Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim
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Mirza Muhammed Ibrahim was an educator who traveled from his native Persia (now Iran
) to Britain in 1826. There, he took up a permanent appointment to teach oriental languages at the prestigious East India Company College
, where he remained until 1844. While there, he also worked as an official translator, becoming friendly with Lord Palmerston. He was the author of an English and Persian grammar textbook.
There were rumours that he had left Persia because of religious differences with the establishment. However, while abroad, he remained a faithful Muslim
, despite the prevailing British social climate in favour of Christianity.
After returning to Persia in 1844, he became tutor to the future Shah.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
) to Britain in 1826. There, he took up a permanent appointment to teach oriental languages at the prestigious East India Company College
East India Company College
The East India College was a college in Hertford Heath, Hertfordshire, England. It was founded in February 1806 as the training establishment for the British East India Company . At that time, the BEIC provided general and vocational education for young gentlemen of sixteen to eighteen years old,...
, where he remained until 1844. While there, he also worked as an official translator, becoming friendly with Lord Palmerston. He was the author of an English and Persian grammar textbook.
There were rumours that he had left Persia because of religious differences with the establishment. However, while abroad, he remained a faithful Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
, despite the prevailing British social climate in favour of Christianity.
After returning to Persia in 1844, he became tutor to the future Shah.