the function of french educational institutions in iran from the beginning of qajar era to the world war i

in this period, three french educational institutions, after having been founded in paris, established gradually their schools in iran. these institutions consisted of the lazaristes schools, french alliance and israelite alliance schools. but, quality and quantity of their activities, that formed a part of unknown cultural history of qajar period, haven’t been much investigated. therefore, this article is going to study, first the aims of these institutions, then the circumstance of their establishment and development in iran. furthermore, these modernist schools have encountered, in a traditional society, the socio-political challenges that affected the results of their works. hence, this article will investigate, in another part of this study, the quality and the results of these challenges, in order to present a better valuation of the total activities of the french educational institutions in iran