Port Bushire, pioneer in the foundation of Schools in the Southern Iran

 

Author: Dr. AbdolKarim Mashayekhi

First print: 2011

Print run: 2000 Copies

Number of Pages: 203

Price: paperback: 120000 Rials, hard cover: 160000 Rials

 

From the text of the book:

“ ... Upon the commencement of social changes in Qajar period, foundation of schools under Mozaffaraddin Shah’s reign kept a flourishing development. Mirza Hassan Roshdieh, known as the father of school founders established a few schools in Erivan, Tabriz, and Tehran since 1897. His great cultural work was continued in Bushire, so that upon the suggestion of MohammadAli Khan Vaseqolmolk, the commercial agent of Bushire and through the support of Mirza Ahmad Khan Darya Beigui, the governor of all southern ports, and collaboration of Shiekh Mohammad Hossein and Sheikh AbdolKarim, Saadat brothers, Mobarake Saadat Mozaffari school was founded in Bushire. After a decade, the students and teachers of this school founded schools in various parts of the southern Iran including Port Abbass, Port Lengah, Ahawaz, Khorramshahr, Abadan and Bahrain, making invaluable contributions to the history and culture of Iran...”