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Dar ul-Funun (Persia)

Dar ul-funun was a really fancy school that was built a long, long time ago in a place called Persia, which is now Iran. It was kind of like a university where people went to learn lots of different subjects like science, math, art, and even religion.

The school was built in the late 1800s and was really important because it was one of the first modern schools in the whole Middle East. The people who built the school wanted to make sure that Persia had really smart and educated people to help the country grow and become stronger.

The school was really big and had lots of rooms where students could learn different things. The teachers were really smart and knew a lot about the subjects they were teaching. Some of the students who went to the school became really famous later on because they were so smart and learned so much.

Although the school was very important, it also caused some problems because it was seen as a threat to the traditional religious leaders who wanted to keep things the way they had always been. But overall, the school was a big step forward in education in Persia and helped many people learn important things that they could use to make their lives better.