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• FRANCE xv. FRENCH SCHOOLS IN PERSIA

  Djavad Hadidi

  French schools in Persia had more varied roots than other foreign schools, originating from three distinct sources: Catholic, Jewish, and secular. Catholic schools were established by Lazarist missionaries, Jewish schools by the Alliance Israélite Universelle, and lay schools by Alliance Française.

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• FRANCE xvi. LOANWORDS IN PERSIAN

  Guitty Deyhime

  The gradual entry of a large number of loan words into Persian from European languages and most notably from French began in the 19th century and continued through the 20th century as part of the process of modernization of culture and society in Persia.

• FRANCE xvii. Persian Community in France

  Vida Nassehi-Behnam

  The emergence of a Persian community in France can perhaps be traced back to 1272/1855-6, when Farrok Khan Ḡaffārī, Amīn-al-Molk, later Amīn-al-Dawla was sent to Paris as the shah’s envoy (īlcī-e kabīr).

• FRANKLIN BOOK PROGRAM

  Datus C. Smith, Jr.

  (Moʾassasa-ye entešārāt-e Ferānklīn), an American non-profit corporation seeking to aid development of indigenous book publishing in the developing countries of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The program in Persia (1954-1979, the first after Egypt) was the largest of the seventeen around the world.

• FRANRASYAN

  Cross-reference

  See AFRĀSĪĀB.

• FRĀRĀST

  Cross-reference

  See WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

• FRAŠEGERD

  Cross-reference

  See FRAŠŌ.KƎRƎTI.

• FRASER JAMES BAILLIE

  Denis Wright

  (1783-1856), 15th laird of Reelig, traveler, writer, and artist.

• FRAŠŌ.KƎRƎTI

  Almut Hintze

  an eschatological term referring to the final renovation and transfiguration of Ahura Mazdā’s creation after evil has been utterly defeated and driven away.

• FRAŠOŠTAR

  Cross-reference

  See JĀMĀSP.