Muṭāli̒āt-i tārīkh-i farhangī(Cultural History Studies)

Iraj Afshar's historiography methodology

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Ali Shahbani Nasri 1
Mohammad Amir Ahmadzadeh 2

1 PhD Student of History of Islamic Iran, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Cultural History, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/chs.2023.208126
Abstract
Iraj Afshar is mostly known as an Iranologist, Manuscript expert and bibliographer; However, a large part of his Iranological and manuscript studies activities is also included under historiographical activity. Like every capable, serious and active history researcher and historian, he used his preferred methods in historical research, and along with his other legacy, he influenced many colleagues of the same generation and subsequent generations in terms of methodology. They learned a lot from him; including how to research human history to achieve a better understanding of the past. For this reason, it is very important to know his methods and tendencies in historiography and historical research. In this article, has been tried to achieve a better understanding of these methods and to give an answer to the question of how Iraj Afshar tried to better understand the reality of Iran's past.

Keywords

Iraj Afshar
Methodology
Historiography
Manuscript Studies
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  • Receive Date 28 August 2024
  • Revise Date 29 September 2024
  • Accept Date 20 October 2024
  • Publish Date 22 December 2023

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