Zaroastrian School in Qajar Period

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Authors

1 Associate Professor of History, Tabriz University

2 Ph.D Student in History, Tabriz University

Abstract

Zaroastrian as an Iranian minority like most residents of Iran has neither any school nor any educational official center till mid-Qajar period. They attentioned to training programs as religious education for children. The formation of modern school with new style has began since entry of the first parsian envoy to Iran whose named manekjy limjy Houshang Hateria. He would build new schools for zaroastrian children in time presence in Iran. After him, other Persian envoys such as Keikhosrow G. Khansaheb continued his work to building new schools. Arbab Keikhosrow Shahrokh was diligent in making schools. Zaroastrian Schools was not dedicated solely to educating boys but it were founded schools for Zaroastrian girls' education. In this paper, we want to review effects of new schools on cultural and social advancement of Iranian Zaroastrians with an analytical approach. It is necessary to show that new schools were able to attend field for Zaroastrian in Iranian social scene.

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