Research History
A Critical Review of the Book "Loyalty and Leadership in an Early Islamic Society" and Its Translations

Parvin Turkemani Azar

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 1-13

Abstract
  Islamic Society in the 3rd and 4th Hijri centuries is important due to the dominance of the Buyid dynasty, Iranian and Shiite rulers in the Sunni Abbasid caliphate system, so this matter has received the consideration of Iranian scholars, Orientalists, and Islamologists. The research and compilation ...  Read More

Research History
A Critical Translation of Historical Texts (Torath)

Hojatallah Judaki

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 15-27

Abstract
  Torath is said to be a collection of literary and historical heritage that has been inherited from our ancestors and naturally written with their condition. Throughout history, due to changes made in the language, sometimes writing has become different from generation to generation, and therefore it ...  Read More

Research History
A Critical Examination of Postmodern - Hermeneutics Studies on History

Amir Hossein Hatami

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 29-43

Abstract
  History, historiography, and historical knowledge are some of the favorite topics of postmodern scholars in the West and some of their exponents in Iran. Postmodernist ideas emerging from hermeneutical thought were a movement against positivist, deterministic, and objectivist views, especially in the ...  Read More

Research History
In Defense of Thought: A Critical Review of Three Works in the Field of Method of Research in History

Yaghoub Khazaei

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 45-64

Abstract
  Today, the discussion of method and methodology is one of the important measures of science in any field of science. Perhaps now, without knowledge of the method and methodology the claim of science in every discipline is questioned.  In doing so, the present study criticizes three published works ...  Read More

Research History
Reviewing the Function Electronic Content in History Learning in university (The First Step in Identifying Critical Electronic Content Requirements)

Hooshang Khosrobeigi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 65-88

Abstract
  The rapid generalization of educational technology can be seen as a revolution in education. Accordingly, the forthcoming, not too distant, in the "Council for the Study of Texts and Textbooks" seems to be the focus on examining the content of electronic textbooks along with printed books. The initial ...  Read More

Research History
Review of the Book "Politics of Knowledge in the Islamic World: The Convergence of Knowledge and Ideology in the Seljuq Period"

Mohsen Rahmati

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 89-114

Abstract
  In this article, the explanatory and interpretative function of the book of "Politics of Knowledge in the Islamic World: The Convergence of Knowledge and Ideology in the Seljuq Period" has been criticized from two positive and negative aspects. The cultural status of the Islamic society, especially from ...  Read More

Research History
The Place of the Issue in the Effectiveness of Historical Research

Seyed Abolfazl Razavi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 115-129

Abstract
  As the concern and ambiguity that a historian has extracted from the subject under study and attempts to explain and interpret it, this issue can be articulated in two ways: one aspect of the issue that is strongly intertwined with the subject and past time considerations is how the issue is realized. ...  Read More

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Analyzing the Method and Approach of the Historiography by Sebt Ibn-e-Jozi in the Report of Ashura Incident based on the Book of ''Tazkera-al Khavas''

Mohsen Ranjbar

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 131-145

Abstract
  The present research introduces and criticizes the book ''Tazkera-al Khavas'', written by one of the scholars and historians of the seventh century, called Shams Aldin Yusof Ibn Qeazveghli, known as Sebt Ibn-Juzi. Since he has a special method and approach in the report of Ashura and the incidents about ...  Read More

Research History
The Criticism of Roger Mervyn Savory’sApproaches to Safavid History

Ali Salarishadi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 147-169

Abstract
  As long as the researchers of the Safavid history are concerned, the name of Roger Mervyn Savory is a historian whose name is well known and familiar to all. He is a author whose name has repeatedly been a led in the majority of works full of replicas in the Safavid history. His career has led Safavids ...  Read More

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Transition from Herodotus to Plutarchus World: Pathology of Persian Translations of Classical Texts

Esmaeil Sangari

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 171-185

Abstract
  In the studies related to Ancient Iran, the lack of data including classical historians’ texts, parchments, inscriptions, as well as thearcheological and literary evidence documents make the historians face problems in analyzing precisely. Translation of a classical work related to a special period ...  Read More

Research History
Review and Criticism of the Book Kissaaneiae (History and Literature)

Ali-Akbar Abbasi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 187-208

Abstract
  This article aimed to investigate Vedad-al-Ghazi's views, the author of the book entitled as "Kissaniah Sect". This study was based on descriptive-analytic approach and was documented upon the references. Since Vedad-al-Ghazi was proficient in Arabs literature, he could successfully exploit traditional ...  Read More

Research History
A Critical Review of “The Ghaznavid and Seljuq Turks: Poetry as a Source for Iranian History”

Yazdan Farrokhi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 209-229

Abstract
  The aim of this article is to critically review “The Ghaznavid and Seljuq Turks: Poetry as a Source for Iranian History”. Using Farrokhi and Mo῾zziʼs poem as the historical source for Ghaznavid and Seljuq period is the fundamental aim of this book and its advantage beside the historiography ...  Read More

Research History
A Critique of Iran in the Safavid Era

Behzad Karimi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 231-252

Abstract
  The main purpose of this article is to analyze and criticize the ideological ideas of the historiography of Shah Isma'il I Safavid in the book of Iran in the Safavid Era by Ali Akbar Velayati. This book is organized in 656 pages, in one introduction and five chapters, with the aim of examining ...  Read More

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The Critique of claim the book of “Nixon, Kissinger and Shah’ about Relations between Shah and the U.S.A in Cold War”

Alireza Mollaiy Tavany

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 253-270

Abstract
  The book ‘Nixon, Kissinger and Shah: Relation between Iran and the U.S.A in Cold War’ is a very marketable book in Iran’s market. There are very important claims about the nature of Iran’s relations with the U.S.A. The main claim is this question whether Shah acted independently ...  Read More

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JózefWolski’s Writings on the Arsacid History and Culture: A Critique

Farshid Naderi

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 271-290

Abstract
  Józef Wolski’s works on the Arsacid history and culture have led to a new approach which has shed new light on the unknown and ambiguous aspects of the Arsacid Empire. For him, the first step in reconstructing the picture of Arsacid period in the framework of the Ancient Persian history ...  Read More

Research History
The Critique of the Book "The Crafters and Their Business Life in the Safavid Period: Essays in the Socio-Economic History of Iran"

Shahram Yousefifar; Ahmad Abohamzeh; Behrang Zolfaghari; Amir Samadi Ahangar; Zahra Ghashghaei Nejad; said najjar

Volume 18, Issue 10 , February 2019, Pages 291-324

Abstract
  This article focuses on the critique of the book "The Crafters and Their Business Life in the Safavid Period: Essays in the Socio-Economic History of Iran" by Mahdi Kavani. This work was considered as the first independent book on the subject. The author influenced the views of the nineteenth-century ...  Read More