Journal of Iran History

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Ghazali’s Sufistic and Mystical Reading of Iransharian Politics

Shahnaz Hojati Najafabadi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 1-15

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103257

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Ghazali’s tendency towards a Sufistic worldview and life, especially after his repentance, influenced his political vision. The impact of this event on Ghazali's seclusion and ... Read More

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Mesopotamian Origin of the Devil’s Image in Gnostic and Zurvanite Cults

Toufiq Hosseini

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 17-33

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103281

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Belief in evil is one of the long-standing and widespread themes in human religious thoughts. A Belief, which is rooted in the idea of imbalance and corruption in existence. In the ... Read More

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The Position of the “Fashion Design” Profession as a Guild and its Formation in Iranian Social History during the Islamic Period

Seddigheh Nayefi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 35-55

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103187

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Reflecting on the concept of fashion design shows its close connection with fashion and the distinction of this profession from tailoring. Although there are extensive and reliable ... Read More

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The Causes of Iranian Labor Migration to the Caucasus (The Second Half of the 13th/ 19th Century)

Mehdi Ahmadi; Seyyed Hashem aghajari

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 57-77

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103330

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One of the issues faced by the Qajar government in the second half of the 13th/19th century was the mass migration of the people. The migration took place from 1266 AH/1850 AD and to ... Read More

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Investigating the Position of Oil Revenues in the Five Development Programs (1949-1978) during the Pahlavi Era

Nabi Omidi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 79-102

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103371

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Iran is the first country in the Middle East where oil was produced and the first country whose oil industry was nationalized. Oil has always been the most important source of foreign ... Read More

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The political Situation of Iranian and Ottoman Kurdistan and its Impact on the Movement of Sheikh Obaidullah Nahri during the Qajar Period

Reza Abdollahi; Abbas Ghadimi

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 103-130

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103332

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The movement of Sheikh Obaidullah Nahri (Shamzini) took place in 1297 AH (1880 AD) during the reign of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar. To understand the aspects of the movement and the context ... Read More

Research Paper

Expanding the Concept of Equality in the Socio-Political Literature of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution, Based on the Study of Newspapers

Mohammad Bitarafan

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 131-148

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103186

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The constitutional revolution set the stage for introducing new concepts in the socio-political field. Since only a handful of prominent figures of the Qajar period were conscious of ... Read More

Research Paper

Explanation of commercial and financial exchanges between Iran and America during the Qajar era (based on unpublished documents)

Fereshte Jahani

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 149-166

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103224

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States of America had the most advanced economy in the world. This issue did not escape the sharp eyes of the Iranian intellectuals ... Read More

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Shedding Light on the Old Ahvaz through Sassanid and Islamic Texts and a Conjecture about the Location of Sassanid City of Ram Ardashir

Rouhollah Mojtahedzadeh

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 167-186

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103331

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There is very little information about the beginnings of Ahwaz. Although the establishment of an urban settlement in this area is speculated as from the Elamite period onwards, the ... Read More There is very little information about the beginnings of Ahwaz. Although the establishment of an urban settlement in this area is speculated as from the Elamite period onwards, the oldest historical and archeological evidence about this city does not go beyond the Sassanid or Parthian era. According to the Sassanid texts, such as the Šahrestānīhā ī Ērānšahr (The Provincial Capitals of Iran), and a large number of Islamic chronicles, at this time, a city called “Hormuz Ardeshir” was built by Ardeshir Babakan or his grandson Hormuz Ardeshir in this area. According to narratives, like many pre-Islamic Iranian cities, this city had a bifurcated structure - the civil and the administrative sections-which were called Hujistan Vajar and the Hormuz Ardeshir respectively. With the advent of Islam, the administrative section disappeared but the civil section remained with the Arbicized name of “Suq-al-Ahvaz”, although the narration is not without ambiguity and confusion. This article, to obtain a more accurate picture of these narrations and consequently the old Ahvaz, seeks to take a closer look at the founding narrations of Ahvaz using historical research method and by analyzing and comparing these narrations. In addition to removing the above-mentioned ambiguity and confusion, such a study can provide good support for research on history identity and field studies on the current Ahvaz, as one of the legacies of Iran’s urban planning history. The results provide a new narrative on the formation of Ahvaz during the Sassanid era, which is slightly different from previous accounts. At the same time, it can provide a more appropriate combination of different and sometimes contradictory narrations about this city. Furthermore, it can offer a new hypothesis about the location of Ram Ardeshir or Ramesh Ardeshir, one of the first cities founded by Ardeshir Babakan. According to this research, Hormuz Ardeshir and Hūjistan Vajar are both names of the same place, i.e. the civil section of the Sassanid city, which continued to exist even after the advent of Islam by becoming “Suq-al-Ahvaz”. On the other hand, the administrative section and the first Sassanid city in this area was Ram Ardeshir or Ramesh Ardeshir, which disappeared in the Islamic era; a fact that probably led to the confusion of the geographical and historical texts of the Islamic era about its location.

