The structure of openings of the Qajarid official correspondence

Authors

1 PhD Student, History of Iran, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran. I. R. Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of History, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran. I. R. Iran

Abstract

Purpose: This paper has examined the structure of the openings of the Qajarid domestic and forign correspondence.
Method and Research Design. Archival records and library resources were examined to collect data for this paper.
Findings and Conclusion: The structure of the introduction consisted of three parts: addressing, titles and prayers.   Since the Qajarid period, the initiation of domestic and foreign officialcorrespondence, depending on the importance of the letter, became shorter. The prayer line was not used for domestic correspondence and only one tiitle was used for th eadrresee. With regard to foreign correspondence, prayer and complementary phrases were rarely used. The introduction to most of the Qajarid correspondence followed the Brotherhood principles.

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