Historical Sciences Studies

Journal of Historical Sciences Studies, a biannual scientific-research publication from the Faculty of Literature and Humanities at the University of Tehran, is published twice a year. Based on Notification No. 60350/11/3 dated July 20, 2011, from the Commission for the Review of Scientific Journals of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, the journal holds the Scientific-Research rank.This journal publishes original articles in various historical fields, including social history, political history, economic history, historical dynasties, pre-Islamic Iran, post-Islamic Iran, and Islamic history. In essence, it aims to publish scholarly work by professors, researchers, and students that presents new and original ideas, possesses scientific and research merit, and is fundamentally research-oriented. The "Journal of Historical Sciences Studies" welcomes all articles dedicated to the study of Iranian history in all its dimensions. The submission language for articles is Persian, and the journal is unable to accept manuscripts in other languages. Among its primary objectives is to cover pre-Islamic Iranian history, Islamic Iranian history, Islamic history, as well as political, social, cultural, religious, and military history, and research methodology.

Journal Information

  • Journal Title: Journal of Historical Sciences Studies

  • Owner: Faculty of Literature and Humanities, University of Tehran

  • Publisher: University of Tehran Press

  • Journal English Title: Historical Sciences Studies

  • Scientific Category: Humanities

  • Sub-category: History, Research, Periodicals

  • Scientific Rank: Scientific-Research

  • Date of First Issue: July 20, 2011

  • Peer Review Type: Double-blind, Anonymous, and Confidential

  • Average Initial Review Time: Approximately 15 days

  • Average Peer Review Process Duration: 3 weeks (minimum of two reviewers)

  • Article Acceptance Rate: 14%

  • Publication Frequency: Biannual

  • Journal Language: Persian (abstracts and references in both English and Persian)

  • Publication Type: Electronic

  • Access Type: Open Access (Full Text)

  • Print ISSN: 9254-2251

  • Electronic ISSN: 2676-3370

  • Citation Style: APA

  • Phone: +98 (21) 61112999

  • Journal Email: jhss@ut.ac.ir

  • Website: https://jhss.ut.ac.ir

Fees and Charges

  • Article Review Fee: Yes

  • Final Acceptance and Publication Fee: Yes

Copyright

  • The journal follows the international Creative Commons copyright laws. Article copyright remains with the authors, who are the owners and holders of the copyright for their work.

Publication Ethics

  • The "Journal of Historical Sciences Studies," in compliance with publication ethics, adheres to the guidelines, principles, and regulations of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the executive bylaw for the prevention and confrontation of scientific misconduct.

Plagiarism Policy

  • Based on an agreement with the SinaWeb company, all articles submitted to the Journal of Historical Sciences Studies will be checked for plagiarism and similarity using relevant software (e.g., Samim Noor) before entering the peer-review process.

Notice to Authors

  • The journal will charge a fee for article publication after the peer-review process; however, the republication of information from this website is free, provided the source is cited.

  • In accordance with the request of the Commission for Iranian Scientific Journals, registration and display of a free ORCID iD and the use of an institutional/academic email address are mandatory for article authors. Therefore, respected authors are requested to obtain their ORCID iD and an institutional/academic email address before submitting their article to the journal.

Corresponding Author

  • The corresponding author of an article must be a faculty member of a university, center, or research institute. Submission of an article is free, but a written confirmation letter from the corresponding author and the forms below must be submitted with the article. PhD and Master's students cannot be the sole corresponding author. The designation of the corresponding author is otherwise open based on mutual agreement.

  • The responsibility for ensuring the absence of plagiarism, data fabrication, and misuse of artificial intelligence lies with the article's authors.

Required Files and Forms

The following essential files must be submitted through the article submission system:

  1. Main Article File: (Without authors' names and formatted according to the journal's template. Please refer to the Author Guidelines section).

  2. Title Page File: Including authors' details.

  3. Commitment Form: (Must include the article title and the full names of all authors and be signed by all authors. Please refer to the Author Guidelines section).

  4. Conflict of Interest and Contribution Form: (Must be signed by the corresponding author and uploaded with the article file. Please refer to the Author Guidelines section).

