Document Type : Research Paper
Author
PhD in Persian Language and Literature, University of Tehran
Abstract
Nasir al-Din Shah was one the most influential Iranian Kings. He wrote his diaries for many years. One of his notable characteristics was his knowledge of the French language; his diaries are considered as precious sources of information about this aspect of his personality. In many cases he used his knowledge of the French, one of which was writing in his diaries the names of the ladies from the Royal Harem with whom he had had intercourse. In such occasions, he would write the name of that lady with the French alphabet but with the Turkish pronunciation; thus he was apparently the very first Persian to have written Farsi words and sentences using the Latin alphabet. Unfortunately some of the individuals who edited his writings did so without first having gone methodically through the rules of specialized editing of manuscripts; this brought on errors and inaccuracy along with numerous manipulations of the contents of these notes, so that the recent publications of his diaries appear to be unreliable. One of these manipulations is related to changing and eliminating the Latin writings of the names of his wives. Our endeavor here, is to answer the question: what kind of information has been destroyed from various fields of knowledge such as Literature and History and more importantly, the King’s personality after changing and eliminating the Latin writings of the names of his wives made by these editors inside the Album No 97? our research methods are descriptive and analytical.
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