Research Paper

Ahmad Kasravi and the Claim to Prophethood; Reconsidering the Views of Opponents and Critics

Hasan Rostami; Masoud Bayat

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 187-206

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103185

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The political atmosphere after Shahrivar 1320 led to growth and conflict in opinions. At this time, political parties tried to advance their goals. Bahmad Azadegan party was established ... Read More

Research Paper

Is the establishment of the Safavid's government the beginning of the origin or contemporary history of Iran?

Alireza Mollaiy Tavany

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 207-227

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103250

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By creating a centralized government, the Safavid's revived the historical territory of Iran and gave legitimacy to Shiism. Some claim that the Safavid's created a national government ... Read More

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Investigating the situation and evolution of Kerman carpet industry in the Qajar period

mostafa molaei; pouran tahouni

Volume 16, Issue 1 , March 2023, Pages 229-251

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103184

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Kerman was considered one of the main centers of carpet production and trade in the Qajar period. Despite the fact that until the end of the 19thcentury, affected by the prosperity ... Read More

Priestly Lineage of the Sasanids

Shahram Jalilian

Volume 14, Issue 2 , October 2021, , Pages 23-69

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.14.2.23

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Reviewing the narration of Muhammad ibn Jarir Tabari (died: 310 AH) on Sāsān, the ancestor of the Sasanians and his connection with the fire temple of the goddess Anāhitā in Pars ... Read More

Origin and Background of the Mamasani Tribal Confederation (Presenting new hypotheses)

Mohammad Reza Hafeznia; Seyed Mohamad Hossein Hosseini; Vahid Sadeghi

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 209-226

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.15.1.209

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The Mamasani tribal, as one of the Lor ethnic groups settled in the northwest of Fars province and the foothills of the Zagros, has played a significant role. Varying views regarding ... Read More The Mamasani tribal, as one of the Lor ethnic groups settled in the northwest of Fars province and the foothills of the Zagros, has played a significant role. Varying views regarding the origin of the Mamasani tribal are the main purpose for investigating its emergence, its historical and geographical background, its political structure, and the establishment of its tribes in their different territories. In regard to the research hypothesis, it seems that the Mamasani tribal, having a long-lasting historico-geographical background, gradually migrated to the region of Shulistan in the late Safavid period and formed a political structure with a 4 + 1 + 1 pattern (4 Mamasani Lor tribes, 1 Shul tribe, and 1 Qashqai tribe), based on characteristics of power, authority, shrewdness, and type of livelihood, apart from the position of the chieftain (Ilkhan). The present study is a basic data mining research based on the descriptive-analytical method by collecting archival documents (primary sources, local histories, and reliable historical texts) and field data (interview and observation). Based on in-depth and extensive studies, eight new hypotheses have been proposed about the origin and historico-geographical background of the Mamasani tribal confederation, its migration to Shulistan in the late Safavid period, and its political structure. Based on these hypotheses, the results show that in the aftermath of the late Safavid collapse of Mamasani chieftainship in Posht-e kuh in Kohgiluyeh, Mamasani tribes (Baksh, Javid, Rostam, Doshmanziyari) gradually entered to the region of Shulustan. After an early peaceful coexistence with Shuls, They overcame them and formed a new territory under their own chieftains. Consequently, the structure of the Mamasani tribal confederation was shaped, consisting of four Mamasani tribes, one Lor tribe of Shul, and one Turkic tribe of Qashqai but due to lack of a single leadership, socio-political disintegration, and intratribal and extribal (with other tribes and the central government) conflicts were intensified.

Tehran’s Air Pollution in the Last Decade of the Second Pahlavi Monarchy (Challenges and Solutions)

Mohsen Parvish

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 145-168

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.15.1.145

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Tehran’s air pollution is not a recent issue and goes back to the early period of the second Pahlavi monarchy. The increasing use of fossil fuels and other air pollutants in big ... Read More

Rereading Clergy’s Stances on the Power Transition from the Qajars to the Pahlavi Dynasty

Mohammad Sadjed Soltani Abri; Fayyaz Zaahed; Seyyed Mohammad Saqafi nejad

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 1-24

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.15.1.1

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The present article aims to investigate the stances taken by the clergy during the process of power transition from the Qajar to the Pahlavi dynasty. The purpose of this study is to ... Read More

An Analysis of the Books Published by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (1966-1979)

hasan shamsabadi; Hamid Basirat Manesh; Seyed Mahmoud Sadat Bidgoli

Volume 15, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 49-72

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.15.1.49

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The Publishing Organization of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults was established in March 1967. To a large extent, the Institute managed to ... Read More

Research Paper

Analytical Study of the migration of the Russian ordinary subjects to Astarabad and its consequences in this state (1910-1918AD /1328-1336AH)

Mina Moeini; Aliakbar Jafari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 March 2023

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103374

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Since 1332 AH (1914 AD), the migration of Russian subjects to the north of Iran was the beginning of a new chapter in the relations between Iran and Russia.The most important cause ... Read More

Research Paper

Foreign trade in Iran from the third century to the end of the fifth century (AH)

Seyyed Aalaeh Al Din Shahrokhi; Mohsen Eqbali; Mojtaba Garavand

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 10 May 2023

https://doi.org/10.48308/irhj.2023.103487

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The topic of the current research is, what effect did the Samanid, Ghaznavid, and Buyids symmetrical governments have on the trade of the territories under their control. The method ... Read More