Article Format

  • The final version of the article, after completing the peer-review and acceptance stages, must be submitted using the journal's article template. Otherwise, it will not be processed. (Please refer to the Author Guidelines section).


Important Note:

  • For final accepted articles, authors must prepare, in addition to the short English abstract, an extended English abstract of 1000 to 1200 words. This extended abstract must be placed within the article according to the sample template and submitted along with other supplementary files through the journal's system.

  • Artificial intelligence may be used to review the spelling and grammar and to paraphrase the text of the English abstract.

Fee Payment Details

The Journal of Historical Sciences Studies charges a 150,000 Rials review fee for the initial assessment. If the article is accepted, a 450,000 Rials publication fee will be charged (total 600,000 Rials). Therefore, upon notification from the journal's office, the amount must be paid through the online portal available in the system. Alternatively, you may deposit the amount to the following account and email a copy of the deposit slip to the journal's email address:

  • Account Number: 4001070103006825

  • IBAN: IR830100004001070103006825

  • Deposit ID: 314070174140107000000002002202

  • Account Name: University of Tehran - Designated Funds Concentration

  • Bank: Central Bank of Iran

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Research Paper
The history of international law through conceptual and formal changes in the state
The history of international law through conceptual and formal changes in the state

Mojtaba Ansarian

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.394388.473800

Abstract
  The writings produced following research and studies in the field of the history of international law are usually partial and isolated. If only the history of relations between countries ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Impact of Pahlavi Government’s Health Policies on Improving the Condition of Meat with an Emphasis on Newly Discovered Documents (1334-1357 AH)
The Impact of Pahlavi Government’s Health Policies on Improving the Condition of Meat with an Emphasis on Newly Discovered Documents (1334-1357 AH)

masoud kasiri; matin sadat eslahi; nozhat ahmadi

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.386398.473760

Abstract
  With the rise to power of the Pahlavi government, the country’s health policies, which had begun during the constitutional era, were pursued with greater seriousness and expanded ...  Read More
Research Paper
Seyyed Ahmed Barili's Political-Military Strategies in Confronting the Sikhs
Seyyed Ahmed Barili's Political-Military Strategies in Confronting the Sikhs

Ahmad Zubair bayanfar; khadijeh alemi

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.391112.473787

Abstract
  Seyyed Ahmed was from Bareilly who went to Delhi to study and became one of the students of Shah AbdulAziz of Delhi. In a fatwa, Shah AbdulAziz declared the Indian subcontinent Dar ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis of the collective action of national, religious and left-wing parties between two coups on 16 - 19 August 1953 (Case study: Iran Party, Fada'iyan-e Islam Society and Tudeh Party of Iran)
Analysis of the collective action of national, religious and left-wing parties between two coups on 16 - 19 August 1953 (Case study: Iran Party, Fada'iyan-e Islam Society and Tudeh Party of Iran)

Mohammad Jafarbegloo; Mojtaba Soltani Ahmadi; Alireza Alisofi; Hoshang Khosrobeigi

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.390431.473782

Abstract
  Iran's national oil movement is one of the most important and influential events in Iran's contemporary history. This event has influenced the events after it. The present article analyzes ...  Read More
Research Paper
An analysis of the symbolic evolution of the fish motif in the history of Iranian painting from the Ilkhanid to Safavid periods
An analysis of the symbolic evolution of the fish motif in the history of Iranian painting from the Ilkhanid to Safavid periods

Elaheh Panjehbashi; Rana Mohammadzadeh

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.385802.473754

Abstract
  The fish motif, as one of the types of aquatic motifs alongside the element of water in Iranian painting, has various and multi-layered symbolic meanings. This motif, which has been ...  Read More
Research Paper
Textual Historicization in Literary Works
A Case Study: The Book of Kalila wa-Dimna
Textual Historicization in Literary Works A Case Study: The Book of Kalila wa-Dimna
Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.397184.473820

