Examination of Iranian Police Organization and Trend of its Changes in Qajar Era

his research tries to provide a methodological knowledge of traditional organization of urban administration in the Qajar Era and its police's most significant authorities including governor, marshal and sheriff; the currents dominating the work of these executive organs and the changes created in the urban security situation as the result of connection with the Western countries, particularly establishing sentries, petition boxes, police formation and its efficiency. The issue of security and its enforcement in cities and borders was one of significant problems for the Qajar government and the fragility in this realm threatened its survival as a state. While trying to maintain traditional organization in the security sphere, the Qajars sought to do some reforms so that they achieve a desirable security. The findings indicate that the inefficiency of traditional organization in providing security for the Iranian cities made it necessary to create new police organization but the changes in legal and security affairs failed to survive and establish security in Qajar Era due to the following fundamental reasons: being hereditary and selling the jobs, domination of nepotism in recruiting, lack of order in taking taxes, continuation of corruption and discontent of some domestic people towards adoption of the new Western police model.