Shiraz Area Qajar Social Life According to Russian and French Travelogues Writers with an Approach to Oriental Studies(1264 - 1210 AH / 1796 - 1848 AD)
The Qajar period coincided with the great political and economic developments of the nineteenth century in Europe. Due to its important geographical and strategic location, Iran has become the focus of attention and competition among the great European powers, and various groups of political and military officials, followed by foreign travelers and tourists, have made this country their field of research. a group of scholars emerged as orientalists and Iranologists to be sent to the Orient to study various scientific fields. The of Shiraz, which at that time was an important center of urbanization and trade, and in addition due to its historical and cultural antiquity, has always been of interest to foreign tourists, in this period also the special attention of French and Russian travelers to some extent. It is noteworthy that almost all of them have recorded valuable information about this city; That's why travelogues left by these people are so important because of their social and cultural content. With a descriptive-analytical approach this study seeks to answer the question of what has been the social situation of Shiraz in the Qajar era from the perspective of Oriental studies? the accurate and valuable information of these travelogues about Shiraz, and their different narratives due to their job class or mission, all of them seek to portray a kind of self-optimism about their Western culture and the other. The east has collapsed, here Iran and especially Shiraz were the Qajar period.
- حق عضویت دریافتی صرف حمایت از نشریات عضو و نگهداری، تکمیل و توسعه مگیران میشود.
- پرداخت حق اشتراک و دانلود مقالات اجازه بازنشر آن در سایر رسانههای چاپی و دیجیتال را به کاربر نمیدهد.