English Translation of References
Documents
Sāzmān-e Asnād-e Vezārat-e Omur-e Xārejeh (Ostādox) (Department of Diplomatic Documents and History of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs):
1277 AH / 1860 AD, Box 9, Folder 1, Document number 4: “Savād-e qarār-nāme-ye estexdām-e mohandes-e Otriši be nām-e Ālbert Kāsteger barāye xedmat dar nezām” (The transcript of the employment contract of the Austrian engineer Albert Gasteiger to serve in the regime).
1277 AH / 1860 AD, Box 9, Folder 9, Document number 4:“Qarār-nāme-ye estexdām-e mohandes Ālber Qeseqer (Kāstiger-e) Otriši az su-ye dowlat-e Irān” (The employment contract of the Austrian engineer Alber Gasteigerby the Iranian government). Sent by Mirza Saeed Khan Mo’tamen Al-Molk.
1281 AH / 1864 AD, Box 11, Folder 6, Document number 1 & 2: “Emtiāz-nāme-ye rāh-e šuseaz Tabriz be kenār-e Aras barāye taraddod-e ‘arrābeh va kāleskeh” (The concession contract of high roads from Tabriz to Aras sides for cart and carriage traffic).
1284 AH / 1867 AD, Box 12, Folder 1-9, Document number 22: “Towzih dar mored-e SāvālānXān” (Explanation about Savalan Khan).
1286 AH / 1869 AD, Box 13, Folder 28, Document number 6:“Qarārdād-e estexdām-e Ālbert Kāstiger be ‘onvān-e mohandes-e telegrāf dar vezārat-e jang-e Irān va tazmin-e pardāxt-e hoquq-e vey azsu-ye KāmrānMirzā Nāyeb-os-Saltaneh” (Le contrat de travail d'Albert Gasteiger entantqu'ingénieur télégraphique au ministère de la Guerre d'Iran et garantissant le paiement de son salaire par Kamran Mirza Nayeb Al-Saltaneh) [The employment contract of Albert Gasteigeras a telegraph engineer in the Ministry of War of Iran and guaranteeing the payment of his salary by Kamran Mirza Nayeb Al-Saltaneh], (Document is in French language).
1289 AH / 1872 AD, Box 14, Folder 1, Document number 7:“Nāme-eerāje’ be ta’sis-e bānk va rāh-āhan va talāš-hā-ye Malkom Xān daren’eqād-e in qarārdād va rezāyatmandi az SāvālānXān” (A letter regarding the establishment of the bank and the railway and the efforts of Malkum Khan in concluding this contract and the satisfaction of Savalan Khan).
1294 AH / 1877 AD, Box 15, Folder 33, Document number 16-19:“Savād-e qarār-nāmeh miān-e HoseinXān-e Sepah-sālār va Kāsteger Xān-e Sartip, barāye estexdām dar vezārat-e jang” (The transcript of the contract between Hossein Khan Sepahsalar and generalGasteigerKhan, for employment in the Ministry of War).
1296 AH / 1879 AD, Box 16, Folder 16, Document number 14:“Qarār-nāme-ye estexdām-e Kāsteger be ‘onvān-e mohandes dar vezārat-e omur-e xārejeh dar panj māddeh” (Gasteiger’semployment contract as an engineer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 5 articles).
1298 AH / 1881 AD, Box 25, Document number 311:“Vazi’eeyat-e pardāxt-e hoquq-q ma’murān-e Otriši dar Irān” (Payment status of Austrian agents in Iran).
1312 AH / 1894 AD, Box 25, Folder 6, Document number 1-6:“En’eqād-e qarārdād-e rāh-e šuseaz dār-ol-xelāfeh elā xānaqin mābein-e dowlat-e Irān va musiyu Feliks Morāl, taba’e-ye Ālmān” (Concluding the high road contract from the capital to Khanaqin between the Government of Iran and Monsieur Felix Moral, a German citizen).
