Feyziyeh School

Feyziyeh School مدرسه فیضیه
Basic information
Location	Qom, Iran
Country	Iran
Architectural description
Architectural type	School
Architectural style	Iranian
Completed	1792

Feyziyya School (Persian: مدرسه فیضیه‎‎) is an old school in Iran that was founded in the Safavid era. The school has been listed as one of Iran's national monuments as of January 29, 2008. The school served as a focal point for clerical opposition to Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi's White Revolution. In 1963 on Ashura, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini delivered a speech at the school denouncing the Shah, and was arrested as a result.

The Feyziyya School was founded in Qom during the Safavid era. An epigraph on the south veranda dates its construction to the reign of Shah Tahmasp. A school by the name of Astana existed at the site, from the 6th century until the 11th. Reconstruction was carried out under the Safavids and the school was renamed Feyziyya. The school was rebuilt and extended under Fath-Ali Shah in 1792. The school has 40 rooms on the first floor, 4 long veranda, 12 stalls and a square pool.

In 1963 Mohammad Reza Shah announced a program of reform he labelled the White Revolution. Members of the Iranian clergy were angered by proposed land reforms, and protested against these changes. Armored police were sent into a protest at the Feziyeh school on March 22 1963. This fell on martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq who was a significant figure in the formulation of Shia doctrine. Some students and members of the clergy were killed during this crackdown, and the bodies of some students were thrown from the school roof. In response Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini announced the new year of 1963 as a day of public mourning.

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