Dar ul-Funun (Persia)
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Dār ul-Funun (Persian: دارالفنون Persian pronunciation: [dɒːɾolfʊˈnuːn], meaning "polytechnic college") is the oldest Western-style institute of higher education in Iran, established by the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah in 1851.
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دارالفنون | |
Motto | |
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Motto in English | Mighty is the one who has knowledge By knowledge the old hearts grow young again (couplet from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh)[2] |
Type | Polytechnic |
Established | 1851 (1851) |
Endowment | 7,750 tomans (initially) 30,000 tomans (in 1930) |
Location | , |
Language | Persian |
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