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