The Revival of the Concept of Iran in Hamdallah Mostowfi Qazvini's Works

The Mongol Ilkhanid Rule over Iran which began after the conquest of Baghdad and the collapse of five hundred years reign under Abbasid Dynasty had some important side effects on Iranian culture and politics but above all was the revival of Iranian identity and awareness of intellectuals and officials regarding the historical condition and state of affairs within the restriction of their own territories. Hamdollah Mostofi Qazvini is one of the well known writers who has valuable writings on subjects such as history, geography and epics. Those have helped in clarifying Iran’s historical identity. In his book Nozhat-al-Qoloob, he has illustrated Iran as an ancient country with distinct borders and has explained about its provinces. In his Zafarname which is an epic poem using the Ferdowsi style, he has given very much significance to the concept and identity of Iran. In this remarkable works, Mostowfi has persistently acclaimed and mentioned "Iran" and "Iranians" and following the jovayni and Rashid-alddin Fazl allah By using Iran as a conceptual centre, he has tried to assimilate the Mongol rulers into the life style and policy of ancient Iranian kings. The Zafarname reveals Mostowfi’s thoughts about the continuation of the concepts of Iran according to the ancient royalty during the Islamic epoch and the construction of an Iranian-Islamic Renaissance.