فصلنامه گنجینه اسناد
پیاپی 112 (زمستان 1397)

To analyze the content of four important monsha’ats [منشآت] (col-lections of writings, in particular official letters) of the time of Sultan Hussein Bāyqarā (1438-1506), the Timurid prince. A newly found manuscript of Manshaol-Enshaa’ is examined against three other copies of the work. Contents of the four manuscripts were compared in order to explore authenticity of each.Findings and Mansha ol-Enshaa’ is an important Timurid source for the literary and historical research. The newly found manuscript is the most complete.

A high liquidity deficit in its treasury prevented Iran from entering into the world of trade. The Shah’s short-term solution was to have more gold and silver and precious stones. Throughout his fifty years of reign, he made several attempts to find new gold mines. This paper reports such efforts. Data for this paper is collected from archival records and library resources. Continuous efforts for the exploration and extraction of gold failed due to the lack of expertise, technology, and equipment.

To discuss how the assassination of the government official in charge of implementing the land reform in the region led to a national crisis and had consequences for the government. Data was obtained from archival records held at the National Archives of Iran and private documents owned by the son of the assassinated official. Library resources were consulted to collect background information. Implementation of land reform in the early 1960s in Iran was a result of political stability and socio-economic development. It aimed at earning legitimacy for the Shah and preventing the influence of communism. The murder of Malek Aabedi, the official in charge of implementing the plan in the region of Firooz Aabaad in Fars province, was regarded by the government as resistance against the reform plan by grand landlords and tribal chiefs. Records examined for the present research did not prove that the death of the Malek Aabedi was a planned murder. However, the government dealt harshly with those it considered as intriguing in the killing. Also, it carried out a heavy propaganda campaign against the landlords and tribal chiefs and ordered disarmament of their tribes. The disarmament order, however, led to a bloody conflict for some years and further crises.

This paper discusses the importance of Mazandaran roads during the times of the Safavids and Qajarids. It then explores the reasons behind the failure of the Qajarid government in keeping the roads in the region in good condition. Data was extracted from the contract document for repair and maintenance of a road in the region with Seif al-Mulk. Shah Abbas I made state-of- art roads in Mazandaran which increasingly contributed to the economic flourishing of the region. The repair and maintenance of these roads during the time of Naser al-Din Shah, however, was not successful due to the lack of modern road-building equipment, lack of specialist knowledge, corrupt bureaucracy and the Russian Imperialist policy for expanding its influence in the region.

Carrying out a feasibility study for setting up an archive in the Office of Air Accidents of the Iranian Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). For data gathering, observations and interviews were carried out. For developing a checklist and a questionnaire we consulted ISO/IEC and 10443 INSO standards as well as library materials. Skills required by staff of the archive, extracted from the standards and interviews, formed the content of the checklist. 23 main categories and 191 sub-categories in 24 separate tables addressed the issues of human resources, the equipment, and the building needed for the archive. 35 (out of 45) experts of the ICAO did the ranking of the items in the checklist. The checklist and the questionnaire data were analyzed using SPSS 19th version. ICAO is not in a good condition regarding human resources, facilities and a building to establish an archives for its documents. Findings show that even if problems with skills and equipment are solved, the problem with the building will remain. Therefore, a new building, properly designed for the archive, is needed.

This paper reports the results of a comparative study of the records appraisal procedures of three Iranian archives - namely the National Archives of Iran, Astan-e Qods-e Razavi, and the Document Center of the Iranian Parliament - with those of seven foreign national archives. Foreign national archives include the National Archives of the United States, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Malaysia and New Zealand. Data was gathered and analyzed from the records appraisal guides of the above archival centers. Six common categories were identified in all of the archival centers for appraisal. A Paradigmatic Model was drawn to illustrate the relationship between the identified components. By identifying the most important components of record appraisal, the findings of the present study can help archival centers and governmental organizations to develop or improve appraisal regulations and policies. The Paradigmatic Model based on important appraisal components shows the present conditions to policy makers, specialists and researchers in order to identify the issues involved.

To explore predictability of growth rate of alternaria alternata in paper by ANFIS to control the bio-deterioration. Mathematical modeling by adaptive neural fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) has proved to be a valuable tool in predicting fungal growth rate in the fields of microbiology and food industry. This method is an alternative way to the classic means of incubation in biotechnology. However, the modeling of filamentous fungi has not received the same level of attention in controlling filamentous fungi in the paper art works. The combined effect of temperature (5-10°C), aw (0.8-0.99), pH (3-9) and time (24-268h) on A. alternata growth rate in paper art works was modeled by ANFIS. MTLAB, 2018a Software was employed for the purpose of analysis. From comparisons between experimental data results, growth rates predicted by ANFIS were confirmed, because of the high accuracy of the Gaussian membership function. Also, the ANFIS model is a useful tool for quickly predicting the growth rate of A. alternata in paper art works.