Abstract
  One of the significant topics in historical and literary studies is the examination of the relationship between literary texts and historical events. From this perspective, a literary ...  Read More
Research Paper
Introduction and Review of Matale Al-Aarifin: A Newly Discovered Manuscript from the Safavid Era
Introduction and Review of Matale Al-Aarifin: A Newly Discovered Manuscript from the Safavid Era

Anvar khalandi; Mohammad Hossein Soleymani; Reza Shajari Ghasem Kheyli

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.392084.473791

Abstract
  Qaini is an unknown Persian scholar of the late Safavid .He has many works on astronomy, astronomical laws, the art of making astrolabes,optics,strange sciences,and interpretation.However, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Population Deportation and Sasanian Economic Transformation: Labor, Trade, and Taxation
Population Deportation and Sasanian Economic Transformation: Labor, Trade, and Taxation

Mahsa Mahjoob Shishegari; Kolsoum Ghazanfari

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.395061.473806

Abstract
  During the Sasanian period, population movements-including wartime captives and state-organized resettlements-played an important role in shaping the empire's economic development and ...  Read More
Research Paper
Survey of the encounter of Qajar officials with American evangelical missions
Survey of the encounter of Qajar officials with American evangelical missions

Azam Fooladi_Panah; Bagher Ali Adelfar

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.385434.473751

Abstract
  The apparent tolerance of government leaders with Christian missionaries in Iran goes back to the Safavid period. The Qajar kings, who followed the Safavids in religious practice and ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Cartographic Heritage of Islamic Lands, in European Cartography
The Cartographic Heritage of Islamic Lands, in European Cartography

Fatemeh Faridi Majid

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.389522.473777

Abstract
  Islamic civilization, as one of the main centers of scientific and civilizational developments in the third to tenth centuries AH/ninth to sixteenth centuries AD, played an unparalleled ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Īmītu Palm Grove Contracts: Analysis of Three Legal Documents from Achaemenid Babylon with Akkadian Text Edition
The Īmītu Palm Grove Contracts: Analysis of Three Legal Documents from Achaemenid Babylon with Akkadian Text Edition

Hossein Maleki Lotaki

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.397014.473817

Abstract
  Abstrac:This study examines the Imittu system (fixed/assessed estimation) in date palm garden contracts in Achaemenid Babylonia and attempts to analyze its function in the economic ...  Read More
Research Paper
Studying the Concept of Justice on Sasanian Coins: A Historical Analysis of the legend
Studying the Concept of Justice on Sasanian Coins: A Historical Analysis of the legend "l’st"

Esmaeil Matloubkari

Volume 17, Issue 1 , August 2025, Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.394712.473803

Abstract
  This article is dedicated to the meaning, concept, and reason for minting the legend "l’st" on the coins of several Sasanian Kings of Kings in the fourth and fifth centuries CE. ...  Read More
Investigating the Causes of the Failure of the English Company of Muscovy in Safavid Iran
Investigating the Causes of the Failure of the English Company of Muscovy in Safavid Iran
Volume 15, Issue 1 , May 2023, , Pages 23-43

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2023.353538.473619

Abstract
  In the 16th century, international trade underwent profound changes, the establishment of trade corporations and new trade routes being among the most significant proofs and evidence. ...  Read More
The Origin of the Headgear on Early Arsacid Coins (from Arsaces I to Mithradates I)
The Origin of the Headgear on Early Arsacid Coins (from Arsaces I to Mithradates I)
Volume 11, Issue 2 , March 2020, , Pages 21-41

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2019.276734.473087

Abstract
  Scholars, in their study of Parthian numismatics, mostly emphasize the Hellenistic and Persian-Achaemenid heritage and ignore Scythian cultural elements. One of the most important motifs ...  Read More
The Activity of Local Elites in Fars Province The Case Study: Moshir al-Molk Family (1763-1876)
The Activity of Local Elites in Fars Province The Case Study: Moshir al-Molk Family (1763-1876)
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 59-78

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2019.248030.472918

Abstract
  The local and bureau elites had been always among the effective political and social groups in Fars province in a way that the Fars governance was directly related to their performance. ...  Read More
The Economic Situation of Kushan Empire and the Affecting Factors Around it
The Economic Situation of Kushan Empire and the Affecting Factors Around it
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 137-152

