نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسنده
دانشجوی دکتری، گروه تاریخ، دانشکده ادبیات، دانشگاه فردوسی، مشهد، ایران
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عنوان مقاله English
نویسنده English
Mashhad has been an immigrant friendly city since the middle of the Qajar era because of its high status in terms of foreign and domestic trading. Therefore, the most powerful merchants and property owners of Mashhad were immigrants, as many Caucasian, Azerbaijani, Yazdi, Isfahani and Tehrani merchants moved to the city. One of the great immigrants was Agha Bozorg, a Tehrani merchant, who moved to Mashhad in 1291 AH. Two generations of his family administered Tehrani Tejaratkhaneh (trading house). Haji Agha Bozorg, Haj Abd al-Hossein, Mirza Mohammad Danesh Bozorgnia, and Ali Sadr al-Ttojjar were the most important influencing, trading personalities of Mashhad who were active in various fields over 70 years. The study tried to see and explicate what economic arena, Tehrani family were active in, and their sociopolitical and economical role and status in Mashhad. The results indicate that Tehrani family started with renting Turquoise mines and then shifted to landholding. They were also active in foreign trade and exporting opium. They turned to leasehold of urban properties and producing compote. Due to doing business in leasehold, they were in contact with Astan Quds Razavi and its developments, but after the Goharshad incident, they sold a huge portion of their properties and moved to Tehran. The new generation of this family, in addition to political activities, having financial support engaged in cultural fields such as publishing periodicals and modern education. Taking a descriptive-analytical method, this study used the archived documents of Astan Quds Razavi, national documentary center, and those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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