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Any authentic historical study must be compiled and written based on documentation, relying on credible sources, solid evidence, and sound reasoning. Analysis, resolving contradictions in narratives, and paying attention to the motives behind fabrications are among the other essential requirements of historical research. This article examines how these principles are adhered to in the paper titled "Unraveling the Mystery of the Migration of Ali ibn Muhammad Baqir (AS) to Kashan and Its Consequences" and demonstrates that the aforementioned paper neglects the principle of documentation. The main arguments in the criticized paper lack references to original, credible sources and historical evidence. Instead of relying on authentic sources and accurate historical evidence, and situating the study within its proper temporal context, the paper in question depends on popular accounts and unscientific hearsay to substantiate one of the influential events in the history of Shiism in Iran.

In some cases, photos are the only surviving documents of Iranian architectural heritage that can be valuable and unique documents in re-reading destroyed buildings. The reverse process of perspective drawing (graphical method) is often used to retrieve architectural documents, which is a complex and time-consuming method that involves errors due to ignoring lens or image distortions resulting from the reproduction of photographs in various media. The present study aims to suggest and apply a method based on which a single-photo rectified photogrammetry according to building geometry constraints could be applied to correct non-metric architectural photos that include a significant number of Iranian architectural visual documents. So the questions are what is the practical process of preparing metric documents through single-image reflection photogrammetry in historical photographs? What are the challenges, errors, and ways to achieve valid results in the case of Iranian architecture? And in practice, how can use this process in photogrammetry of the Saadi tomb as a case study to obtain reliable architectural documents? The research strategy is qualitative and case study and tries to present the process of converting photos into architectural documents based on revised image documents to be used in other research. Findings of the research suggest a flowchart including the steps of “pre-process”, “orientation” and “evaluation and analysis”, which have been adapted to work on non-metric historical photographs. The precision of photo rectification and possible errors in the correction process was categorized and described in three general sections, including errors of “digitization”, “reference point selection”, and “estimation and calculation of reference distances”. These errors could be minimized by repeating the process using various estimation methods, using parallel data in other available images, and using averaging as a way to find the most precise reference distances in complex situations. This method could be a reliable and fast way of producing architectural documents from images. The results of applying this method to the existing photos of Saadieh’s historical mansion showed the efficiency and accuracy of the process.

Oral history, as one of the new methods of collecting information, has gone through a path full of ups and downs to establish itself as a research tool for historical studies. This research method has a narrative feature and recounts events based on the insights and hearings of observers of historical periods. In the meantime, documenting, verifying and interpreting the texts obtained from the interviews is very important. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the need to use practical information processing tools such as text mining and discover semantic relationships in order to complete the sources of oral history. The need to use modern information processing tools in the process of oral history has been explained and analyzed with reference to library resources and methods of using it. The use of these technologies makes it easier to supplement the data and improve the content of the interview and ultimately turn it into a research-based and citationable work and brings the interview closer to its goals.

Oral history, as a new approach, plays an important role in gathering tacit knowledge based on the experience of individuals in organizations and institutions. The information gathered through oral history interviews increases learning capacities in the community. Through interviews, information can be extracted from the human mind. This knowledge will then be compiled and documented as explicit knowledge and will be the subject of future research as a first-hand historical source. Tacit knowledge becomes explicit knowledge by observing certain conditions and points, and one of the best ways to record and document tacit knowledge is to use the oral history research method. The purpose of the present article is to study the recording, and explanation of tacit knowledge and to become explicit. and explicit knowledge through the implementation of oral history projects.

One of the most ancient visual representations created by humans is the rock-art. It seems that the surface of rocks was the very first canvass selected by humans to express their artistic creations. The earliest examples of rock art date to the late Pleistocene period, but it seems that it was in Holocene period that rock art developed and expanded. This can partially be attributed to environmental changes that opened up a new mode of settlement before humans, moving out of caves into the open air over the natural landscape. In this paper we offer an overview of the rock art and rock art studies, especially a brief history of research, methodology of the study and documentation of the rock at, as well as perspectives for future research.