Needs Assessment of Mahdism Research with a Literary Approach

The fundamental goal of this study is to present research concerns in the “literary approach to Mahdism doctrine”. But in the first step, we should search for a way to clear understanding of research needs in this regard from the heterogeneous conceptions. The needs assessment of Mahdism research with a literary approach has such a difficult goal. Ignoring the research needs in this field has led to the emergence of scattered and fragmented research and scientific activities. In the field of Mahdism research with a literary approach, selection of research needs is considered as the most important stage in research. The most important function of needs assessment of Mahdism research with the literary approach is that in this way, the researches in this field are organized; parallelizing and dispersing are prevented; and spending research resources in areas with no priority is prevented as well. Among the results of this research is providing an operational model for the needs assessment of Mahdism research with a literary approach.