Abstracts - مجلة روزگاران مقالة

The Sick Men of Persia: The Importance of Illness as a Factor in the Interpretation of Modern Iranian Diplomatic History Seyed Rasoul Abtahi 1 Abstract Studies of Iranian political history often assume that the repercussions of physical or mental illness on leadership are inconsequential in determining the course of history, which can have various reasons, such as historians' unfamiliarity with medical affairs, lack of reported clinical information on patients or the rules of medical confidentiality, etc. However, such an assumption has led historians to the neglect of such repercussions even in the modern history of Iran since the Qajars at which historical evidence on the medical condition of leaders, particularly in periods of political crisis, is abundant. Keywords: Illness, Medical Condition, Modern Iran, Political leaders, the Qajars, Muzaffar al-Din Shah. Why the Iranians of the Qajar era preferred and avoided Christians Saeid Najafi Nezhad 1 ABSTRACT The Qajar period is considered a new chapter in the history of Iran in terms of extensive familiarity with the culture and civilization of the Western world. Keywords: Qajar, Christianity, Iranians, kindness, Religious minoritie.