Abdolhamid Darab (1387-1299) was a descendant of Mohammad-Qoli Mirza Malek-Ara, the second son of Fath-Ali Shah Qajar. His grandfather Mohammad-QoliMirza was appointed to rule Mazandaran by his father in 1214 AH and ruled Mazandaran for about 37 years. Navab-Elie School, Khosraviye School, the government building, and Nobagshah's residence (current Bustan Vellayat) are some of the endowments of his grandfather. After completing elementary school, Abdulhamid Darab moved to Tehran to continue his education and graduated with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. After working for a short time in the oil company, he went to the Ministry of Culture and worked as a teacher due to his interest in the education of the children of this region. After 26 years of service as teacher, high school principal and education inspector, he retired to focus more on social work. There are lots of schools and cultural places in Sari that are built or donated by this prominent benefactor. Some of them can be named as: Darab School with an area of 7000 square meters; Vali-Asr and Hazrat Fatemeh High School for girls with an area of 5000 square meters; Donation of land for the construction of a center for teachers with an area of5000 square meters; Donation of land for the guest house of the high school while serving the educators with an area of 5000 square meters; Construction of physical education high school; Donation of the land of Shahed High School (District 2)with an area of 6000 square meters; Donation of land for  Hasheminejad College with an area of 5000 square meters; Donation of land for the faculty of Medical Sciences with an area of 5000 square meters; Donation of land to school renovation organization with an area of 4000 square meters; Donation of land for the construction of Bala-Abdang village primary school with an area of 6000 square meters; Donation of sport field of Hemat-Abad village with an area of 12000 square meters; Donation of land for the construction of the General Department of Physical Education of Mazandaran with an area of 50000 square meters.