Journal of Documentary and Archival Studies
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Introduction, reading and analysis of Muhammad Ali Shah's decree in relation to the rule of Rokn al-Dawlah and Mashhad's constitutional movement.

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Nayeb Shirazi

independent researcher

https://doi.org/10.30481/psa.2024.404542.1028
Abstract
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Analyzing the crisis periods and writing their history have always been difficult and contaminated with some mistakes, since the events occur too quickly. Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar period is a good example for various reasons. Critical study of the documents, history books and notes of researchers about the period shows their failure in being clear in pinpointing the events. This study showed that the form and content of orders of Mohammad Ali Shah have not been analyzed properly.  Regarding the histories about Rokn al-Din’s ruling on Khorasan and his connection with Constitution movement in that province, most of the secondary histories and studies have undergone mistakes. So they had mistaken in recording how the events occurred in that period. The disrespectful invasion into Holy Shrine of Imam Reza in 1327 AH by Russian soldiers has been ignored by contemporary researchers. This study showed that the disrespectful violation has been done twice, that is, in 1327 AH and 1330 AH. Exploring and analyzing a new discovered document of the orders of Mohammad Ali Shah and examining primary resources about the time, this study tried to show the shortcomings and mistakes of historians about that era and to make clarifications about the exact time of the events through a descriptive-analytical method.

Keywords

Mohammad Ali Shah
Rokn al-Din
The Constitution
Document
Mashhad
The Holy Shrine of Imam Reza
Russia
Journal of Documentary and Archival Studies
Volume 2, Issue 1
June 2023
Pages 168-185

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