Coll 28/80 ‘Persia. Education; Establishment of a language academy.’
- Holding institution:
- British Library. India Office Records and Private Papers
- Data provider:
- Qatar National Library
- Title:
- Coll 28/80 ‘Persia. Education; Establishment of a language academy.’
- Date:
- 1934/1938
- Description:
- Abstract: Correspondence sent by the British Legation at Tehran, reporting on the Persian Government’s plans to establish educational institutions, including language academies, in Persia [Iran], and the status of existing educational establishments in the country:In 1934, a new law authorising the foundation of a university in Tehran (ff 17-18)Also in 1934, reports on the status of Armenian schools in Azerbaijan (ff 13-16)In 1935, the renaming of Church Missionary Society schools in Persia (ff 10-11)Also in 1935, Iranian Government plans to establish a language academy (ff 8-9)A note, prepared by the Military Attaché at the British Legation in Tehran in 1937, which comments on a speech made by His Excellency Hassan Vossuq [Hassan Vossug ed Dowleh], President of the Academy of the Iranian language (now called the Academy of Persian Language and Literature), which appeared in the local press (ff 3-7). The note contains extracts written in Persian.The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
- Language:
- English
- Type:
- Archival file
- Type (Narrower):
- Other Texts
- Type (Broader):
- Text
- Subject:
- Education legislation
Language schools
Academies
Academy of Persian Language and Literature
Government of Iran, Pahlavi dynasty - Geographic region:
- Azerbaijan
- Rights:
- رخصة حكومة مفتوحة
- Identifier:
- 81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000028_ar
81055/vdc_100000000648.0x000028_en
IOR/L/PS/12/3484
IOR/L/PS/12/3484