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Alborz High School (in Persian:دبیرستان البرز), is a high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is named after the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran. Farsi redirects here. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ... Alborz Mountains Mount Damavand, Irans tallest mountain is located in Alborz mountain range. ...

Alborz High School
Administration Dr. Cargar (Principal)
School type Public School
Religious affiliation Christian (at the time of foundation, currently none)
Grade level 9-12
Year founded 1873
Location college crossroads,Tehran,Iran
Enrollment Approximately 2000 students
Campus setting Urban
Mascot None
Mascot image
School colors Black, Orange, and White

Contents

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 682 pixels, file size: 367 KB, MIME type: image/png) The entrance area of Alborz Highschool. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 682 pixels, file size: 367 KB, MIME type: image/png) The entrance area of Alborz Highschool. ... For other uses, see Tehran (disambiguation). ... Look up urban in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

History

The school was founded as an elementary school in 1873 by a group of American missionaries headed by James Bassett ). This was in the 26th year of the reign of Nasereddin Shah Qajar, 22 years after Amir Kabir founded the Dar ul-Funun school in Tehran and 21 years before the Constitutional Revolution in Persia (as it was known back then; later it became "Iran" during Reza Shah Era). 1873 (MDCCCLXXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... James E. Bassett Jr. ... Nasser-al-Din Shah Qajar (sometimes called Nassereddin) (died 1896) was the Shah of Persia from 1848 to 1896. ... Amir Kabir (امیرکبیر in Persian), also known as Mirza Taghi Khan Amir_Nezam (میرزا تقی‌خان امیرنظام), was the chancellor of Persia under Nasereddin Shah. ... Dar al-Funun (Persian: دار الفنون), established in 1851 was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia. ... The Iranian Constitutional Revolution (also Persian Constitutional Revolution and Constitutional Revolution of Iran) took place between 1905 and 1911. ...


When Dr. Samuel Jordan arrived in Persia in 1898, he made various changes and the school became a 12-year elementary and secondary school offering some college courses. The institution came to be known as the American College of Tehran. [1] McCormick Hall, American College of Tehran, circa 1930. ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


Dr. Jordan was president of Alborz for 42 years (1899-1940). During this time Alborz grew from an elementary school to a famous and respected high school and college. Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...


In 1932, the school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York. Not to be confused with University of the State of New York. ...


In 1940 and during World War II, by the order of the Shah Reza Pahlavi, Alborz was taken from American management and was put under Iranian Ministry of Education during Reza Shah's modernization reforms. At this time the name was also changed form "College" to "Alborz", and was re-appointed as a high school. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Shah or Shahzad is a Persian term for a monarch (ruler) that has been adopted in many other languages. ... Reza Shah, also Reza Shah the Great, Reza Shah Pahlavi and Reza Pahlavi (Persian: , Rez̤ā Pahlavī), (March 16, 1878 – July 26, 1944), was Shah of Iran[1] from December 15, 1925 until he was forced to abdicate after the Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran in September 16, 1941 by British...


In 1944, Professor Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, member of University of Tehran's faculty, was appointed as the president of Alborz and from that time until 1979 and continuing after the Iranian revolution, Alborz had the most successful period of its history. Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (In Persian: محمد علی مجتهدی) is an Iranian university professor and life time principle of Iranian prestigious modern school Alborz. ... Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... After Islamic Conquest  Modern SSR = Soviet Socialist Republic Afghanistan  Azerbaijan  Bahrain  Iran  Iraq  Tajikistan  Uzbekistan  This box:      The Iranian Revolution (also known as the Islamic Revolution,[1][2][3][4][5][6] Persian: انقلاب اسلامی, Enghelābe Eslāmi) was the revolution that transformed Iran from a monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza...


In recent years Alborz continues to be one of the best schools of Iran, but by no means it is the undisputed number one in ranking that it used to be; and has fallen in ranking mostly due to the series of national schools for both boys and girls which absorb the highest academic achievers. Nevertheless, Alborz continues to be consistently ranked among the best schools of Iran.

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Main building, recent photo (2007) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2191x2890, 1602 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Alborz High School Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 768 pixels, file size: 374 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Bahram Zahir took the picture on an afternoon in Winter 2007, after school is closed and almost everybody has left. ...

McCormick Hall, American College of Tehran, circa 1930. The school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York in 1932.[2] Image File history File links American_College_Tehran. ... Not to be confused with University of the State of New York. ...

