Tarbiat Library ( fa, کتابخانه تربیت) is the first

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constructed in Iran, established in 1921 at

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. The

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was founded by Mahammad Ali Tarbiat, an Iranian

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and

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, as the "Ma'aref public library and

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" ( fa, كتابخانه و قرائتخانه عمومي معارف) which was later renamed after its founder to Tarbiat Library.

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