Persian historiography A critic on Julie Scoott Misaimi's historiographical approach

This essay by paying attention to relation between «history» and «historiography» concepts has the agenda of internal and external critic of the book "Persian historiography to the end of the twelfth century" which is authored by Julie Scott Meisami. Meisami studies and interprets historiographical insights of historians of the Samanid and Ghaznavid and Seljuks era from her point of view and subject which has been elaborated by her in process of evaluation of Persian historiography. But the point is that this researcher of history and literature arena how much could perceive the historiographical discourse of Iran middle age and her book comes up with what new horizon in historiography arena. Meisami's book has been criticized with positive and negative approaches together and from all aspects follows dynamic of history science. Thus, besides introducing briefing of book subjects and expressing the surveying position, criticize its subjects. The problem is that does Meisami have methodical approaches in drafting and surveying or no and if the answer is positive how much she was committed to methodological and epistemological basics.