Document Type : pajoheshi
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Ph.D. Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, university of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran.
10.30473/lhst.2026.77864.3052
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Despite their distance from Iran’s political and cultural centers, local regions during the Qajar period reflected and participated in various cultural processes of the era. Bavanat, a region in northeastern Fars, was one such locality and served as the place of origin of a number of influential cultural figures during this period. Accordingly, this study examines the cultural agency of Bavanati elites during the Qajar period, with particular emphasis on the reasons and factors underlying their inclination toward cultural activities. The study employs a descriptive-analytical approach and draws on historical and documentary sources as well as field studies. The findings indicate that the cultural agency of Bavanati elites manifested itself in educational, scholarly, literary, journalistic, scribal, and manuscript-copying activities. The scope of cultural activity undertaken by some Bavanati elites extended beyond Iran. At the same time, the context within which the Bavanatis acted was shaped by geographical-economic, communicational-transit, tribal-local, and political structures. Alongside these structural factors, a combination of familial circumstances, individual characteristics, and the social and intellectual environments in which Bavanati elites lived and acted encouraged their inclination toward cultural activities. Bavanat’s natural and religious milieu, exposure to Sufi environments, the dissemination of new ideas through intellectual and reformist currents, and migration to regions outside Iran all influenced their cultural agency. In addition, livelihood and status-related motivations, as well as connections with centers of courtly power and influential families, constituted other important factors and contexts contributing to the Bavanatis’ inclination toward cultural activities.
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