Back دار الفنون بطهران Arabic دار الفنون بطهران ARZ Darülfünun Azerbaijani Dar al-Fonun German Dar-ol-fonun Esperanto دارالفنون Persian Dar-ol-Fonoun French Dar ul-Funun (Persia) ID Dar-ol Fonoun Italian Dār ul-Funun NB
دارالفنون | |
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:Dar_ul-Funun_Courtyard_20120326-112041.jpg) Eastern gate of Dār ul-Funun in the Nāser Khosrow Street. The motto is inscribed on the upper part of the front face. | |
| Motto | |
|---|---|
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 |
| Endowment | 7,750 tomans (initially) 30,000 tomans (in 1930) |
| Location | , |
| Language | Persian |
Dār ul-Funun (Persian: دارالفنون Persian pronunciation: [dɒːɾolfʊˈnuːn], meaning "polytechnic college") was an institute of higher education in Iran, established by the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah in 1851.
- ^ Transliteration: Tavānā bovad har keh dānā bovad – Ze dānesh del-e pīr bornā bovad
- ^ In verse form the couplet may be translated as: Capable is he who is wise – Happiness from wisdom will arise.