Journal of Historical Perspective & Historiography
Year:2016 | Volume:25 | Issue:16 (101) |Papers Count:7

One of the neglected parts of social history of Iran is the history of women, that is unclear to some extent because of the lack of enough recorded reports in sources. Therefore, it seems that with a new approach to different sources such as fiction literature, we can fill a part of this vacuum. "Safine Fetrat" is one of such works; a collection of stories, facetiae, jokes and satires have been gathered in this book by an Iranian author in late 11th century in India. A total view of women from different classes of society is given in this book. By analyzing this book, it is tried to show author's approach to the status of women in Safavid period. Especially, the author's viewpoint is very realistic about women unlike the current traditions of society. According to the evidence, it can be argued that the reason for different opinions of author is his immigration to India and his long stay in this country which resulted in tolerance in his viewpoint and words.

The relation between historical situations, texts, and readers is complicated by the various reasons. This complexity prevents one to read and understand the texts with ease. One of the affecting factors in this complexity is the problem of discourse changes in historical process. This paper, by analyzing the narratives of Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani's uprising, is about to study the effect of discourse change in case of two dominate discourses: national constitutionalist discourse (Azarbayjan-based, Iran-based, uprising-based), and national ancient oriented discourse (Iran-based). The method of research in this paper is critical analysis of narrative and discourse. The result shows that discourse turn does not allow the events to be understood as they are happened, and causes various diverse conflicting readings of the event. In these narratives Khiabani's uprising has been read into a wide range: from freedom seeking and democratic to identity seeking and separatist, from patriotism to dependency on foreign agents aiming the decomposition of the country. Also the characteristics and motivations of Khiabani and his followers given in the narratives are variable in terms of selfishness, authoritarian, humanitarian, Anti-oppression and Anti-colonialism.

The nature of Dasatiri texts or neo Zoroastrian issue has been investigated by humanities scholars for ages. Azarkayvanians attitudes towards Iran history and Dasatiri narrative on history of ancient Iran and impact on Qajars era Historiography have not been taken into account to a great extant. Historians of Qajar period reaction toward Dasatiri narrative on history of ancient Iran is the main issue being investigated in the present study. The research hypothesis is that despite accepting Dasatiri narrative on history of ancient Iran, Qajars historians rejected and criticized it. This study primarily aims at considering Azarkayvanians attitudes toward historiography narratives of Qajar era about history of ancient Iran and the maner in which historians have been affected by Dasātiri texts from Fath Ali shahs to constitutional era.

In deed Alternate history has imaged different side of past events and is entering the results of this difference to the real world and these results will continue till future. In simple word, Alternate history is the interpretation of historical ifs and buts with the thoughts about the different results of these ifs and buts. Alternate history, change more basic points of history and make a perfectly different interpretation in present. Sometime these interpretations are based on truth, but most of the time they are based on the historian's guess. This point of view, is a practice for noticing to the past analyzing the result of ifs the events and answering to the question of ifs and buts of some main historical events which has differently occurred It is a way for a new or maybe more healing interpretation of historical events' results. Indeed, The Alternate history' s followers raise incredible variety of such questions and these questions expand in historical novels or short stories or monograph writings. this viewpoint to history can be the origin of different writing about historical events. This research has investigated some subjects: 1. what is Alternate history? 2. with which names Alternate history is presented? 3. Which subjects are affirmed by Alternate history? 4. What is similarity and difference of Alternate history and other new histories like future history and time travel.

Qajar period especially Naseri's time coincided with many changes in the cultural, social, and political themes in the society that effected all aspects of the Iranian's life. One of the impressions was in archaeology contracts that enlightened the past of Iran with the new findings and materials in historical sites. Of course before archaeological excavation; Iranian people had their own attitudes towards their cultural heritage. Archaeological excavations not their first encounter with the ancient ruins. They interpreted ancient remains with the myths and legends that passed through centuries. They learnt them through oral tradition or from Shahnameh. Another attitude was respecting them because of holy believes. Unfortunately after appearance of antique dealings around the world, local habitants sometimes traded historical materials. People‘s attitude to historical artifacts influence their behavior to their culture. This study examined this issue that Iranians’ attitude to their Cultural Heritage made effect on their national identity.

Communion aspect of Islamic societies in confronting with west was the serious weakness and lay feeling that created many intellectual challenges in several fields such as women field, so that they emphasized on the most of the intellectual movements especially critical newspapers to necessity of women position changing and their awareness and requesting progressivist reformation in society and women social position. In this situation, modernism newspaper, Mollanasradin was leader in design and fallowing of liberty issue and decency from women rights in Islamic societies especially in Iran. This newspaper evaluated the developing of Islamic societies in relationship with change of position and place of women. The authors of this leader critical newspaper considered the output way from traditional situation in training issue and awareness and women rights providing in depending on consideration to women rights and its clarification in constitution of Islamic societies and the necessity of changing traditional point of view and changing of its principles and especially new reading of religious texts. An analysis of the contents of the articles in this magazine, Tiflis publication at first five years (1324-1328) is an appropriate method to shed lights on the early 20 century Iranian women situation and the first critical discussions about women's rights.

According to a long tradition, historians generally provide their findings to the society in writing, and publishing the achievements based on oral history was also under the influence of this tradition in Iran. But the point missing is that the oral history theoretically and structurally has more common with audio-based media such as radio than print media and these two can cooperate at different stages of production and publication of research achievements. Relying on the most recent resources of audio media productions, particularly radio in the field of oral history, this study identifies optimal solutions for interdisciplinary interaction of oral histories and radio media.