Akbari, Mohammad Ali (2014), Genealogy of the New Iranian Identity (Qajar and First Pahlavi Era), 2nd edition, Tehran: Elmi va Farhangi.
Akbari, Mohammad Ali and Shakourghahari, Masoumeh (2012), Cultural Aspects of Iranianness in the Textbooks of the First Pahlavi Era (History, Geography and Persian Literature Books), Miskaveh, 7(23), 7-32.
Amiri, Hassan and Ebrahimzadeh, Eissa (2010), Depicting Iranian Identity in the Textbooks of Persian Literature and History of Iranian Secondary Schools from (1941 to 1965), Master’s Thesis, Shahid Beheshti University.
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Bigdalo, Reza and Mursali, Soraya (2017), Representation of Racial Identity in History Textbooks of Elementary and High Schools in the First Pahlavi Period, Cultural History Studies (Research Journal of the Iranian History Association), 9(34), 1-24.
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Foucault, M. (2020), “Power/knowledge”, in The new social theory reader, London: Routledge, 73-79.
Hamedi, Zahra (2013), Pathology of History Textbook Compilation and Educational Issues in the Reza Shah Era, Cultural History Studies, 17, 21-40.
Jafarian, Rasoul (2024), Analysis and Interpretation of the Text of Iranian History, Preliminary Course (1911 CE) by Agha Sheikh Abdol Razzaq Qomi Problem Solver (d. 1911 CE), Aineh Pahoejosh, 35(206), 617-756.
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Textbooks
Qajar Period Textbooks
Birjandi, Sayyed Mohammad (1919), The History of the Great French Revolution, Sa’adat Library.
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1936), A Brief History of Alexander the Great, Bina.
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1926), A Brief History of Iran and the World (Fifth and Sixth Grades of Elementary School), Tehran: Haqiqat Printing House.
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1926), A Brief History of the World: For the Fifth and Sixth Years of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Iran Library (Hajeb al-Dowleh Timcheh).
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1915), A Brief History of the World for the Fifth and Sixth Years of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Sa’adat.
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1900), Elementary Course in World History, Vol. 1, Tehran: Bina.
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1916), Iranian History as Part of the Fifth- and Sixth-Year Elementary School Curriculum, Tehran: Eqbal.
Foroughi, Mohammad Hossein (1910), A Brief History of the Nations of the East, Bina.
Hakim al-Ilahi Qomshaei, Abd al-Hossein (1916), The Sacred History of Islam: An Account of the Life, Campaigns, and Sayings of the Seal of the Prophets, Tehran: Golbahar Library.
Katozian Tehrani, Mohammad Ali (1913), A Brief History of the Prophets, Tehran: Scientific Library.
Kazeruni, Abolhasan (1914), Lata’if al-Tawarikh: Comprising the Ancient History of the Chaldeans, Medes, Persians, and Macedonians, for Third- and Fourth-Grade Students.
Lavisse, Ernest (1913), Jamshidi Foundation (General and World History) Textbook, translated by Karim Khan Mo’aven-e Nezam, Tehran: Matba’eh-ye Mirza Ali Asghar.
Motarjem al-Saltaneh, Ali-Khan (1916), The History of Iran: From the Curriculum of the Fifth and Sixth Years of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Eqbal Library.
Mirza Hossein-Khan (1910), The History of Iran: From the Curriculum of the Second Year, Bina.
Mirza Hossein-Khan (1913), The History of Iran: From the Curriculum of the Second Year, Tehran: Mosaddegh Printing House.
Omid, Mirza Hossein-Khan (1926), Omid’s History of Iran: A Third-Year Textbook for the Third and Fourth Years of Iranian Elementary Schools.
Seyyed Ali-Khan (1924), An Illustrated Brief History of the World: For the Fifth and Sixth Grades of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Mahdieh Library (Hajeb al-Dowleh Timcheh).
Tehrani, Mohammad Ali (n.d), A Brief History of the Prophets, Tehran: Elmi Library.
Reza Shah Pahlavi Period Textbooks
Farahoodi, Hossein (1936), Course in General History, Vol. 3: For the Third Year of Secondary Schools, Tehran: Matbu’at Company.
Farahpour, Mirza Mahdi-Khan (1929), Farahpour’s General History: For the Sixth Grade of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Scientific Library and Danesh Library (Kermanshah).
Foroughi, Mohammad Ali (1928), A Brief History of Iran and the World for the Fifth and Sixth Grades of Iranian Primary Schools, Tehran: Matba’eh-ye Hosseini.
Khosrowpour, Majmu’eh Amir (1968), A Brief History of Iran and Part of World History for the Fifth and Sixth Years of Elementary Schools, Tehran: Sa’adat Library.
Ramzi, Seyyed Hossein-Khan (1928), An Introductory History of Iran, with an Appendix on the Pahlavi Era: For the Second and Third Years of Schools, Tehran: Islamic Scientific Library and Akhavan Ketabchi.
Shaibani, Abdolhossein, et al. (1939), History for the First Year of Secondary School, Tehran: Majles Printing House.
Yasemi, Gholamreza Rashid (1941), The History of Iran for Teaching in the Fifth and Sixth Years of Elementary School, Tehran: Ketab Publishing Company.
Ministry of Culture (1939), History: First Year of Secondary Schools, Majles Printing House.
Ministry of Culture (1940a), History: Second Year of Secondary Schools, Taban Printing House.
Ministry of Culture (1940b), History: Third Year of Secondary Schools, Bank Melli Iran Printing House.
Motarjem al-Saltaneh Zarrinkalam, Eqbal, Hossein (1968), A Brief History of Iran: For the Third and Fourth Grades of Iranian Primary Schools, Tehran: Eqbal Library.
Documents
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Education (Ma’arif) (1922), Session 4, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Education (Ma’arif) (1923), Session 28, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Education (Ma’arif) (1928), Session 119, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Education (Ma’arif) (1937), Session 356, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Education (Ma’arif) (1938), Session 374, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
Minutes of the Meetings of the Supreme Council of Culture (1938), Session 383, Tehran: Secretariat of the Supreme Council of Education.
