An Analysis of Contemporary Tajik Historian's Approach to the Samanid Government

Studying the historiography of Iran's neighboring countries, and how they view the shared heritage and history of the past, is a field for scholarly dialogue among thinkers. The present article attempts to consider the focus of their viewpoints on analyzing the approach of Tajikistan scholars to the Samanid as a shared heritage and tries to consider their complementary efforts in contemporary Iranian research. Tajik historians in the Soviet era, providing a platform for ethnic identity, directed the historiography. The same way, emphasizing the identity-building aspect of the Samanid, especially during Amir Ismail Samani, sought a practical model of a "statesman" and "Amir 'Adel." They are vaguely searching for another identity in the Soviet Union, especially among the Turk and Tajik people, who, fortunately, have not yet been at odds with the Iranian identity. Independent historiography seeks to find the positive side of identity in "Amir Ismail himself" and the opposing side in "Uzbek and Uzbekistan". Although this approach has imposed some methodological and content shortcomings on Tajik historians during independence, it continues to pay special attention to Iranian research and its perpetuation and avoid an aggressive approach to Iranian culture.