فصلنامه گنجینه اسناد
پیاپی 51-52 (پاییز و زمستان 1382)

Originally, the records office and Mowqoufat (assigned properties) was affiliated to Owqaf and the Charitable Affair's Organization, Deputy of Owqaf Affairs administrative. Apart from the inner circle liabilities, gaining a correct list of waqf letters and property documents in different regions of the country; investigation about the properties and submitting them to legal authorities where needed; Performing directives issued by Iranian National Archives on Waqf records in the organization's of­fices, of which were among the organization's responsibilities. In 1972 the Deputy of Surveys and Planning was set up in order to organize the reoords. Prior to Islamic Revolution, the deputy had three offices with seperated resposibilities. These resposibilities would include the following: 1-THE Statis­tics and Engineering office for Crown properties. 2- Identification and Owqaf Reoords office, which infact worked under the Deputy Construction and Owqaf Affairs. Crossing off the Deputy of Surveys and Planning from the administrative chart, responsibilities of the Statistics and Engineerring office for Crown Properties were turned over to the Identification and Owqaf Reoords office. In the article, be­sides reviewing the records chart, the Owqaf organization has been researching on developments and significance of the records use. As well in particular after the Imam Khomeini’s Fatva on Waqf.

The Iranian people had been constantl seeking new ways to remove the problems of water short­age, this being the result of rainfalls in the country, inventing Qanats, as an innovative thought, was the result of this long search of the Persian community, which was hardly seen in other countries. Thus if there were or is any, they were to be inspired by the results of Iran's research. From a structural point of view, Iranian Qanats are excellent. Take for instance Gonabad Village’s Qanat, with 2500 years of historybehind it, 330 meters in depth, as well as 33 Kilometersm long, As a cultural heritage,there lies a long old Qanat which already irrigates 1200 hectares of farmlands. As a cultural heritage, this can be counted as an honor for the Iranian community.
Statistically, between 45 to 60 thousand Qanats have been recognized. Within this article, the fountainheads of those Qanats have been covered seperately in different regions. In other parts, observations of several tourists are focused upon, a major section discusses the article "Water in Qazvin City". This was reviewed in documents of the third century towards the Pahlavi period. So as far as Iranian history goes, water shortage in many cities i.e; Qazvin was studied many times, Leaving many authors mending the situation of Qazvin Qanats. Draught in 1923 and 1925, the cities have pushed the authorities to refer to the "Exerts of Hamdollah Mostowfi" as a reference book to make up the shortage. They rehabilitated the Qanats consulting this book. The result of these repeated consultations is a report on Qazvin’s Qanats, Covered within this article.

An introduction and two subject-oriented chapters are included in the article. A major axis of the article covers aspects of the history of Iran's medical profession in Qajar's period, as well as the way the first scientific magazines in Iran appeared. Precedents of the above subjects, demonstrate for the first time in the chancellorship of Amir Kabir, doctors should have received approval certificates in their medical profession, this way nobody would misuse the title of a doctor.
According to Amir Kabir's order to Dr. Kazoulani, Hakim-bashi Nezam, he should have monitored the tasks of all doctors, as well as issued certificates for them. Since 1851, doctors should have been given a test. This process continued until 1911, when second Majlis approved Medical Profession’s Law in 13 items. Hereafter, the career was defined and adopted in the framework of the National Council of Majlis Laws and Bills. The second chapter of the article hinted a point that "The Danesh Paper" was to be the first scientific-academic magazine to be published within Iran. It is said the first sequence appeared in 1882, and its final sequence issued in 1883. The magazine was initiated by Ali Qoli Khan Mokhberodowleh, aided by Mirza Kazim Mahallati {also known by his nickname "Shimi") appearing in Darol Fonoun School.