List of Qajar complementary documents:
Box 33, Document number 391, (n. d.), vol. 33, p. 180.
Box 107, Document number 61-65, (n. d.), vol. 107, p. 412.
Box 114, Document number 130, (n. d.), vol. 114, p. 23.[Persian]
Sāzmān-e Asnād va Ketābxāne-ye Melli-ye Irān (Sākmā) (National Library and Archives Organization of Iran):
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings):
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 586, document number 295/7884, p. 171: “Gozāreš-e tastih-e rāh-e šuse-ye Mašhad be Qučān” (The report of the leveling of the high road from Mashhad to Quchan).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 543, document number 295/7976, p. 13: “Darxāst-e Kāsteger Xān az Nāser-ed-Din Šāhjahat-e sepordan-e tamām-e extiārāt-e rāh-sāzi-ye Qučān be Mašhad beou” (GasteigerKhan's request to Nasser al-Din Shah to entrust him with all the authority to build the Quchan-Mashhad high road).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 543, document number 295/7976, p. 16: “Rāport-e Zeyn-ol-‘Ābedin be Amin-os-Soltānsadr-e a’zambābat-e šoru’-e kār-e rāh-e šuse-ye Mašhad be Qučān va hoquq-e mohandesin” (The report from Zeyn al-Abedin to Amin al-Sultan, the Chancellor, on the start of work on the high road from Mashhad to Quchan and the wages of the engineers).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 543, document number 295/7976, p. 176: “Nāme-ye Kāsteger Xānaz Mašhad be Nāser-ed-Din Šāh dar jahat-e hamāyelvatarfi’ vaqeyreh” (Gasteiger Khan's letter from Mashhad to Naser al-Din Shah for decoration, and promotion, etc.).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 548, p. 40, 54, 90, 96, & 258: “Gozāreš-e MirzāZeyn-ol-‘Ābedin-e mohandes be Rokn-od-Dowleh hākem-e Xorāsān raje’ be pišraft-e rāh-e šuse-ye Mašhad be Qučān” (The report from Mirza Zeyn Al-Abedin, Engineer, to Rokn Al-Dowleh, Ruler of Khorasan, regarding the progress of the high road from Mashhad to Quchan).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 631, document number 295/7976, p. 4: “Nāme-ye Kāsteger Xān az Mašhad be Nāser-ed-Din Šāh va gelāyeh az šarāyet-e mowjud” (GasteigerKhan's letter from Mashhad to Naser al-Din Shah and complaining about the current situation).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 232/1508, 232/1512, 232/1513, p. 1-6: “Havāle-jāt-e Amin-os-Soltān be rāh-sāzi” (Amin al-Sultan’s remittances tothe road constructioncompany).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 2/548, document number 295/7797, p. 136: “Vāgozāri-ye emtiāz-e šuse-ye rāh-e Qučān be Malek-ot-Tojjār” (The conveyance of the concession ofofQuchanhigh road to Malek Al-Tojjar).
Ālbom-e Boyutāt (The album of royal court administrative buildings), album 2/543, document number 295/7809, p. 13: “Nevešte-jāt-e sāheb-mansabān-e dowre-ye Nāseri” (Writings of the officials of the Nasseri period).
Sākmā, document number 295/797, p. 1: “Dast-xatt-e Nāser-ed-Din Šāh be šrerkat-e vazir-e omur-e xārejeh dar porože-ye sāxt-e rāh-āhan-e Tehrānbe haram-e ‘Abd-ol-‘Azim” (Naser al-Din Shah’s handwritten orderon the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the construction project of the Tehran railway to Abdol AzimShrine).
Sākmā, document number 295/7993, p. 201: “Nāme-ye KāstegerXān-e mohandes-bāši va sartip-e avval-e dowlat-e ‘elliyye-ye Irān be Nāser-ed-Din Šāh” (Letter of GasteigerKhan, the Engineer and first brigadier general of the supreme governmentof Iran to Nasser al-Din Shah).
