نوع مقاله : مقاله علمی - پژوهشی
عنوان مقاله English
نویسندگان English
This article aims to redefine the role of the Ottoman embassy in Tehran during the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (.م1905-1913/.ش1284-1292) Focusing on the diplomatic reports of Hüseyin Hasib Efendi, Ottoman ambassador to Tehran and the five-month sit-in (bast) of constitutionalists at the Ottoman embassy during the period of the Lesser Tyranny (.م1908-1909/.ش1286-1287), the study examines the dual function of this institution as a "discursive agent." The central research question is how the Ottoman embassy in Tehran, through the representation of Iran and the reproduction of reform discourse, justified its presence and political action in constitutional Iran, and what image of Iran, the constitutional movement, and Iranian society the embassy's diplomatic reports present that is linked to the regional policy of the Ottoman state. This article is written with the aim of redefining the role of the Ottoman embassy in the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (.م1905-1913/.ش1284-1292) The research is based on the hypothesis that the Ottoman embassy, beyond its sanctuary functions, acted as a "discursive agent" that, on the one hand, translated and transmitted modern political concepts, and on the other, reproduced a paternalistic discourse based on pre-modern Ottoman clichés about Iran's "disorder" and "backwardness." The research method is historical-analytical, utilizing the theoretical framework of "Entangled Orientalism" and critical discourse analysis. The findings show that the Ottoman embassy, by simultaneously performing informational, scholarly, and discursive reproduction roles, contributed to shaping the political imagination of the constitutionalists, but never went beyond the framework of its imperial interests. The conclusion emphasizes that the embassy's dual behavior reflects the identity and legitimacy crisis in the late Ottoman Empire and the process of "Entangled Orientalism
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