A Model for Studying Socio-political Key Concepts in the History of Contemporary Iran

Sima Hassandokht Firooz; AmirAli Nojoumian; Negar Davari Ardakani

Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 77-99

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.13.1.77

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The Iranian time and the Persian language concepts have been condensed and accumulated by the plurality and accelerated events of the last century. The semantic chaos is manifested ... Read More The Iranian time and the Persian language concepts have been condensed and accumulated by the plurality and accelerated events of the last century. The semantic chaos is manifested in a lexical field of a concept and competition of the synonymous words. “Ranjbar”, “Mostaz’af”, “Zahmatkesh”, “Tohidast”, and “Gheshr-e Asibpazir” can be considered as belonging to the lexical field of “Forudastan” (the subalterns) and questions can be raised of what are the reasons for their emergence and how they have become keywords in the events and periods of contemporary history in a particular stage; what are the relations of power and ideology hidden behind the productive and preaching discourses of these words; what kind of intertextuality is there; how each word has become hegemonic; what meanings they have and what semantic fields they have gone through over time, and under what conditions these fluctuations and peaks and declines have been possible. In this study, which has both historical and linguistic aspects, first of all, the research method and model, itself, becomes a problem that make us to ask which historical and linguistic approaches can help the researcher to find more accurate answers to these questions. As such, the present theoretical research proposes a combined model of linguistics and history in which Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis is centralized and two other approaches from the fields of history and semantics, namely conceptual history by Reinhart Koselleck and lexical field by Jost Trier, are applied to provide an analytical model that works for both historians with linguistic concerns and for linguists who think historically. [1]. Ph. D Candidate of Linguistics, Shahid Beheshti University, Email: s.hassandokht@gmail.com [2]. Associate Professor of English Litrature, Shahid Beheshti University, Email: amiran35@hotmail.com [3]. Associate Professor of Linguistics, Shahid Beheshti University, Email: n.davari@yahoo.com

Houses of Equity; judicial modernization or a return to procedural traditions

reza bigdelou

Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 101-120

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.13.1.101

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Non-formality, self-governance, and relative independence of judicial institutions were believed to be the historical characteristics of procedural tradition in Iran. In the modern ... Read More

The historical process of the encounter between Rohaniat institution and social position change of women in Second Pahlavi Duration

kamal razavi; Ahmad Shekarchi; Mostafa Ejtehadi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , March 2021, , Pages 111-139

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.13.2.111

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During the entrance of Iranian society to modern era and the conjunction and challenge of Shiite-Iranian tradition in society with modern culture and thought, some issues changed to ... Read More

Examination of the Process of Changing the Institution of the “vizierate” and Creating New Ministries During the Iranian Constitutional Revolution

Seyedeh Fatemeh Sadatnejad; Sohrab Yazdani; Mohammad Taghi Mokhtari

Volume 13, Issue 1 , May 2020, , Pages 121-141

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.13.1.121

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The institution of the “vizierate” was the center of Iran's bureaucratic order throughout history. The “vizier” was at the head of the system with ... Read More The institution of the “vizierate” was the center of Iran's bureaucratic order throughout history. The “vizier” was at the head of the system with various titles, such as the grand chancellor, the chancellor, etc., were administering the country with heads of the bureaux assistance. Some efforts were made to renovate the Iran’s bureaucratic system from the time of Nasser al-Din Shah. These efforts were two-fold: the creation of multiple ministries and the modification of the position of the Chancellor. This was simply not possible as a change in the institution of the “vizierate”. Because the institutions resisted the change. By the end of the reign of Mozaffar al-Din Shah, numerous ministerial titles were created, while the focus of affairs remained on the chancellery, without the "multiple ministries" being transformed. The present study, using a descriptive-analytic method and library resources, attempts to answer the question of the quality of changing the institution of vizierate and creating modern ministries during the Iranian constitutional revolution. The findings of study show that the Constitutional Revolution provided the necessary force for a sudden change in the “vizierate” structure. This realization came about through a new meaning consolidation of the concept of “Vizier”. This semantic consolidation was realized through the concept of "responsible minister." The concept of "responsible minister" in the bureaucratic and political contexts of Iran, had roots in the Nasseri and Mozaffari era reformists. Following the victory of the constitution, the realization of the constitutional government was considered as the "responsibility" of the ministers. On the other hand, the turbulences of the first months after the victory of the Constitutional Revolution transformed the form of the executive system and the concept of ministry into a central issue for political activists. The unification of these two factors provided the basis for a change in the institution of the “vizierate”, the removal of numerous pre-constitutional ministerial titles, and the creation of new ministries as a new institution.

Historical explanation of the reasons for the Bani Salim uprising in Fararood based on geopolitical factors

AminReza Tohidi

Volume 13, Issue 2 , March 2021, , Pages 141-161

https://doi.org/10.52547/irhj.13.2.141

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The main purpose of this article is to explain the history of the revolt of the Arab general Abdullah Ibn Khazem Salimi and its continuation by his son Musa.Among the revolts after ... Read More

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