Foreign Relations History

Foreign Relations History

 Reviewing and criticizing the opinions of Western Orientalists of the Qajar era about the deep thinking of Iranians

Document Type : Scientific - research article

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Official researcher of Islamic Science and Culture Research Institute
Abstract
The Qajar era was the beginning of Iran's extensive interactions with the Western world and the gradual penetration of Western culture into this land. During the peak period of the affectability of Iranians from Western culture in the Qajar era, some Westerners present in Iran, contrary to expectations, were influenced by the culture and personality of Iranians. These people often encountered ambiguities in interacting with Iranians and showed a curious effort to understand the character of Iranians. By analyzing why Iranians' character attracted the attention of Western travel writers while criticizing their opinions about the psychological characteristics of Iranians, this research tries to answer the question of what was the reason for the deepening of Iranians' character for these orientalists. The most important factor in the complexity of the character of the Iranians for the westerners was the innate spirit of the Iranians. The present research has examined this issue using library data and descriptive-analytical method.

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Supplementary File

  • Receive Date 08 July 2023
  • Revise Date 08 August 2023
  • Accept Date 08 September 2023