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2018.246097.472908

Abstract
  While Kushan Empire, and in general, Central Asia is going to be studied historically, recognition of its economic situation gets a high level of importance. Therefore, their trade ...  Read More
The Safavids' Economic Policy and its Impact on the Collapse of the State
The Safavids' Economic Policy and its Impact on the Collapse of the State
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2019, , Pages 97-116

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2019.234188.472821

Abstract
  Economic factors are among the many reasons that researchers consider as the causes of the collapse of Iranian governments during the Islamic era, what are being studies in the researches ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Meaning and Concept of the Legend of "nwky" on the Coins of Yazdgird II
The Meaning and Concept of the Legend of "nwky" on the Coins of Yazdgird II

Esmaeil Matloubkari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 30 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.393967.473798

Abstract
  The fifth century witnessed fundamental changes in the inscriptions on Sasanian coins. From the late fourth century, the relatively uniform list of legitimizing Sasanian titles changed ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Role of Hermias and Aristotle, Advisor to Philip II, in the Relations between the Achaemenid Empire and Macedonia (347-336 BC)
The Role of Hermias and Aristotle, Advisor to Philip II, in the Relations between the Achaemenid Empire and Macedonia (347-336 BC)

Alireza karbasi; Hamidreza Pashazanous; Esmaeil Sangari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 30 May 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.392841.473795

Abstract
  At the end of the Achaemenid period and after the changes of the era of Artaxerxes III (359/58 - 338 BC), Hermias was able to gradually expand his power in that region and through Aristotle ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Analysis of the Continuity of Status and Multifaceted Roles of Influential Local Families: A Case Study of the Sadat Sharifi Hosseini Shirazi Family in Fars (1495–1913)
An Analysis of the Continuity of Status and Multifaceted Roles of Influential Local Families: A Case Study of the Sadat Sharifi Hosseini Shirazi Family in Fars (1495–1913)

hadi keshavarz

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 11 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.378529.473724

Abstract
  Local influential families, depending on their status and various actions, have always been among the influential provincial groups. Awareness of the actions, power elements, and the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Comparison of Historians' and Theologians - Historians ' Views on the Rule of "Companionship" in Historiography, a Case Study: Muhammad Sallabi, Munir Ghadban, Taha Husein and Abualala Almaududi
Comparison of Historians' and Theologians - Historians ' Views on the Rule of "Companionship" in Historiography, a Case Study: Muhammad Sallabi, Munir Ghadban, Taha Husein and Abualala Almaududi

Hamid ahmadian; Asghar Montazeralghaem; muhammad Ali Chelongar

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 22 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.391802.473790

Abstract
  The extent and manner in which historians utilize theological rules is an important and challenging issue for researchers. Some historians, with a theological approach, try to deny ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analysis and Explanation of the most important sins of women and their punishment in the Sasanian period
Analysis and Explanation of the most important sins of women and their punishment in the Sasanian period

Shahla Rashidifar; Feizolah Booshasb goosheh; Esmaeil Sangari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.391157.473788

Abstract
  The Sasanian era marks a period of significant transformation in administrative, cultural, and religious frameworks. The interpretation of concepts such as sin, justice, and punishment ...  Read More
Research Paper
Re-Identifying the Descendants the Jalayirid rulers of Khuzestan based on newly discovered coins and documents
Re-Identifying the Descendants the Jalayirid rulers of Khuzestan based on newly discovered coins and documents

mohsen rahmati; davood alijavadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 30 July 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.396918.473814

Abstract
  ،The great Jalayirid dynasty was extinct by the assassination of Sultan Ahmad, but some of the Jalayirid princes continued the rule by retreating to Khuzestan and southern Iraq. Due ...  Read More
Research Paper
Revisiting a Document from Mirza Mansour
Khan Behbahani
Revisiting a Document from Mirza Mansour Khan Behbahani

