Iran Local Histories
Farideh Farahmandzadeh
Abstract
Authoritative and vertical reforms were repeated throughout the Qajar period; because the "Eslaahaat" of Abbas Mirza the Crown Prince as the origin of modernism in the contemporary period did not reach the desired outcome. As the seat of the crown prince, Azerbaijan was the starting point and a model ...
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Authoritative and vertical reforms were repeated throughout the Qajar period; because the "Eslaahaat" of Abbas Mirza the Crown Prince as the origin of modernism in the contemporary period did not reach the desired outcome. As the seat of the crown prince, Azerbaijan was the starting point and a model for implementing reforms. Apart from the general obstacles, the specific characteristics of Azerbaijan also affected the process of modernization. It refers to the challenges that were not only related to the local culture and social relations of Azerbaijan, but also expressed the level of political knowledge and concerns of the Dar al-Sultaneh courtiers. The purpose of this research is to clarify the nature of these challenges and prove the hypothesis that the lack of examination of the local status as well as the structural irregularity in providing the theoretical framework caused the partial failure of Abbas Mirza's reforms in Azerbaijan. According to the findings, due to the lack of creating an organization that follows the codified logical mechanism which only concerned with the popular interests, the efforts of the crown prince and his companions in Tabriz were almost stopped with his death. However, what the crown prince started in Azerbaijan became the model for the subsequent modernist movements throughout the Qajar era. The approach of this research is analytical and it was done based on the main sources in the library method..
