Journal of Historical Researches
Year:2013 | Volume:49 (NEW VOL 5) | Issue:3 (19) |Papers Count:7

Rassi's family state in Yemen is well-known among Shi'i governments in the Islamic world because of its agedness, from 897 to 1962. Existence of several scientific works and respectful graves, especially during the first period of their reign, indicates their long tale of admissibility. The scientific services they did developed and preserved Zeydie sect and strengthened the jurisprudent identity of the sect. The article, utilizing a descriptive- analytical method, is going to review scientific services of Rassi Alavids in Yemen and clarify scientific activities done by Zeydies and look for a relation between such activities and the longevity of their government and sect.

The prince Nader Mirza Qajar is one of the educated figures in Qajar era. He had expertise in various fields of science and culture, one of them was history. His knowledge of history was to the extent that he has been considered a historiographer. Studying historiographies recorded in his historic works, differences between his works and the ones written by other historiographers become clear. Greatness of the differences indicates that his knowledge was beyond what others knew in that area. Here, the way Nader Mirza recorded history is studied in his two works "History and Geography of the Dar-al-Saltane Tabriz" and "Iranian Foods".

During Ilkhanids' non-Islamic era, the period Juvaini family were at the head of the government's administrative structure, there were a kind of mobility in the cultural and perhaps economic and social life which underwent critical views. The previously mentioned mobility and critical views were at the same time with Juvaini family and their acquaintances' predominant period. The critical perspective, as the divergence of Iranian society against Mongols, is revealed more clearly through poem and literature. At that time, Taj al-Din ibn Baha ibn al-Din, known as "pourbaha Jami", had a privileged position. He, taking advantage of the tolerant atmosphere of the period, criticized tax irregulations and clarified the economic and social situation of Ilkhanids' non-Islamic era. The present article studies Pourbaha's critical views reflected in his poems.

Investigating 1915's painful events which were called "the Great Tragedy" by Turks and "Genocide" by Armenians is an issue that has attracted the attention of some researchers.The topic has been vague because of special reasons such as political sensitivities and researchers' limited access to the related articles of Ottoman, Armenia and Russia. Here, first we have defined the concept "Genocide" and then scientifically dealt with the historic issue through indirect study of the existing documents in the Ottoman empire and the researches done by the opponents of Genocide Theory. The article, by a descriptive- analytical method, investigates the changes occurred during 1915 and 1916 due to Armenians forced migration and massacre. To compile the information in the article, in addition to printed sources, valid online sources have been used.

Formation of Raha's and Antioch's Cruciate governments in the north of Sham and their military threats against Islamic states in that reign caused political convergence and alliance between Nour al-din Mahmoud Zangi's government and Roman Seljuks, during Masoud ibn Ghalich Arsalan era. The union had mutual advantages for the two sides.After Raha's government demolished, Antioch weakened and Nour al-Din's government established, the union ended. Nour al-din's power threatened Roman Saljuks. So, the conflict between the two governments caused divergence between them. Then, Nour al-Din got closer to Byzantium because of common interests they had. This Article, using an analytical- explanatory method and printed sources, has tried to explain the reasons for the convergence and divergence between Nour al-din Mahmoud Zangi and Roman and Byzantine Saljuks.

After the events happened in 1942, Iran faced economic problems and decided to employ Arthur Millspaugh again. He was appointed as the head of assets in 1943. Millspaugh had several opponents during his career, but among them, Kremlin, Tudeh Party, and also Mosaddeq and Ebtehaj were considered as his main opponents. The present article, utilizing the documents gathered in Documentation Center of Iran, the diplomatic history of Iran's ministry, Etela'at Newspaper from 1944-1945, and negotiations of the thirteenth and fifteenth period of the Islamic parliament and also taking advantage of a descriptive- analytical method, has tried to answer the question: “who were the main opponents of Millspaugh and what did they do against him?"

In spite of Umayyad anti- Shi'ism process in Andalusia, Shi'ites were relatively present especially among barbarians living in the area. In some historic resources, the name of some narrators such as Honash ibn San'ani and Mohammad ibn Hayun are mentioned as Shi'ite individuals. Also, in Imamied narrative sources, Mohammad ibn Vazah have been called as Andalusian narrators, but no narrative from them has been stated. Studying the existing historic and narrative resources indicates that despite the fact that some Shi'ite narratives in the area are named, there is no evidence to prove the fact that they were Shi'a. The article, through investigating historic and narrative evidence, aims at criticizing the reports indicating the presence of Andalusian narrators among Imamied.Investigating this issue not only reveals the possibility of the presence of Imamied in Andalusia but also clarifies the status of the previously mentioned individuals.