961) – physician and politician * Dr. Valiollāh Nasr (:fa:سید ولیالله نصر, fa) (1878–1945) – physician and politician * Abdolazim Gharib (:ru:Абдольазим Гариб, ru) (1879–1965) – linguist * Dr. Mehdi Malekzādeh (:fa:مهدی ملکزاده, fa) (1881–1955) – physician * Dr. Abdollāh Ahmadieh (:fa:عبدالله احمدیه, fa) (1886–1959) – physician * Dr. Hossein Khan Motamed, Hossein Khān Motamed (1893–1955) – surgeon * Isa Sedigh, Isā Sedigh (1894–1978) – scholar * Abbas Eqbal Ashtiani, Abbās Eghbāl Āshtiāni (1896–1956) – historian * Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, Badiozzamān Forouzānfar (1897–1970) – scholar * Abdorrasoul Khayyāmpour (:fa:عبدالرسول خیامپور, fa) (1898–1979) – scholar * Nasrollāh Falsafi (:fa:نصرالله فلسفی, fa) (1901–1981) – scholar * Mohammad Mohit Tabātabāei (:fa:محمد محیط طباطبایی, fa) (1901–1992) – scholar * Dr. Ahmad Farhād (:fa:احمد فرهاد, fa) (1902–1971) – physician * Mojtaba Minovi, Mojtabā Minovi (1903–1977) – historian * Dr. Mahmoud Najmābādi (:fa:محمود نجمآبادی, fa) (1903–2000) – physician * Hossein-Qoli Mostaān (:fa:حسینقلی مستعان, fa) (1904–1983) – scholar * Dr. Hossein Rezāei (:fa:حسین رضاعی, fa) (1904–1993) – psychologist * Mehdi Bayani, Mehdi Bayāni (:fa:مهدی بیانی, fa) (1906–1968) – scholar * Dr. Abdolhossein Mirsepāsi (:fa:عبدالحسین میرسپاسی, fa) (1907–1976) – psychologist * Abolghāsem Ghaffāri (:fa:ابوالقاسم غفاری, fa) (1907–2013) – scientist * Mohsen Hashtroodi (1908–1976) – mathematician * Habib Nafisi (1908–1984) – scholar * Yahyā Mahdavi (:fa:یحیی مهدوی, fa) (1908–2000) – psychologist * Asadollāh Āl-e Bouyeh (:fa:اسدالله آل بویه, fa) (1908–2002) – mathematician * Dr. Ebrāhim Chehrāzi (:fa:ابراهیم چهرازی, fa) (1908–2010) – psychologist * Dr. Mohammad Gharib (1909–1975) – physician * Khānbābā Bayāni (:fa:خانبابا بیانی, fa) (1909–1997) – scholar * Mohammad Mohaqqeqi (:fa:محمد محققی لاهیجی, fa) (1910–1970) – cleric * Ahmad Fardid (1910–1994) – philosopher * Zabihollah Safa, Zabihollāh Safā (1911–1999) – scholar * Mohammad Moin (1914–1971) – lexicographer * Parviz Natel-Khanlari, Parviz Nātel Khānlari (1914–1990) – scholar and politician * Mostafā Moqarrabi (:fa:مصطفی مقربی, fa) (1914–1998) – scholar * Abolghāsem Kheradjou (:fa:ابوالقاسم خردجو, fa) (1915–1986) – economist * Hossein Khatibi (:fa:حسین خطیبی (استاد دانشگاه), fa) (1916–2001) – scholar * Dr. Ali Farr (:fa:علی فر, fa) (1916–2016) – physician * Mohammad-Javād Mashkour (:fa:محمدجواد مشکور, fa) (1918–1995) – linguist * Abbās Yamini Sharif (:fa:عباس یمینیشریف, fa) (1919–1989) – scholar * Sādegh Kiā (:fa:صادق کیا, fa) (1920–2001) – linguist * Fereydun Adamiyat, Fereydoun Ādamiyat (1920–2008) – historian and diplomat * Enayatollah Reza, Enāyatollāh Rezā (1920–2010) – historian * Hāshem Kārdoush (:fa:هاشم کاردوش, fa) (1922–2015) – scholar * Mortezā Rāvandi (:fa:مرتضی راوندی, fa) (1923–1999) – historian * Dr. Noureddin Mojtahedi (:fa:سید نورالدین مجتهدی, fa) (1923–2002) – physician * Jalāleddin Āshtiāni (:fa:جلالالدین آشتیانی, fa) (1924–2015) – scholar * Ehsan Naraghi, Ehsān Narāghi (1926–2012) – sociologist * Houshang Alam (:fa:هوشنگ اعلم, fa) (1928–2007) – linguist * Mahmoud Rouholamini (:fa:محمود روحالامینی, fa) (1928–2011) – anthropologist * Dr. Mohammad Shafiezādeh (:fa:محمد شفیعزاده, fa) (1928–2014) – physician * Seifollah Kambakhshfard, Seifollāh Kāmbakhshfard (1929–2010) – archaeologist * Bāgher Āqeli (:fa:باقر عاقلی, fa) (1929–2013) – historian * Dr. Hājeb Mortāz (:fa:حاجب مرتاض, fa) (b. 1931) – physician * Zardosht Houshvar (:fa:زردشت هوشور, fa) (b. 1931) – scholar * Mazāher Mosaffā (:fa:مظاهر مصفا, fa) (1932–2019) – scholar * Dr. Mortezā Katbi (:fa:مرتضی کتبی, fa) (b. 1932) – psychologist * Mohammad-Taghi Sadr (:fa:محمدتقی صدر, fa) (1933–2018) – mathematician * Yahyā Ardalān (:fa:یحیی اردلان, fa) (1934–2014) – scholar * Seyyed Nasrollah Sadrolhoffazi (1934-2022) – judge * Mohammad-Rahim Sarrāf (:fa:محمدرحیم صراف, fa) (b. 1936) – archaeologist * Ahmad Tafazzoli (1937–1997) – linguist * Hormoz Milāniān (:fa:هرمز میلانیان, fa) (1937–2014) – linguist * Abbas Shafiee, Abbās Shafiei (1937–2016) – chemist * Dariush Ashoori, Dāriush Āshouri (b. 1938) – scholar * Dāriush Farhoud (:fa:داریوش فرهود, fa) (b. 1938) – physician * Abbās Alijānzādeh Ārāni (:fa:عباس علیجانزاده آرانی, fa) (b. 1938) – linguist * Shamseddin Mojabi, Shamseddin Mojābi (1939–2012) – scholar * Mohammad-Rezā Ziāei (:fa:محمدرضا ضیائی بیگدلی, fa) (b. 1939) – scholar * Dāriush Farhoud (:fa:داریوش فرهود, fa) (b. 1939) – physician * Ahmad Kāzemi (:fa:احمد کاظمی موسوی, fa) (b. 1940) – historian * Amir Hassanpour (1943–2017) – linguist * Bahman Keshāvarz (:fa:بهمن کشاورز, fa) (1944–2019) – lawyer * Ali Tābandeh ''Mahboub-Ali Shāh'' (:fa:علی تابنده, fa) (1945–1997) – Ni'matullāhī, Sufi leader * Jāber Anāsori (:fa:جابر عناصری, fa) (1945–2016) – scholar * Mohsen Ghanebasiri, Mohsen Ghāne Basiri (1949–2017) – scholar * Kāmrān Nejātollāhi (:fa:کامران نجاتاللهی, fa) (1954–1978) – scholar * Mohammad Karamudini, Mohammad Karamoddini (b. 1955) – scholar * Ahmad Hātami (:fa:سید احمد حاتمی کلشتری, fa) (1960–2015) – scholarArtists and writers
* Mirzā Ali-Akbar Khān ''Mozayyan od-Dowleh'' (:fa:مزین الدوله نطنزی, fa) (1844–1920) – painter and musician * Mirzā Mehdi Khān Shaqāqi ''Momtahen od-Dowleh'' (:fa:میرزا مهدی خانشقاقی, fa) (1844–1920) – architect * Kamal ol-Molk, Mohammad Khān Ghaffāri ''Kamāl ol-Molk'' (1847–1940) – painter * Mirzā Aboutorāb Ghaffāri (:fa:ابوتراب غفاری, fa) (1847–1890) – painter * Prince Abdollāh Mirzā (:fa:عبدالله قاجار, fa) (1850–1908) – photographer * Esmail Jalayer, Esmāil Jalāyer (19th cent.) – painter * Gholām-Rezā Khān Minbāshiān (:fa:غلامرضا مینباشیان, fa) (1861–1935) – musician * Arsalān Khān ''Nāser Homāyoun'' (:fa:ناصر همایون, fa) (1866–1920) – musician * Moayed-ol Mamalek Fekri Ershad, Fekri Ershād ''Moayed ol-Mamālek'' (1869–1916) – playwright * Hossein-Ali Khān Hendesi Gorān (:fa:حسینعلیخان هندسی گوران, fa) (1871–1932) – architect * Darvish Khan, Gholām-Hossein Khān Darvish (1872–1926) – musician * Mirzā Ahmad Khān Mahmoudi ''Kamāl ol-Vezāreh'' (:fa:میرزا احمدخان کمالالوزاره محمودی, fa) (1874–1930) – playwright * Hossein Hangāfarin (:fa:حسین هنگآفرین, fa) (1875–1952) – musician * Mehdi Ivānov (:fa:مهدی ایوانف, fa) (1875–1968) – photographer * Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā (1879–1956) – politician, author and linguist * Hādi Hāeri (:fa:هادی حائری, fa) (1886–1977) – writer * Esmāil Āshtiāni (:fa:اسماعیل آشتیانی, fa) (1892–1970) – scholar * Hossein Jodat (:fa:حسین جودت, fa) (1892–1990) – writer * Abbās Forāt Yazdi (:ar:عباس فرات اليزدي, ar) (1894–1968) – poet * Abdollāh Dādvar (:fa:عبدالله دادور, fa) (1894–1977) – musician * Ali-Akbar Kāveh (:fa:علیاکبر کاوه, fa) (1894–1990) – calligrapher * Hossein Gol-e-Golab, Hossein Gol-e Golāb (1895–1985) – musician * Mohammad-Ali Amirjāhed (:fa:محمدعلی امیرجاهد, fa) (1896–1977) – songwriter * Ebrāhim Mansouri (:fa:ابراهیم منصوری, fa) (1899–1970) – musician * Esmāil Zarrinfar (:fa:اسماعیل زرینفر, fa) (1901–1993) – musician * Mortezā Moshfeq Kāzemi (:ru:Сейед Мортаза Мошфек Каземи, ru) (1902–1978) – novelist * Javād Badiezādeh (:fa:جواد بدیعزاده, fa) (1902–1980) – musician * Sadeq Hedayat, Sādegh Hedāyat (1903–1951) – novelist * Abolhassan Amidi (:fa:ابوالحسن عمیدی نوری, fa) (1903–1980) – writer and journalist * Mirzā Soroush Lohrāsp (:fa:میرزا سروش لهراسب, fa) (1904–1980) – writer and philanthropist * Esmāil Mehrtāsh (:fa:اسماعیل مهرتاش, fa) (1904–1996) – musician * Ahmad Ārām (:fa:احمد آرام, fa) (1904–1998) – writer * Mohammad-Taghi Mostafavi (:fa:محمدتقی مصطفوی, fa) (1905–1980) – archaeologist * Rezā Mashāyekhi (:fa:رضا مشایخی, fa) (1905–1990) – translator * Hossein-Ali Vaziritabār (:fa:حسینعلی وزیری تبار, fa) (1906–1958) – musician * Ruhollah Khaleqi, Rouhollāh Khāleghi (1906–1965) – musician * Hassan Rādmard (:fa:حسن رادمرد, fa) (1906–1978) – musician * Hassan Mashhoun (:fa:حسن مشحون, fa) (1906–1979) – musician * Masoud Farzād (:fa:مسعود فرزاد, fa) (1906–1981) – writer * Gholām-Hossein Khān Minbāshiān (:fa:غلامحسین مینباشیان, fa) (1907–1980) – musician * Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriār (1907–1988) – poet * Ebrāhim Sahbā (:fa:ابراهیم صهبا, fa) (1911–1999) – writer * Houshang Vaziri (:fa:هوشنگ وزیری, fa) (1911–2003) – journalist * Mehdi Barkeshli (:fa:مهدی برکشلی, fa) (1912–1988) – musician * Ahmad Nāzerzādeh (:fa:احمد ناظرزاده کرمانی, fa) (1913–1976) – writer * Mohammad Ghazi (translator), Mohammad Ghāzi (1913–1998) – writer and translator * Lotfollāh Mofakham-Pāyān (:fa:لطفالله مفخمپایان, fa) (1915–1984) – musician * Ebrahim Karimabadi, Ebrāhim Karimābādi (1917–1981) – journalist * Jafar Bozorgi (:fa:جعفر بزرگی, fa) (1917–2006) – actor * Ebrāhim Modarresi (:fa:ابراهیم مدرسی, fa) (1918–2007) – writer