Examining the Method of Historiography and Introducing the Three Books of History of Ancient Iran, Farāzestān, and An Itroduction to Farāzestān

Because of the political, social, and economical changes, historiography, in Ghājār era, is categorized into traditional method and modern method. Both the History of Ancient Iran and the History of Farāzestān are considered to be following the traditional method of historiography. And it can be said that An Introduction to Farāzestān has to some extent used the western methods of historiography. In the present study, the author intends to provide a comparative study of the methods and features of the historiography of the three mentioned copies, available in our national library. Therefore, he tries to display the importance of revising and publishing these significant literary books. In this regard, having completely discussed the structural and content features of the copies, he goes on to present some samples of the works.