mandana tishehyar
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Shahnameh is a valuable historical document in the field of diplomatic relations between Iran and other great governments in ancient times. In this great book, one can clearly see how diplomats played a role in the expansion of political relations between governments. This article tries to address the ...
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Shahnameh is a valuable historical document in the field of diplomatic relations between Iran and other great governments in ancient times. In this great book, one can clearly see how diplomats played a role in the expansion of political relations between governments. This article tries to address the small number of cases in which lady diplomats were sent from one court to another. Based on this research, 9 lady envoys can be found throughout the stories of Shahnameh. By narrating the missions of each of the lady envoys and analyzing the content of these accounts, the author recounts their behavioral characteristics and how these lady diplomats carried out the mission. Among the results of this study, it can be noted that although sending women as envoys was not very common, but in the existing stories, these diplomats have been able to complete their missions successfully. It can also be seen in all these stories that women diplomats, without the need to show masculine behavior, have been able to do their job properly while maintaining feminine characteristics. The three main characteristics of "perspicacity, secrecy and peace-making", along with wisdom, ingenuity, intelligence, knowledge of political issues, eloquence, neatness, honesty and awareness of diplomatic etiquette have been the main characteristics of these envoys.
Ali Bagheri Dolatabadi; jafar Hanani
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Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is a Persian literature masterpiece. While this book has generally been studied from literary and historical perspectives, little attention has been paid to its political aspects. The main question of the present research is that what International Relations theoretical ...
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Ferdowsi's Shahnameh is a Persian literature masterpiece. While this book has generally been studied from literary and historical perspectives, little attention has been paid to its political aspects. The main question of the present research is that what International Relations theoretical approaches Ferdowsi’s vision is closer to? Can Ferdowsi be considered a political realist or an idealist? For this purpose, we attempt to assess Ferdowsi's thoughts taking advantage of the most important features of the two Realist and Idealist theories through a comparative method. The findings of the research show that while Ferdowsi is close to constructivist theory in terms of meta-theory, in his theoretical debates he must be considered a realist. This point is especially apparent in Ferdowsi's interpretations of human nature, war, power and security. It is worth Noting that his realism is not similar to Hobbes and Waltz, and is somewhat like "Idealist Realism".