Boroujerd city is in Lorestan province, in a region know as "Small Lor", name of which was " Vorougerd " in " Lori" dialect. Grand personalities have been emerged in the city in the bed of time, such as Ayatollah Haj Sayyed Hossain Tabatabaiee Boroujerdi, who was a Grand Ayatollah and Shiite religious authority. There have been other remarkable figures, who were overlooked by the historians. In the past hundred years, no one has writen about them, although they played major roles in social and historical developments of their time.The author, therefore, is to introduce biographies of the two doctors of Boroujerd city, who were heeding much about hygienic problems of the city's inhabitants, specially the poor people. Both of them monitored other doctors as Heads of Health Department in Qajar's and Reza Shah's era. After all, there is close relation between identifying great doctors in Qajar's and Reza Shah's period and surveying Iran's history of medical profession in the cited span.

Touran Aqa Forouq-AI-Dowleh and her sister, Fakhr-AI-Dowleh were daughters of Naser-Al-Din Shah whom both enjoyed his support and his love. In 1880, Forouq-AI-Dowleh married Mirza Ali Khan Zahir-AI-Dowleh , a hermit devoted to Nemat-Allahi sect. She to followed in her husbands footsteps and accepted the beliefs of this sect. Many of her handwritten documents as well as her poems to this day still exits. Some of her poems appear within this article. During the final yesr of Naser-Al-Din Shah's kingdom, Forouq-AI-Dowleh was given the nickname "The Queen of Iran". By addressing her husband in herhandwriten notes, she provided a reliable outlook on there events that occured during the "Constitution Period". Forouq-AI-Dowleh was known to be a witty, talented poet with a sharp sense of humour. Although it is said that Forouq-AI-Dowleh was not faithful to moral principles, she used her husband's sect nickname "Safa" as a pseudonym below her poems

Iran has witnessed several movements and riots to achieve freedom, independence, justice and progress between the Constitutional Revolution and the emerging of Reza Khan. Those move­ments, which were born along a desire to gain Constitution eventually lost steam. Ultimately, Reza Khan, posing to be a unique savior, appeared and buried the weak body of the constitution move­ments. This article surveys one of the freedom-seeking movements during the years of the emerg­ing of Reza Khan during the Constitution revolution - that is Khiabani's uprising. A cardinal part of this article is devoted to Khiabani's thoughts, based on his speeches during the uprising of the year 1882. Khiabani's and other freedom-seeker's thought the connstitution made Reza Khan as an Aanti-Constitution symbol an attempt to destroy the move with a false slogan of Iran's liberation.

Hossein Qoli Khan llkhani Bakhtiari was murdered based on an order given by Naser-AI-Din Shah and his son, Zel-AI-Sultan. Prince Farhad Mirza Motamed-AI-Dowle, Governor of Fars had a major hand in the slain. It is believed he had animosities with the llkhani Bakhtiari therefore stirring the Qajar king against him. Differences between Qashgaiee, Bakhtiari tribes and Falard ownership was the major sources of differences between Motamed-Ai-Dowleh and llkhani.
Sending several letters and telegraphs to Nase-AI-Din Shah. Due to instigations and plots of Motamed, the king was therefore alarmed against llkhani's Strength, and decided to kill him at his earliest convenience.

As documented in archival records, in 1941, myriad societies burgeoned in the Azerbaijan region. These would include the Azerbaijanian Benevolent Society, The Benevolent Society of Leil Abad and Charandab Districts whitin Tabriz, as well as The Tabriz Now-Bar Benevolent Society. One of the societies, which were set up in Azerbaijan, covered in this article is the Armenian Women's Aid Society in Azerbaijan. This was established in 1961 in Tabriz, aimed at promoting culture and benevolent causes. These would include such causes as helping the poor students (lower class society) within cities and villages, giving aid to disaster-stricken people in calamities including epidemics, wars, etc.., The Constitution of the society was drafted in 5 chapters and 37 articles. It forms a major pillar within the article.
An interesting point in the constitution is that the society was convened by simply women which was not interfere politically.