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Iranian Studies, 2009
... The Shrine gave protection to theological schools around its precinct such as the Madraseh-ye... more ... The Shrine gave protection to theological schools around its precinct such as the Madraseh-yeMirza Ja'far, whose trusts belonged to the Shrine and whose professors received ... We want to mention that the first trust deed of the Shrine dates from 931 HQ and is by 'Atiq 'Ali Monshi ...
Oral history in Iran is the title of a book by Abolfazl Hassan Abadi in 200 pages which was debut... more Oral history in Iran is the title of a book by Abolfazl Hassan Abadi in 200 pages which was debuted in 2005 by the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documenters Center of Astan-e Quds Razavi. Besides being a scientific research, the work is a suitable and practical guidebook for oral history interviews and data collection for the involved researchers and scholars. Also, the book explains historical interviews scientifically and applicably, in addition to conveying the significance of oral resources and providing the theoretical principles and basic definitions of oral history. It also contains pictures, forms, usage notes for audiovisual equipment and questionnaires, all are needed in oral history research. "Oral History in Iran" comprises an introduction, five chapters, appendixes, references, and index.
The Name of Persian Gulf in the history of Iran is the result of a multi-thousand-year cultural r... more The Name of Persian Gulf in the history of Iran is the result of a multi-thousand-year cultural record which today is undoubtedly our most important strong point in comparison with the Arab neighbors. The documentation of this history which can be achieved through highlighting the approach of cultural Iran in the Persian Gulf area is a significant aspect that should be noticed by the authorities.
The Persian Gulf area consisting of historical cities and islands is of great importance due to its strategic status politically, culturally, economically, socially, etc. The studying of the area's history especially after the Safavid era shows that the region has always been a disputed issue between Iranian governments and the outsiders. It has been a very important region due to its access to international waters and large inhabited islands economically and militarily. In view of the recent political disputes over the Persian Gulf, the issue has been noticed again seriously in different levels in Iran
The present article attempts to review the collected volume, Oral History: an Interdisciplinary A... more The present article attempts to review the collected volume, Oral History: an Interdisciplinary Anthology. Sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History in cooperation with the Oral History Association, the first edition of the collection was published in 1984 by the well reputed publishing house, the Altamire Press. The second edition was released in 1996. It is co-edited by David King Dunaway and, Willa K. Baum. Baum had a rich career in oral history. She was the head of the Regional Oral History office at U.C Berkeley and conducted the outstanding book, Transcribing and Editing Oral History. As for David Dunaway, he has a long career in oral history and writing biographies. In the introduction Baum states that the goal of conducting this book is to collect basic material for the ones interested in oral history or the ones whose work is in this field. The book has a unique way of finding its' own audience. The editors have tried to select papers which cover diverse subjects such as the history of oral history, the establishment and development of oral history, diverse functions of oral history and, its' interdisciplinary essence
One of the issues that has not been paid attention deeply in Persian historical resources is the ... more One of the issues that has not been paid attention deeply in Persian historical resources is the creditability of the contents of historical subjects, classification of narrated news origins and how that news have reached to the author. A look at the post-Islam historical texts shows that the authors have mostly used three main resources in their books: 1- personal observations, 2- indirect quotations, and 3- using other historical resources and documents.
Reviewing each of the above cases in terms of the subject importance and content validity requires deep research in different sources, and definitely, there are few books in which their authors have written significant works by using all three above mentioned sources and full domination toward their goal. However, the books like Tarikh-e Beyhaghi, Tarikh-e Jahangosha-ye Joveini, and Jame'-at-tavarikh are considered in the category of such works. Here, we are not about to address the mentioned categorization, but we are going to explain about the valuable status of "Abolfazl Beyhaghi", one of the most important and original historians in historicism and his correct understanding of oral history, through presenting a general definition of oral history and comparing its elements with oral writing.
The article will first look into the history of religious endowments and the establishment of Ast... more The article will first look into the history of religious endowments and the establishment of Astan Quds Razavi as a charity organization, and will go on to inspect the proceeds and resources of endowments and charitable and humanitarian activities by relying on documents, deeds, administrative charts and facts and figures related to different periods of the foundation’s activities. The research project is to show that it is the oldest and biggest endowment institution in Iran that has affected a large spectrum of the people in the country due to its public nature and the service it provides for the pilgrims and going to conclude that Astan Quds Razavi could serve as a good model for those who want to examine the different aspects of religious endowments in an Islamic society.
In the documents group there exist sections dealing with the evaluation of the treasure trove of ... more In the documents group there exist sections dealing with the evaluation of the treasure trove of documents, exhibition, and oral history, which includes taking care of the collecting, the conservation, classification, preparation, evaluation, and indexing of manuscript and non-manuscript documents. This section also takes care of research activities leading to introduction of the documents, the writing of articles and books. The archives section of the oral history of this center collaborates with those persons who are knowledgeable as to the history of Khorasan, Mashhad and the Holy Shrine.
Oral history as a research tool plays an a important role in the collection of oral history resou... more Oral history as a research tool plays an a important role in the collection of oral history resources for the purpose of preserving local historical identities of older towns and cities. In fact as Edward Ives (?) has said: "oral history is a technique that may be used for a variety of purpose, it involves collecting different types of material about the past and the data can be used in the analysis of popular conceptions of past events, and investigation of subjective reality are an important goal in oral history research, ethnic and radical minorities and people in non-literate societies
Iranian Studies, 2009
... The Shrine gave protection to theological schools around its precinct such as the Madraseh-ye... more ... The Shrine gave protection to theological schools around its precinct such as the Madraseh-yeMirza Ja'far, whose trusts belonged to the Shrine and whose professors received ... We want to mention that the first trust deed of the Shrine dates from 931 HQ and is by 'Atiq 'Ali Monshi ...
