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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

Ramzanpour, H. (2022). Slave trade in Khorasan and Transoxiana in the early Islamic centuries -to end of the fourth century AH. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Mehrabi, T. (2022). Political and cultural changes of the inhabitants of the southern shore of the Caspian Sea from the arrival of the Aryans to the fall of the Achaemenids Empire.. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Darvish, N. (2022). The Educational cooperations between Iran and Israel in the second Pahlavi period. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Al-hilali, S. (2022). Modern Arab Writers on Zoroastrianism. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Dehqan Zada, A. (2022). Balkh Society during Sasanian and Hephtalite period according to Balkh documents from 4th to 8th century AD. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Ghestchi, H. (2022). Rationality and Wisdom in the Sasanian era. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Peyvasteh, S. (2022). The Relationship between Ethics and Politics in Pahlavi Advice Literature. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Rabiee, R. (2022). Political function of the sons of Imam Musa Kazem (A.S) in the first period of the Abbasid Caliphate from (132-232 A.H). , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Fadakar Milkariz, K. (2022). The reign of Yazdgerd I, the Sassanian king, in the Roman and Early Islamic Sources: A Comparative Study. , ( History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Zabol Abbaci, H. (2022). Analysis and adaptation of the educational situation of the Samanid and Seljuk era (centered on Beyhaqiyya School of Neishabour and Nizamiyyah School of Baghdad). , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hussein, A. (2022). The land of Babylon in the Arsacid period. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Azzawi, A. (2022). The effect of Mesopotamian civilization on Achaemenian civilization. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Parastar, F. (2022). The Iranism of ministers and secretaries in the Buyids period. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Albehadilalsarrai, H. (2022). Economic relations between the Sassanids and the Arabs of Hira, Levant and the Arabian Peninsula. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Shihmani, A. (2022). Positions of the Ottoman government and Iran regarding the Wahhabi attacks on Iraq and Atabat 1210- 1350 Lunar -1796- 1932 AD. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Alghazali, M. (2022). Comparison of cultural and religious policies of the states of Iran and Iraq from 1920 to 1940/ 1299 to 1319. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Bazrgar Khazarbegi, M. (2022). Translation of in the Safavid period with an emphasis on Translations of shiite texts. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Farhaditupkanlu, J. (2022). The role of Tribe Tupkanlu in the contemporary history of Iran. , (Master's thesis of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Baluchzehi, A. (2022). Common pastimes and entertainments during the period of the Mongol and Ilkhans. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Neghabi, S. (2022). The origin and sphere of influence the Parthian families in the Sasanid period. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Kaeid, Z. (2022). The status of the land of Elam from the fall of the kingdom -646 BC- to the rule of the Persians.. , (Doctoral dissertation of History). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.
Hajizadeh, N. (2022). Medical relations between Iran and the Soviet Union during the second Pahlavi period -1320-1357- -documentary study. , (Doctoral dissertation 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