Iran Local Histories
amin davoodi; ghobad mansourbakht
Abstract
Sharafnameh by Bidlisi holds a special place as one of the significant sources of local Iranian historiography, focusing on the history of Kurdish emirs. This work is the first historiographical source that specifically addresses the Kurds and their connection to the history of Iran. Bidlisi, with his ...
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Sharafnameh by Bidlisi holds a special place as one of the significant sources of local Iranian historiography, focusing on the history of Kurdish emirs. This work is the first historiographical source that specifically addresses the Kurds and their connection to the history of Iran. Bidlisi, with his theoretical and practical experience in the bureaucracy of Safavid Iran, offers an objective and historical understanding of the concept of Iran. The main research question is: What is the concept of Iran in Bidlisi’s Sharafnameh, and how is it defined or represented? This research, employing the method of conceptual history, demonstrates that Bidlisi possessed a historical understanding of the land, ethnic groups, and people of Iran, and he perceives and narrates the Kurds within the framework of Iranian history. Despite his presence at the Ottoman court and minor criticisms of the Safavids, he consistently spoke from the perspective of historical understanding and the requirements of Iran. He narrated the history of the Kurdish emirs in relation to the grand narrative of Iran and the “centralized Iranian monarchy,” presenting a concept of Iran that was “trans-ethnic” and “trans-religious,” which is significant in examining the history of the “concept of Iran.”
Mohammadiali Parghoo; Vali Dinparast; Alireza Karimi; Khalil Mohammadi
Abstract
During the reign of Murad III, the Ottoman government attacked Iran in 986 AH / 1578 AD due to the weakness of the Safavids. The consequence of their invasion after 12 years of war was the separation of a much of the western part of the country, including Tabriz. During the First Istanbul Treaty, ...
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During the reign of Murad III, the Ottoman government attacked Iran in 986 AH / 1578 AD due to the weakness of the Safavids. The consequence of their invasion after 12 years of war was the separation of a much of the western part of the country, including Tabriz. During the First Istanbul Treaty, Tabriz and a considerable portion of Azerbaijan formally joined the Ottoman state. The Ottomans tried to permanently annex the occupied areas to their territory.
by building or repairing the forts in the first step, and appointing "Beyglerbeyg", "Qazi" and "Daftardar" for these areas in the second step. Shah Abbas I’s rise to power led to a complete change in political equations between the two states; accordingly, the course of events led to reclaiming of the lost areas through a series of military operations.
The developments in Tabriz and Azerbaijan during their occupation are completely unknown to IraniansBecause neither Safavid historians nor later Iranian scholars not paid attention to them. Therefore, the main approach of this article is to clarify the behavior of the Ottomans towards the people of the occupied areas and, in turn, the behavior of the people towards Ottoman agents. This research has been prepared based on the documents of the Ottoman Empire, in particular, "Daftarhaye Muhimme". In the present study, in a descriptive-analytical manner, using Ottoman-Iranian sources, a brief explanation of this ambiguous point in the country's history has been given.