Sākmā, document number 296/19290, p. 1-8: “Ahkām-e Nāyeb-os-Saltaneh KāmrānMirzā dar xosus-e entesāb-e Mohammad HoseinMirzā Mohandes” (Nayeb al-Saltaneh Kamran Mirza’s verdicts regarding the appointment of Mohammad Hussein Mirza, the engineer).[Persian]
Manuscripts
Donnerman, Baron. (1296 AH / 1879). “Tārix-e rāhāhan” (Railway History). Translated by Mirza Harton. KetābxānehvaMarkaz-e Asnād-e Dānešgāh-e Tehrān (The Central Library and Documentation Center of Tehran University), retrieval code ب-41.[Persian]
“E’tā-ye emtiāz-e hoquq be BāronRoyterz dar ta’sis-e kompāni-ye Irān va Engelis be jahat-e rāhāhan” (Granting rights concessions to Baron Reuters in establishing the Iran-Britain Railway Company). Ketābxāne-ye Melli-ye Irān (Sākmā) (National Library and Archives Organization of Iran). Retrieval number 5-32496, pp. 211-223.[Persian]
Etemad Al-Saltaneh, Mohammad Hasan Khan. (1307 AH / 1870). “Qānun-e tashil-e sāxtan-e toroq va šavāre’” (The law on facilitating the construction of roads and streets). Ketābxāne-yeĀstān-e Qods-e Razavi (AstanQods Central Library). Retrieval number 4380, document number 597 الف 625/7. [Persian]
Kasteger Khan, & Karim Khan (Trans.); Mirza Hedayatollah Monshi Nezam (scriber). (1296 AH / 1879). “Qānun-e mašq-e nezāmi” (Law of War Training). (Lithography). Tehran: (n. p.).[Persian]
Books
Adamiat, Fereidoun. (2536/1957). “Andiše-ye taraqqi va hokumat-e qānun-e asr-e sepah-sālār” (The idea of progress and the rule of law: The Era of Sepahsalar). Tehran: Xārazmi. [Persian]
Bradford, Martin G. (1368/1989). “Tārix-e ravābet-e Irān va Ālmān” (History of Iran-Germany Relations).Translated byPeyman Azad & Ali Omid. Tehran: Mo’assese-ye Peyk-eTarjomehvaNašr.[Persian]
Brugsch, Heinrich Karl. (1367/1988). “Safari be darbār-e soltān-e sāheb-qerān” (My life and my trips) (vol. 2). Translated by Mohammad Hossein Kordbacheh. Tehran: Ettelā’āt. [Persian]
Curzon, George Nathaniel. (1380/2001). “Irān va qazie-ye Irān” (Persia and the Persian question) (vol. 1). Translated by Vahid Mazandarani. Tehran: Entešārāt-e ‘ElmiFarhangi. [Persian]
Etemad Al-Saltaneh, Mohammad Hasan Khan. (1367/1988). “Tārix-e montazam-e Nāseri” (Naseri history in verse) (vol. 3). Edited & annotated by Mohammad EsmaeelRezvani. Tehran: Donyā-ye Ketāb. [Persian]
E’temad Al-Saltaneh, Mohammad Hasan Khan. (1371/1992). “Ruznāme-ye xāterāt” (Journal of memories) (2nd ed.). Edited by Iraj Afshar. Tehran: Amir Kabir. [Persian]
E’temad Al-Saltaneh, Mohammad Hasan Khan. (1374/1995). “Čehel sāl tārix-e Irān dar dowre-ye pādešāhi-ye Nāser-ed-Din Šāh: Ta’liqāt-e Hosein-e Mahbubi-ye Ardakāni bar Al-Ma’āser-o val-āsār” (Forty Years of Iran's History during Nasir al-Din Shah's Era) (vol. 1). Edited by IrajAfshar. Tehran: Asātir.[Persian]
Eyn Al-Saltaneh, Ghahreman Mirza Salour. (1374/1995). “Ruznāme-ye xāterāt-e Eynos-Saltane” (Journal of Eyn Al-Saltaneh’s memoires) (vol. 1). Edited by Mas’oud Salour & Iraj Afshar. Tehran: Asātir. [Persian]
Farmanfarma, Abdolhossein Mirza. (1382/2003). “Mosāferat-nāme-ye Kermān va Balučestān” (Travelogue of Kerman and Baluchistan). Edited by IrajAfshar. Tehran: Asātir.[Persian]
Farmanfarma, Firouz Mirza. (1360/1981). “Safar-nāme-ye Kermān va Balučestān” (Travelogue of Kerman and Baluchistan). Edited by Mansoureh Ettehadieh & Sa’ade Pira. Tehran: Našr-e Tārix-e Irān.[Persian]
Gasteiger, Albert Joseph. (1881). Von Teheran nachBelutschistan. Innsbruck.
