فصلنامه گنجینه اسناد
پیاپی 75 (پاییز 1388)

Simultaneously with other countries of the region, during the two world wars, the necessity of a regular and integrated army in Iran was felt more than before. Therefore, military authorities of Iran made efforts to form such an army. The establishment of a military conscription system was in line with efforts made to form such an army. However, this plan faced considerable oppositions and problems. Using existing records and documents, this paper aims to analyze and study the establishment of the military conscription system in the era of Reza Shah Pahlavi.

The empowerment and enthronement of Reza Shah was achieved through the assistance of a group of intellectuals and political activists, who wanted to put an end to the chaotic conditions of Iran, promote political centralization and establish discipline and security around the country. One of the intellectuals who assisted Reza Shah at that time and supported him until and after taking the throne was Abdolhossein Teymourtash. After Reza Shah’s enthronement, Teymourtash was appointed as minister of the royal court of the Pahlavi dynasty. Again at this post, he was very helpful to Reza Shah. However, he was suddenly dismissed as a minister of court, sent to prison and tragically killed there. This research aims to scientifically and methodologically study and analyze the reasons for Teymourtash's rise and fall. In this research, the author aims to answer the following questions: 1- why did Reza Shah, among several Possible choices, appoint Teymourtash as a Pahlavi court minister? 2- Despite the outstanding services, Teymourtash provided for the Pahlavi administration, why did Reza Shah suddenly dismiss him? In response to these two questions, two suppositions are proposed: 1- Reza Shah appointed Teymourtash as a minister of court due to his merit and also because of his Continuing efforts to pave the way for Reza Shah’s enthronement. 2- The increasing power of Teymourtash as a minister of court and the fact that he was becoming the second most powerful person of the country, made Reza Shah, a suspicious dictator-worried for the future of his throne. He therefore dismissed Teymourtash.

Amol is one of the ancient cities of Iran, whose history runs back to the eras before Islam. In this article an effort has been made to provide a brief history of this city and its conditions in different historical eras. It also introduces two important religious elements of this city, which are located in its historical district. These two elements are the Jame’ Mosque and the Aqa Abbas Mosque, which were each built together with a school and simultaneously function as mosques and schools. Relying on historical resources and itineraries, these two mosques are introduced, and according to waqf documents the situation of the endowments, endowers and their usage are specified in order to indicate their former status in Amol.

The present paper is the translation of the preface of Professor Bert Fragner in The Repertory of Published Persian Royal Documents that includes Persian records published up to 1848. Thispreface, which comprehensively reviews the studies of researchers and orientalists on Persianrecords and documents, has been translated into various languages. Therefore, translating it intoPersian can be a positive step toward improving the knowledge of Iranian researchers about thearchival studies carried out around the world on Persian records and decrees. Professor BertFragner used to teach Iranian studies at the universities of Berlin and Bamberg in Germany, andis one of the founders of the Institute of Iranian Studies in Vienna (Austria). Furthermore, he isfluent in many European and eastern languages.

Darolshafa is the name of a medical center at the vicinity of the Holy shrine of Ali ibn Moosa al-Reza, the eighth Imam of the Shiites, which is located in Mash’had. In this article, in order to introduce Darolshafa and also to introduce an example of the records of medicinal plants – which reflect the traditional medical practices of that era – the daily records of Darolshafa, which discuss the expenditures over seven days at the center are studied. After considering the surface structure of the records, some aspects of the services and the structure of Darolshafa are reviewed by analyzing their content.

In the history of human civilization, libraries, archives and museums have always been institutions which have facilitated access to information and have scientifically and culturally promoted and improved societies. The growth and development of information and communication technologies has provided unprecedented facilities for cultural heritage institutions. This has also raised new demands for accessibility to the collections of these institutions well outside traditional organizational boundaries. Moreover, due to the increase in the usage of information and communication technologies, the split between these three types pf cultural institutions has decreased and they have become more integrated. Accordingly some countries have established mechanisms to jointly administer libraries, archives and museums. In this paper, the integration of libraries, archives and museums due to development of information technologies is studied.

This article briefly reviews and describes international standards of description in two fields of bibliography and archives. During recent decades, archives have adopted library standards. But now the International Council on Archives, in cooperation with the Library of Congress and other archival experts has taken steps to prepare archival standards. In the following paper, after comparing bibliographic and archival standards and rules, each are described.

The three main responsibilities of archives are to collect records, preserve them and make them accessible. The first challenge which archives face is the selection of records. Appraisal is in fact a kind of selection according to financial, administrative and archival values of records, in order to decide what should be permanently kept. Due to the relentless increase in the number of paper and digital records, this process is inevitable. Various archival theories have been proposed, among which some of the most important are reviewed in this article.

Forgery of records and documents is one of the major crimes which cause lack of public trust and disorder in the economic system of a country. This crime is also considered an important Cause of social inefficiency in society. Considering the development of communication networks and domestic and international exchanges, as well as the necessity for speed and simplicity in contracts and deals, preserving the authenticity of records and their crucial role in all aspects of human life is essential Authorities must establish special laws and regulations to bring security to individuals, corporations and organizations. This paper aims to briefly review forgery of records and documents in the history, regulations and laws of Iran. It first studies the general concept of records and different types of forgery and then goes on to-consider the basis and penalties for the crime of forgery, related problems and spiritual aspects of this crime. It finally Proposes solutions for decreasing and ultimately preventing forgery.