Seyyed Masih Mansoor Tabatabaei

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.397952.473821

Abstract
  This brief note reviews a historical document dated 1233 AH, concerning Mirza Mansur Khan of Behbahan. His father, Mirza Sultan Mohammad Khan I, had built his official residence on ...  Read More
Research Paper
Shipbuilding Industry in Islamic Civilization (1st Century AH - Mediterranean Basin)
Shipbuilding Industry in Islamic Civilization (1st Century AH - Mediterranean Basin)

Sajad Dadfar; Omid Mardukhi; Mehdi Ezati

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 02 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.392729.473793

Abstract
  This research, which was conducted using a historical method and a descriptive-analytical approach, examines the history of the shipbuilding industry in Islamic civilization in the ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Caravan Stations of Northern China in Islamic Texts: From Kashghar to Chang’an (长安)
The Caravan Stations of Northern China in Islamic Texts: From Kashghar to Chang’an (长安)

Mohammadbagher Vosoughi; Jamal Pirehmard Shotorban

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.398175.473822

Abstract
  The city of Kashghar was situated at the convergence of Chinese communication routes that crossed the northern and southern parts of the Taklamakan Desert. The access routes from the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Cultural and Scientific Medals and Decorations in the Qajar and Pahlavi Eras and political power
Cultural and Scientific Medals and Decorations in the Qajar and Pahlavi Eras and political power

nouroddin nemati; seyyed mohammad sadat

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 August 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.399744.473831

Abstract
  This study employs a historical-analytical approach, drawing on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of symbolic capital and Max Weber’s concept of legitimate power, to explore the role of ...  Read More
Research Paper
Evaluation of reports in geographical texts from the third to eighth centuries AH about Makurran
Evaluation of reports in geographical texts from the third to eighth centuries AH about Makurran

Abdulvadood sepahi; Abdolah Safarzaie

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 06 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.393236.473796

Abstract
  Makoran was a vast territory in southeastern Iran between the third and eighth centuries AH, encompassing a large part of present-day Baluchistan. Makran is mentioned in geographical ...  Read More
Research Paper
Analyzing written sources related to Avicenna's School-Tomb in Esfahan
Analyzing written sources related to Avicenna's School-Tomb in Esfahan

Behnam Pedram; Mahdi Panjepoor; Ali Shojaei

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 09 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.391690.473789

Abstract
  The tomb attributed to Avicenna (Ibn Sina) in Esfahan’s Dardasht neighborhood is a valuable Dailamite-era monument. It was likely once part of a larger architectural ensemble that ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Social Status of Women Musicians in Parthian Period
The Social Status of Women Musicians in Parthian Period

mozhgan khanmoradi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.399734.473836

Abstract
  The Historical sources rarely mention music and instruments during the Parthian period. yet, there is no precise information about female musicians and their position. But, archaeological ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Great Revolt against Naram-Sin: Historical Tradition and Literary Representation
The Great Revolt against Naram-Sin: Historical Tradition and Literary Representation

Seyed Shahrooz Tavakoli; Hossein Badamchi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 15 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.399218.473826

Abstract
  The tradition of the Great Rebellion against Naram-Sin is known well through royal inscriptions (original and even copy texts from later times) and various literary works. This event ...  Read More
Research Paper
Examining the Status of Women’s Ownership in Zoroastrianism (Case Study: Document 22 and 22bis of Tabarestān)
Examining the Status of Women’s Ownership in Zoroastrianism (Case Study: Document 22 and 22bis of Tabarestān)

Parvin Davari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 19 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.399698.473842

Abstract
  Marriage and family formation held paramount importance in Zoroastrianism, providing a framework wherein each family member could benefit from social rights and advantages. Women, as ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Study of the Toponyms Suraq, Duraq, Falāhīyeh, and Shādegān in the Historical Geography of Khuzestan
A Study of the Toponyms Suraq, Duraq, Falāhīyeh, and Shādegān in the Historical Geography of Khuzestan

Marzieh Sharbaf

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 21 September 2025

https://doi.org/10.22059/jhss.2025.387405.473763

Abstract
  Toponymy, as a key branch of historical geography, plays a significant role in analyzing spatial and cultural transformations in human societies. Focusing on the toponyms Suraq, Duraq, ...  Read More

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