Iranian Historiography's Sources in the Timurid Era

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

shahrzad  sasakpour ¹ (استادیارگروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد شبستر)

Received: 2015-12-25 Accepted : 2015-12-25 Published : 2013-04-21

Keywords: Historiography, Timurid era, Historical Sources, literary sources, geographical sources, Travelogue,

Abstract :

The subject variety of historical sources- as literary, geographical and religious books– is the one of the most important issues in historiography. This different source which used in compilation of history in every period, step by step, became as the historical sources of this period. In the Seljuk era “Iranshahri thought” dominated the minds of Iranian historians, and it makes the first change in historians' thought. During the Mughal-Ilkhanid’s era, historians began writing global histories, and as result, the second major change occurred in historical thought. After the Establishment of the Timurid rule, historians of this period inherited the traditions of the former Persian historians. Historiography of this period, despite the fact that certain features are- that addressing it requires a separate article- three steps behind: Timur, Shahrokh and Soltan Hosein Baygar's period. The key focus of this paper is a cursory examination of different historiography sources in Timurid era and understanding the different orientation of the authors and historians in writing this content. Therefore attempted to use the sources of modern historical studies of the period and the historical analysis and by considering the new methods, subjects and data were collected and compiled.