Foucault's Reading of the Governmentality Components Effective in Constructing the Iran Territorial Identity in the Samanid Era (900-999 A.D)

In the context of the governmentality concept that introduced by Michel Foucault in 1980; The institution of power ideology with its related components, has spatial consequence. So that, by reaching this ideology to position of power; They produce their own social and cultural border. So, Territorial identity in the governmentality concept framework consists of a set of symbols that are articulated by the government socio-political discourse and resistance of some social forces against it at a particular period in history. In this view, identity boundaries have no natural aspect, but they are constructed phenomenon, that has been established over time by political power as a collective memory and it is possible to rebuild it in the future. In this article; has been attempted by using the Michel Foucault's governmentality theoretical theme; be investigated how was formulated territorial identity in the era of Samani dynasty (900-999 A.D). In this regard, the articulation of national identity in the Samani rule era was represented based on combined reading the political ideas of ancient Iran and Islam. Also, the promotion of Persian as a standard language; strengthened Intersubjective subscriptions among the people, in the relative attribution to the mythical kings of ancient Iran provided the identity borders construction legitimacy by the political apparatus of Samanid, by creating ancient lineage for ruling dynasties and by inserting it in ancient texts (in the form of the relationship between knowledge and power) was used to establish intersubjective subscriptions in society.