and journalist * Mohammad-Hossein Jalili (:fa:محمدحسین جلیلی, fa) (1919–1979) – poet * Mohammad Bahmanbeigi (1920–2010) – writer and philanthropist * Jalal Al-e Ahmad, Jalāl Āl-e Ahmad (1923–1969) – writer * Houshang Montaseri (:fa:هوشنگ منتصری, fa) (1923–2015) – translator * Dāriush Asadzādeh (:fa:داریوش اسدزاده, fa) (1923–2019) – actor * Abdollāh Tavakkol (:fa:عبدالله توکل, fa) (1924–1999) – translator * Fereydoon Moshiri, Fereydoun Moshiri (1926–2000) – poet * Hassan Tofigh (:fa:حسن توفیق, fa) (1926–2020) – cartoonist and journalist * Siāvash Kasrāei (1927–1996) – poet * Mohammad-Taghi Masoudieh (:fa:محمدتقی مسعودیه, fa) (1927–1999) – musician * Homāyoun Nour-Ahmar (:fa:همایون نوراحمر, fa) (1927–2013) – translator * Mahmoud Tolouei (:fa:محمود طلوعی, fa) (1930–2015) – writer * Ahmad Rasoulzādeh (:fa:احمد رسولزاده, fa) (1930–2015) – voice actor * Ahmad Samiei (:fa:احمد سمیعی (ا. شنوا), fa) (b. 1930) – musician * Jahāngir Malek (:fa:جهانگیر ملک, fa) (1933–2002) – musician * Faramarz Payvar, Farāmarz Pāyvar (1933–2009) – musician * Farrokh Tamimi (:fa:فرخ تمیمی, fa) (1934–2002) – poet * Dāvoud Navvābi (:fa:داوود نوابی, fa) (b. 1934) – translator * Manouchehr Neyestāni (:fa:منوچهر نیستانی, fa) (1936–1982) – poet * Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Fereydoun Farrokhzād (1936–1992) – singer and poet * Bāgher Āyatollāhzādeh (:fa:باقر آیتاللهزاده شیرازی, fa) (1936–2007) – architect * Nader Ebrahimi, Nāder Ebrāhimi (1936–2008) – writer * Mohsen Sharif (:fa:محسن شریف, fa) (1936–2016) – writer * Esmāil Shangeleh (:fa:اسماعیل شنگله, fa) (b. 1936) – actor * Bahram Bayzai, Bahrām Beyzāei (b. 1938) – film director * Abolhassan Tahāminejād (:fa:ابوالحسن تهامینژاد, fa) (b. 1938) – voice actor * Nowzar Parang (:fa:نوذر پرنگ, fa) (1937–2006) – songwriter * Mohammad-Ali Sepanlou, Mohammad-Ali Sepānlou (1940–2015) – poet * Ahmadreza Ahmadi (b. 1940) – poet and screen writer * Mohammad-Ebrāhim Jafari (:fa:محمدابراهیم جعفری, fa) (1940–2018) – painter * Manouchehr Ehterāmi (:fa:منوچهر احترامی, fa) (1941–2009) – writer * Mostafā Eslāmieh (:fa:مصطفی اسلامیه, fa) (1941–2016) – writer * Mohammad-Ali Najafi (:fa:محمدعلی نجفی (کارگردان), fa) (b. 1945) – film director * Masoud Houshmand (:fa:ممسعود هوشمند, fa) (1946–2010) – songwriter * Atāollāh Omaidvār (:fa:عطاالله امیدوار, fa) (b. 1946) – architect and painter * Hamid-Rezā Afshār (:fa:حمیدرضا افشار, fa) (b. 1955) – actorSee also
* Danesh (science magazine), ''Danesh'' * Higher education in Iran * Alborz High School * Academy of Gundishapur * Nizamiyyah * List of universities in Iran * List of Iranian scientists from the pre-modern era. * Modern Iranian scientists and engineers * List of Iranian Research Centers * School of Nisibis * Sarouyeh * Baku State University (Baku State Dar ul-Funun) * Istanbul University (Dar ul-Funun in Turkey)References and notes
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