Ibrahimiiyya School: An educational institution of Kerman Shaykhiyya in the Qajar period

Ibrahimiiyya, the most important School in Kerman in Qajar era, was established by the order of Ibrahim Khan Zahir al-Dawla, the governor of Kerman (1218-1240), for promotion of the Shiite sciences and culture in this city. He also devoted some properties to the school so that the necessities of the duration of the activities could be supplied. In spite of this, it didn’t take much time and unlike its founder, Ibrahimiiyya was changed to a Scientific-Cultural center for activity of new sect of Shaykhiyya and continued this role until the end of Qajar dynasty. Its founding show that Haj Mohammad Karim
Khan, son of Ibrahim Khan, and after tending to Shaykhiyya religion and tendency for leading the Kerman branch of the said sect and with changing the contents of the Devotion Letter of Ibrahim Khan, not only he allocated the produced endowments to himself but also he appointed himself as the manager of the school. In addition to this, he
also devoted new properties to Ibrahimiiyya. Therefore the said School was changed to Scientific-Advertising center for the thoughts of Haj Mohammad Karim Khan and his successors with sufficient financial support and without interference of experts of religion.