A Study of History of Human Identity on the basis of Iranian Society Patterns in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh

Humans have various identity dimensions in Shahnameh. In this paper, identity is studied on the basis of human functions in an ideal king-based society as well as Iranian society and, therefore, dimensions of human identity are studied on the basis of three factors of politics, society and religion separately. Theoretical basis of this article is that since Iranians always define their identity in order to establish, maintain and fix a utopia, so individual part of identity is neither important nor of value. This paper analyzes three dimensions of human identity:1) The political identity in which kings have a more important role and their functions can be analyzed in four dimensions: urbanity, justice, consultation and competition.2) Social identity is analyzed on the basis of love and happiness identity and religious identity is investigated in two dimensions: verbal (praise) and behavioral (blessing). The purpose of this paper is to explain the religious, cultural and social bases of human functions in Iran in the historical past.This paper uses a descriptive-analytical method and shows evidences related to this issue in Shahname by using library resources.