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- Title
Investigating and analyzing the causes and motivations of Iranian Muslim history writing (from the beginning to the end of the 9th century AH).
- Authors
Tayyebi, Mohammad; Talaee, Parviz Hossein
- Abstract
The knowledge of history in Iranian civilization and the teachings of the Islamic school, including the Holy Qur'an and the prophetic tradition, has had a special and high position since the beginning of the formation of the first Islamic state. This special place of knowledge of history in Iranian civilization and the teachings of the school of Islam indicates the high scientific and cultural importance that this knowledge has had in the culture and social life of Iranian society and Muslim societies. This had caused the mentioned science to be favored by different strata and especially the wealthy. With the geographical extent of the Islamic government and sovereignty, interest and attention to history writing in the Islamic school also increased. As this vast geographical territory in which Islamic culture and civilization had grown and developed, has caused the formation of the basic axes for history writing and has become more important day by day. In this article, an attempt has been made to examine their motivations and goals in history writing by relying on the surviving prefaces of Iranian Muslim historians until the end of the 9th century. The method of conducting documentary and library research and evaluating data and presenting descriptive-analytical topics will be. The results of this research show that in the approach to history writing and the presentation of historical works, there are many goals and motivations, including religious, moral, educational, social and political. In connection with the examples and topics described and announced by the historians of the period in question, in a general summary, it is possible to answer the request of the officials, simple writing, gifts and offerings to the rulers of the time, creating joy and happiness, showing the causes of the advancement and decline of civilizations, the high place of the science of history in the Qur'an Kareem and the prophetic tradition, provoking insight and wisdom, promoting ethics and refining souls.
- Subjects
QUR'AN; MUSLIM history; HISTORIOGRAPHY; ETHICS; HISTORICAL source material
- Publication
Iranian Civilization Research, 2023, Vol 5, Issue 2, p145
- ISSN
2321-0867
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22103/JIC.2023.21645.1215