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Alborz presidents and their serving terms

  • Mr. Howard 1873 - 1889
  • Dr. Samuel M. Jordan 1899 - 1940
  • Mohammad Vahid Tonekaboni 1940 - 1941
  • Mohsen Hadad 1941
  • Ali Mohammad Partovy (Monee-ol-Molk) 1941 - 1942
  • Hasan Zoghi 1942 - 1943
  • Lotfali Sooratgar 1943 - 1944
  • Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi 1944 - 1979
  • Mr. Feyzi
  • Mr. Hossein Khoshnevisan unknown-1990
  • Bagher Dezfulian 1991- 1997
  • Mr. Dastani 1998 - 1999
  • Valiollah Sanaye 1999
  • Dr. Mazaher Hami kargar ((present))

McCormick Hall, American College of Tehran, circa 1930. ... For other uses, see 1941 (disambiguation). ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dr Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (In Persian: محمد علی مجتهدی) is an Iranian university professor and life time principle of Iranian prestigious modern school Alborz. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ...

Notable Alborz deans

  • Assadollah Moosavi Makooei
  • Dr. Mahmoud Behzad
  • Faramarz Nasseri
  • Mehdi Moghimi

Professor Mahmoud Behzad (Persian: , b. ...

Alborz alumni

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At the 20th anniversary of the opening of the Baháí House of Worship in Samoa, the Temples architect, Hossein Amanat. ... The Azadi Tower (Persian: , Borj-e Azadi meaning in English: ) (previously known as the Shahyād Āryāmehr Persian: , English: ) is the symbol of Tehran, Iran, and marks the entrance to this large metropolitan city. ... Mostafa Chamran Savei (1932 – 21 June 1981) was an Iranian defense minister and member of parliament, as well as commander of paramilitary volunteers in Iran-Iraq war. ... Prof. ... Adel Ferdosipour is an Iranian journalist, football commentator, and Television show host. ... Siavash Ghomeyshi (Persian: , born 1945 in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran) is an Iranian singer and song writer. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان , born 1928 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian inventor and physicist at MIT. He invented the gas laser in 1960. ... The gas laser is a kind of laser in which some sort of gas (such as helium or neon) is discharged to produce the laser light. ... Caro Lucas is an Iranian scientist. ... Tehran University is the largest university in Iran, with 32,000 students. ... Paul Merage is the inventor of Hot Pockets microwaveable snacks. ... Farzad Nazem (born in 1962) also known as Zod Nazem, was Yahoo!s chief technology officer and one of its longest-serving executives. ... A chief technical officer or chief technology officer (abbreviated as CTO) is an executive position whose holder is focused on scientific and technical issues within a company. ... Yahoo redirects here. ... Ebdulrehman Qasimlo is a Kurd from Eastern Kurdistan (Kurdistana Rojhilat - also known as Iranian Kurdistan). ... The Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran is a Kurdish opposition group in Iranian Kurdistan which seeks the attainment of Kurdish national rights within a democratic federal republic of Iran. ... Dr. Saeed Sohrabpour (In Persian: سعيد سهرابپور) is an Iranian academician and current President of Sharif University of Technology. ... Sharif University of Technology (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی شریف Dāneshgāh-e Sanati-ye Sharif), formerly named Aryamehr University of Technology (Persian: دانشگاه صنعتی آریامهر Dāneshgāh-e Sanati-ye Āryāmehr) is a public university of technology, engineering and science in Iran. ... Khosrow Sinai (born 19 January 1941 in Sari, Iran) is a famous Iranian film director. ... Cumrun Vafa is a leading string theorist from Harvard University where he started as a Harvard Junior Fellow. ... Interaction in the subatomic world: world lines of pointlike particles in the Standard Model or a world sheet swept up by closed strings in string theory String theory is a model of fundamental physics, whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point... Ferdowsi University of Mashad is a large state university in Razavi Khorasan province of Iran. ... Houman Younessi Houman Younessi (b. ... Lotfi A. Zadeh (2004) Lotfi Asker Zadeh (in Persian:لطفی علی‌عسکرزاده), (born February 4, 1921) is a mathematician and computer scientist, and a professor of computer science at the University of California at Berkeley. ... Fuzzy logic is derived from fuzzy set theory dealing with reasoning that is approximate rather than precisely deduced from classical predicate logic. ... Fuzzy sets are an extension of classical set theory and are used in fuzzy logic. ...

See also

Dar al-Funun (Persian: دار الفنون), established 1851 was the first modern institution of higher learning in Persia. ... Irans educational system comprises many schools and universities scattered throughout the country. ... University of Tehran College of Humanities Iran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

References

  1. ^ Lorentz, J. Historical Dictionary of Iran. 1995. ISBN
  2. ^ Lorentz, J. Historical Dictionary of Iran. 1995. ISBN
  3. ^ http://www.parsfootball.com/news/2483.html

External links

Coordinates: 35°42′09.97″N 51°24′40.59″E / 35.7027694, 51.411275 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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