Esmail Merat (Persian: ??????? ????)
(7 March 1893 – 18 December 1949) was Iran's minister of education during Reza Shah reign.
He is founder of some faculties of university of Tehran, including law faculty and technical faculty.
He has also founded art section of University of Tehran.
He suggested a change in medical university law, which caused managing Tehran hospital under medical faculty.
In 1956, in respect of his valuable works, one of university streets named to his name.
He was very eager to publish suitable educational books, which results in more than 200 high school books.
Founding Academy of Persian Language and Literature was another organization which founded because of his suggestion and due to Reza Shah command.