Department of History

The Department of History was established in Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities in 1957 at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad with the following objectives:

  • To familiarize students with history, culture and civilization of Iran from the development of the first human civilization in this country until now
  • To introduce students with the history of political and cultural developments of Europe from the ancient Greece to modern centuries
  • To foster students with quality research capabilities through offering subjects on research methods and techniques of teaching history to students

The areas of specialization offered in the Department of History in the Master’s program (founded in 1957) are as follows:

  • Ancient History of Iran History of Islamic Iran
  • History of Shi'ism

Established in 2008, the main aim of the History of Ancient Iran program which is another areas of specialization in the History Department is to provide the students with the knowledge of the Iranian history and civilization from its emergence to the advent of Islam. The curriculum of this areas of specialization is based on the study of the history of ancient civilizations such as the Elamites, the Medes, the Achaemenids, the Parthians and the Sassanids and the mythology and ancient languages of Iran.

The program in History of Islamic Iran was founded in 1987. This areas of specialization aims to train students in the study and review of different periods of history of Islamic Iran from the arrival of Islam to Iran to the present time.

Founded in 2010 at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, the areas of specialization in History of Shi'ism is planned to meet the following aims:

  • To make students familiar with the history of Shi'ism, history of Shiite ideas and its political and environmental evolution in Iran and other Islamic countries
  • To study the life of the infallible Imams (AS) and how the caliphs of the Umayyad and Abbasid treated the Shiites.

The Department of History also offers a Ph.D. program in History of Islamic Iran. This program aims to meet the following objectives:

  • Reviewing the political history in the Islamic era in general and the social and cultural changes of Iran in particular, with an emphasis on criticism of the historical literature
  • Studying the historians and identifying the historiography schools and methods of advanced research in history.
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Head of the Department of History
Mohamad_Taghi_Imanpour
Mohamad Taghi Imanpour
Professor
Department of History
timanpour@um.ac.ir
+985138806776


Concentration areas offered by the Department of History
Areas Bachelor's Master's Ph.D
History
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Islamic Iran History
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Ancient Iran History
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History of Shi'ism
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The History of Iran after Islam
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Academic staff

Maryam Azizian
Assistant Professor
Najmedin Gilani
Assistant Professor
Mohamad Taghi Imanpour
Professor
Pedram Jam
Assistant Professor
Leila Najafian Razavi
Assistant Professor
Sayyed Jalal Rajai
Assistant Professor
Abbas Sarafrazi
Associate Professor
Hadi Vakili
Associate Professor
Ali Asghar Zoghi Borzeshi
Lecturer

Research

Recent theses and dissertations

Abbaspour, S. (2023). Political and cultural approaches of Mashhad women in the second Pahlavi era. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Kaviani Yeganeh, M. (2023). a comparative analysis of the Saljuqs and the KhwarazmShahs religious policies towards Islamic religions and sects. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Seddighi, M. (2023). political career of the Mashhad Representatives in the first Pahlavi Era. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Pourahmadi, S. (2023). Zoroastrian Calendar from Ancient Times to the 6th/12th Century AH/AD. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Zamani, R. (2023). Isfahan in the Sasanian Period based on Written Sources. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Fatemi Moghaddam, Z. (2023). Owner and tenant relations in the Qajar period-based on the contracts concluded in Shari\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Talebi, E. (2023). Newly established cities of Alexander the Great in the east of Euphrates. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Karimi, S. (2023). The features of writing Prophetic biography in Hayat al-Qulub by Allameh Majlesi -prophets section. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ghahremani, M. (2023). The position of Gonabad in the history, culture and civilization of Iran until the early Islamic centuries.. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Kazemi, M. (2023). The role of the Mikal and Kamkar dynasty in the cultural and political developments of Iran in the 4th and 5th centuries of AH. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Nakhaie, A. (2023). Investigating the cultural- civilizational relations between Iran and the Korean Peninsula from the 3rd to the 10th century A.H. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Rahimi, A. (2023). A comparative study of the basics and involved concepts in the construction of power in Akhlaq al-Ashraf written by Ubayd Zakani and prince written by Machiavelli.. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Shapoori Dorbadam, K. (2023). Prostitution in Sasanian Period. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hesami, F. (2023). Reflection of women\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Department of history

Phone: +985138796829-33

Fax: +985138794144

Postal code: 917794883