The Demands of the Urban Society of Kermanshah in the Petitions of the Qajar Era (From the Constitutional Revolution to the Fall of the Qajar Dynasty; 1324-1344 AH/1906-1925 AD)

Keshtmand, Nahid; Sheikh Noori, Mohamad Amir; Bahrami, Roh Alah

doi:10.22051/hii.2025.47236.2933

Document Type : Scientific-Research

Authors

¹ Ph.D. candidate in history of Islamic Iran, Department of History, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

² Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

³ Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22051/hii.2025.47236.2933

Abstract

Petitions can be considered one of the most important historical documents closely linked to the political and social life of society, representing the concerns and problems of a society that generally had to write petitions after its demands were not resolved through official channels. The present article was written with the aim of understanding the concerns and urban problems of Kermanshah during the constitutional era and is based on petition documents. This research utilized the content analysis method to read and examine the petitions from this period and to answer the question of what problems the people as a lower class in this period demanded from the higher authorities to solve through petitions and solved? The results of studying the demands of the urban society of Kermanshah at three historical points in this period show that the above-mentioned demands fluctuated in the form of four main categories: social, political, economic, and cultural, in conjunction with the developments. While in the first and second constitutional periods and the First World War, the political sphere of demands was at the top, in the third period with a fundamental shift and a significant decrease in political demands, the social category with a variety of issues and a high volume of petitions is at the top of the table of these demands, and the cultural category with an upward movement has been in the second row of the table. From an economic point of view, we also see a uniform trend of such demands in all three periods, which were made above all in relation to the tax system.

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Main Subjects

History of Islamic Iran

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Volume 34, Issue 62 - Serial Number 152
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September 2024
Pages 147-175

The Demands of the Urban Society of Kermanshah in the Petitions of the Qajar Era (From the Constitutional Revolution to the Fall of the Qajar Dynasty; 1324-1344 AH/1906-1925 AD)

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Volume 34, Issue 62 - Serial Number 152summer 2024September 2024Pages 147-175

Volume 34, Issue 62 - Serial Number 152
summer 2024
September 2024
Pages 147-175