چکیده:
According to many researchers writting of the great shahnameh was supported by ilkhanids to legitimize their dynasy by making relations between Ilkhanid kings and mythical iranan kings.
● Purpose The current study aims to shed light on the significan role of Shahnameh in legitimation and Persianism of Mongols. ● Method This artice has been written by the use of discource and liberary method and analysis of important paintings and is based on Foucault’s geneology theory.
● Statement of the Problem in this article , persianism means the procces that Mongols went through in order to replace their own culture with Iranian culture and legitimize themselves
● Conclusion It can be inferred from the results that contrary to the initial discourse1 which was based on Ghenghis’s yasa2 that Ilkhanid dynasty is devided into 3 stages :
1.the first one is known for Ghenghis’s invasion and victories in wars and represents terror and fear. 2.this stage is called power and domination discourse because of ilkhanid’s attacks that led to conquest of iran. 3.at the last stage ilkhanid rulers converted to islam and became adapted to iranian culture. this situation caused the establishment of basics of persianization.
Shahnameh was used by Mongols in order to replace themselves with mythical kings of iran. they selectively chose some illustrations of Shahnameh that could be helpful in emphasizing the similarities of the mythical kings and Mongol rulers so that they could be more acceptable for Iranian people. this shows the significant role of Shahnameh on their way to Persianism and legitimation.
خلاصه ماشینی:
● Statement of the Problemin this article , persianism means the procces that Mongols went through in order to replace their own culture with Iranian culture and legitimize themselves● ConclusionIt can be inferred from the results that contrary to the initial discourse1 which was based on Ghenghis’s yasa2 that Ilkhanid dynasty is devided into 3 stages :1.
9 The Scientific Journal of NAZAR research center (Nrc) for Art, Architecture & Urbanism Introduction As we know Mongols used to be tent dwellers but after their tacking over the great civilizations of their era, they gradually changed their lifestyle and started to inhabit cities.
"(Hasanzadeh, 2000: 435) in this case, one of the instruments aimed at legitimizing by the Mongols was the writings of the great mankind’s Shahnameh According to some researchers such as: Abu al-ala Soudavar, Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom, Sheila Kenby, Marianna Shreve Simpson, in order to obtain legitimacy through the establishment of the link between the Iranian idolaters and the mythological kings of Iran.
As we will say later, beyond the aspects of art, the choice of this work for writing and illustrating can not be considered as lacking in political goals, because many Previous researchers believe that This Shahname has contributed to the legitimacy of the Mongols and their placement in Iranian culture.
the third period, which started from Ghazan khan’s reign until the end of Ilkhanid kingdom(1316 – 1335 AD), was the time when islamic and Iranian culture and art showed its greatness and high potentional.