Iranian Primary School in Trabzon (1885-1941)

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant Professor, Department of History, Payam Noor University, Kermanshah, I. R. Iran.

Abstract

Purpose: Explains the process of the establishment of the Iranian school  and problems and obstacles the founders faced.
Method and Research Design:  Findings are based on archival documents available in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Persian publications in the Ottoman Empire.
Findings and Conclusion: Rapid changes in the style of school education in the western world and the initiatives by their governments, the private sector, and the dignitary in setting up modern schools, Iranians of Trabzan were encouraged to Set up their own primary school. The curricula, assessment procedure, teacher selection, age and gender of students, architecture of these modern schools, marked a sharp difference with the traditional maktabs. The school trained a great number of the children of different sectors of the Iranian community in the city long before modern schooling started in Iran.

Keywords

Main Subjects

References

 
English Translation of References
Documents
Edāre-ye AsnādvaTārix-e Diplomāsi-ye Vezārat-e Xārejeh (Estādox) (Office of Archives and Diplomacy History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs):
          1328 AH / 1910, Box 11, Folder 1; 1308 SH / 1929, Box 9, Folder 233; 1317 – 1318 SH / 1938 – 1939, Box 72, Folder 1683; 1302 – 1328 SH / 1923 – 1949, Box 8, Folder 5; 1329 – 1349 SH / 1950 – 1970, Box 23, Folder 169.[Persian]
Books
Farahani, Mirza Mohammad Hosein. (1362/1983). “Safarnāmeh” (Travelogue). Researched and edited by Masoud Golzari. Tehran: Ferdowsi. [Persian]
Issavi, Charles Phillip. (1362/1983). “Tārix-e eqtesādi-ye Irān: Qājārieh 1215-1332 AH” (‏The economic history of Iran). Translated by YaghoubAzhand Tehran: Gostareh.  [Persian]
Jafari Langaroudi, Mohammad Jafar. (1378/1999). “Mabsutdarterminoloži-ye hoquq” (Terminology of law) (vol. 4) (1st ed.). Tehran: Ketābxāne-ye Ganj-e Dāneš. [Persian]
Rafat, Ahmad. (1300AH/1883). “Loqāt-e tārixiyehvajoqrāfiyeh” (Historical and geographical dictionary) (vol. 4). Eslāmbol: MahmoudbeigMatba’e-ye Si.[Persian]
Sami, Shams Al-Din. (1311AH/1893). “Qāmusol-a’lām” (General encyclopedia of history and geography) (vol. 4). Eslāmbol: MehrānMatba’e-ye Si.[Persian]
Sezen, Tahir. (2006). OSMANLI YER ADLARI. Ankara: BAŞBAKANLIK DEVLET ARŞİVLERİ GENEL MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ YAYIN NO: 26.
Articles
Abrahamian, Ervand. (1380/1999). “Mo’arrefi-ye yeksanad: Tejāratdar Qadim-ol-ayyāmdarvelāyāt-e šomāli-ye Irān” (Introduction of a document: Trade in ancient times in the northern provinces of Iran). Translated by MahmoudAvvadzadeh, & Mohammad Ebrahim Fattahi. Tehran: Tārix-e Mo’āser-e Irān, 5(18), pp. 181 – 194. [Persian]
Press
Axtar: year 12, issue 58, 24 Dhū al-Qaʿdah 1303 / 21 August 1886; year 13, issue 23, 13 Jumādā al-Thānī 1304 / 9 March 1887.[Persian]
Čehre-namā: year 6, issue 16, 1 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1327 / 14 December 1909.[Persian]
Ehsā’eeye-ye Tejārati-ye Irān: vol. 2, from 30 Esfand 1292 / 21 March 1914 to 28 Esfand 1293 / 20 March 1915.[Persian]
Hekmat: year 8, issue 11, the beginning of Jumādā al-Awwal 1317 / 7 September 1899.[Persian]
Ketābče-ye Koll-e Tejārat: from 1 Farvardin 1288 / 21 March 1909 to 29 Esfand 1288 / 20 March 1910.[Persian]
Parvareš: 1st year, issue 25, 18 Šaʿbān 1318 / 11 December 1900.[Persian]
 

Files

History

  • Receive Date: 17 January 2020
  • Revise Date: 22 January 2020
  • Accept Date: 20 June 2020

Share

How to cite

Statistics