Oral history in Iran is the title of a book by Abolfazl Hassan Abadi in 200 pages which was debut... more Oral history in Iran is the title of a book by Abolfazl Hassan Abadi in 200 pages which was debuted in 2005 by the Organization of Libraries, Museums and Documenters Center of Astan-e Quds Razavi. Besides being a scientific research, the work is a suitable and practical guidebook for oral history interviews and data collection for the involved researchers and scholars. Also, the book explains historical interviews scientifically and applicably, in addition to conveying the significance of oral resources and providing the theoretical principles and basic definitions of oral history. It also contains pictures, forms, usage notes for audiovisual equipment and questionnaires, all are needed in oral history research. "Oral History in Iran" comprises an introduction, five chapters, appendixes, references, and index.
The Name of Persian Gulf in the history of Iran is the result of a multi-thousand-year cultural r... more The Name of Persian Gulf in the history of Iran is the result of a multi-thousand-year cultural record which today is undoubtedly our most important strong point in comparison with the Arab neighbors. The documentation of this history which can be achieved through highlighting the approach of cultural Iran in the Persian Gulf area is a significant aspect that should be noticed by the authorities.
The Persian Gulf area consisting of historical cities and islands is of great importance due to its strategic status politically, culturally, economically, socially, etc. The studying of the area's history especially after the Safavid era shows that the region has always been a disputed issue between Iranian governments and the outsiders. It has been a very important region due to its access to international waters and large inhabited islands economically and militarily. In view of the recent political disputes over the Persian Gulf, the issue has been noticed again seriously in different levels in Iran
The present article attempts to review the collected volume, Oral History: an Interdisciplinary A... more The present article attempts to review the collected volume, Oral History: an Interdisciplinary Anthology. Sponsored by the American Association for State and Local History in cooperation with the Oral History Association, the first edition of the collection was published in 1984 by the well reputed publishing house, the Altamire Press. The second edition was released in 1996. It is co-edited by David King Dunaway and, Willa K. Baum. Baum had a rich career in oral history. She was the head of the Regional Oral History office at U.C Berkeley and conducted the outstanding book, Transcribing and Editing Oral History. As for David Dunaway, he has a long career in oral history and writing biographies. In the introduction Baum states that the goal of conducting this book is to collect basic material for the ones interested in oral history or the ones whose work is in this field. The book has a unique way of finding its' own audience. The editors have tried to select papers which cover diverse subjects such as the history of oral history, the establishment and development of oral history, diverse functions of oral history and, its' interdisciplinary essence
One of the issues that has not been paid attention deeply in Persian historical resources is the ... more One of the issues that has not been paid attention deeply in Persian historical resources is the creditability of the contents of historical subjects, classification of narrated news origins and how that news have reached to the author. A look at the post-Islam historical texts shows that the authors have mostly used three main resources in their books: 1- personal observations, 2- indirect quotations, and 3- using other historical resources and documents.
Reviewing each of the above cases in terms of the subject importance and content validity requires deep research in different sources, and definitely, there are few books in which their authors have written significant works by using all three above mentioned sources and full domination toward their goal. However, the books like Tarikh-e Beyhaghi, Tarikh-e Jahangosha-ye Joveini, and Jame'-at-tavarikh are considered in the category of such works. Here, we are not about to address the mentioned categorization, but we are going to explain about the valuable status of "Abolfazl Beyhaghi", one of the most important and original historians in historicism and his correct understanding of oral history, through presenting a general definition of oral history and comparing its elements with oral writing.
The article will first look into the history of religious endowments and the establishment of Ast... more The article will first look into the history of religious endowments and the establishment of Astan Quds Razavi as a charity organization, and will go on to inspect the proceeds and resources of endowments and charitable and humanitarian activities by relying on documents, deeds, administrative charts and facts and figures related to different periods of the foundation’s activities. The research project is to show that it is the oldest and biggest endowment institution in Iran that has affected a large spectrum of the people in the country due to its public nature and the service it provides for the pilgrims and going to conclude that Astan Quds Razavi could serve as a good model for those who want to examine the different aspects of religious endowments in an Islamic society.
In the documents group there exist sections dealing with the evaluation of the treasure trove of ... more In the documents group there exist sections dealing with the evaluation of the treasure trove of documents, exhibition, and oral history, which includes taking care of the collecting, the conservation, classification, preparation, evaluation, and indexing of manuscript and non-manuscript documents. This section also takes care of research activities leading to introduction of the documents, the writing of articles and books. The archives section of the oral history of this center collaborates with those persons who are knowledgeable as to the history of Khorasan, Mashhad and the Holy Shrine.
Oral history as a research tool plays an a important role in the collection of oral history resou... more Oral history as a research tool plays an a important role in the collection of oral history resources for the purpose of preserving local historical identities of older towns and cities. In fact as Edward Ives (?) has said: "oral history is a technique that may be used for a variety of purpose, it involves collecting different types of material about the past and the data can be used in the analysis of popular conceptions of past events, and investigation of subjective reality are an important goal in oral history research, ethnic and radical minorities and people in non-literate societies