The Role of Iranian Thinkers of India in the Trend of Modernity Refection in Iran and in the Qajar Dynasty

India was one of the first bases of thinking revolution in the trend of modernity thinking and a familiarizing agent of Iranian people. Iranian thinkers, who familiarized themselves with new political and social institutions of the rule of law among foreign countries in India, assisted in the trend of modernity through their travel accounts. This article discusses novel views of Iranian scholars in India and aims at indicating that Iranian thinkers were seeking enlightenment in their travel accounts. Initially the familiarity of Iranian scholars with foreign civilization and scientific achievements and its reflection in the Iranian society will be discussed. Then the demand felt by the Iranian elite in India to be exposed to the manifestations of modernity in the period of the Qājār dynasty will be elaborated.