The Forgotten Schools
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Contents
Abbreviations
Transliteration, Calendars and Dates
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction: Education in the Reformist Thought of Nineteenth-Century Iranians
- Reform in Qajar Iran
- Education in Nineteenth-Century Iran
- Education and the Secular Intellectuals
- Education and Early Baha’i Intellectuals: Baha’u’llah and ‘Abdu’l-Baha
1 From Traditional to Modern Education: The State of Education in Iran to the End of the Nineteenth Century
- Introduction
- Early Foreign Schools, the 1830s to the 1850s: The American and French Missionary Schools
- The Dar al-Fununs of Tehran and Tabriz: The 1850s and Iran’s First State-Run Modern Schools
- Mixed Trends in Educational Activity in Iran: The 1860s to the Late 18903
2 Opening the Door: Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar and the Advent of Baha’i Schools in Iran
- Introduction: The Educational Reform Movement at the End of the Nineteenth Century
- Muzaffar al-Din Shah and the Pressures for the Opening of Modern Schools in Iran
- The First Modern Baha’i Schools in Iran and Their Reasons for Opening
3 Modern Baha’i Schools and Their Educational Standards
- Baha’i Kindergartens
- Non-Baha’i Attendance at the Baha’i Schools
4 Opposition to the Baha’i Schools
5 Closing the Doors: Riza Shah Pahlavi and the Closure of the Baha’i Schools in Iran
- Introduction
- The Baha’i Schools and the Reasons for Their Closure
- The State of Baha’i Education in Iran after the Closure of Baha’i Schools
- Table 1: The Baha’i Schools in Iran: A Database
- Table 2: Baha’i Kindergartens and Pre-Schools in Iran
- Table 3: A Partial List of Prominent Non-Baha’i Iranians Who Studied at the Tarbiyat Schools in Tehran
