Dar ul-Funun (Persia)

Dār ul-Funun
دارالفنون
	Eastern gate of Dār ul-Funun in the Nāser Khosrow Street. The motto is inscribed on the upper part of the front face.
Motto	توانا بود هرکه دانا بود; ز دانش دل پیر برنا بود
Motto in English	Mighty is the one who has knowledge ; By knowledge the old hearts grow young again ; (couplet from Ferdowsi's Shahnameh)
Type	Polytechnic
Established	1851
Endowment	7,750 tomans (initially) ; 30,000 tomans (in 1930)
Location	Tehran, Persia
Language	Persian

Dār ul-Funun (Persian: دارالفنون Persian pronunciation: [dɒːɾolfʊˈnuːn], meaning "polytechnic college") is the oldest Western-style institute of higher education in Iran, established by the royal vizier to Nasereddin Shah in 1851.

^ Transliteration: Tavānā bovad har keh dānā bovad – Ze dānesh del-e pīr bornā bovad
^ In verse form the couplet may be translated as: Capable is he who is wise – Happiness from wisdom will arise.