A Critical Analysis of Farsnameh-ye Naseri

An accurate knowledge of the required sources is the first step in research in any field and on any topic. There are several scientific sources on the Persian Gulf; however, given the great attention of the academic society and even ordinary people to the problems of this region, the necessity of studying this waterway, and the vastness of this thematic domain, there is still much room for introducing, criticizing, and exploring the related sources. This paper provides a brief introduction and critique of one of the oldest and most important written sources on the Persian Gulf in the present century: Farsnameh-ye Naseri, by Hassan Hosseini Fasaei (written in early 14th Hijri century). In the modern era, this work is considered to be the transition point at which old knowledge regarding the Persian Gulf was explored using certain scientific research methods. This paper begins with an Introduction. Then the author provides a short biography of the writer of the book and a list of his works. The next section presents the structure of the book. Finally, the author discusses the place and significance of Farsnameh-ye Naseri in the studies on the Persian Gulf, which in fact concludes the paper. This study was carried out following the descriptive-library method.