The relation between law, rights, limitations, and freedom to Mirza Ismail Dordi Isfahani

After the heavy consequences of the battles between Iran and Russia، revisions and reforms of the body of Qajar government were started. Along with that، open-minded ideas formed among them after Iranian became familiar with new western civilizations and compared Iran with developed European countries. First، a group of Iranian scholars dwelling in India informed people of the civilizations in their works after getting to know British sources. The objective in this article is the critical and open-minded ideas of Mirza Ismail Dordi Isfahani، one of the Iranian scholars living in India. The article aims at analyzing the discourse of Mirza Ismail to clarify what his understanding of the concepts “law”، “rights”، “limitations”، and “freedoms” is and what kind of relation the concepts have to him. The findings of this article reveal that Mirza Ismail considered the political and official condition of Iran after he had become familiar with the new western civilizations and concluded that Iran could develop under the reign of law. According to his hyposesis، the powers of the ruler are limited and people`s rights are determined on the basis of law. He believes that freedoms based on law and cultural and national regulations are not harmful but beneficial since they lead to unity and development of governments and societies.