Haj Sayyah, Ali Ibn Mohammad Reza. (1346/1967). “Xāterāt-e HājSayyāh yā dowre-ye xowf o vahšat” (The travel diaries of haj sayyah 1859-1877). Edited by Hamid Sayyah&SeifollahGolkar. Tehran: Entešārāt-e Ebn-e Sinā. [Persian]
Hashemian, Ahmad (Iraj). (1379/2000). “Tahavvolāt-e farhangi-ye Irān dar dowre-ye Qājārieh va madrese-ye Dār-ol-fonun” (Cultural developments in Iran during the Qajar period and Dar al-Fonunschool). Tehran: Mo’assese-ye Joqrāfiāyi va Kārtogrāfi-ye Sahāb (Sahab Geographic & Drafting Institute).[Persian]
Momtahen Al-DowlehShaghaghi, Mirza Mahdi Khan. (1362/1983). “Xāterāt-e Momtagenad-Dowleh:Xendegi-nāme-yeMirzā Mahdi Xān Momtahen-od-Dowle-ye Šaqāqi” (The memoirs of Momtahen Al-Doleh: The biography of Mirza Mahdi Khan Momtahen Al-DolehShaqaqi). Edited by Hossein Gholi Khan Shaqaqi. Tehran: Amir Kabir. [Persian]
Naser Al-Din Shah. (1372/1993). “Šahriār-e jādde-hā: Safar-nāme-ye Nāser-ed-Din Šāh be atabāt” (King of the roads: Naser al-Din Shah's travelogue to Atabat). Edited by Mohammad Reza Abbasi & Parviz Badi’ee. Tehran: Entešārāt-e Sāzmān-e Asnād-e Melli-ye Irān (Publications of the National Library and Archives of Iran). [Persian]
Naser Al-Din Shah. (1379/2000). “Ruznāme-ye xāterāt-e Nāser-ed-Din Šāh dar safar-e dovvom-e farangestān” (Nasser al-Din Shah's memoirs in his second trip to Europe). Edited by Fatemeh Ghaziha. Tehran: Entešārāt-e Sāzmān-e Asnād-e Melli-ye Irān (Publications of the National Library and Archives of Iran). [Persian]
Naser Al-Din Shah. (1379/2000). “Safar-hā-ye Nāser-ed-Din Šāh be Qom; (1266-1309 AH)” (Naser al-Din Shah's travels to Qom; (1850- 1892 AH). Edited by Fatemeh Ghaziha. Tehran: Entešārāt-e Sāzmān-e Asnād-e Melli-ye Irān (Publications of the National Library and Archives of Iran). [Persian]
Pohanka, Reinhard; Thurner, Ingrid. (1988). Der Khan aus Tirol: Albert Joseph Gasteiger, Freiherr von Ravenstein und Kobach, Diplomat, Ingenieur und Forschungsreisender am persischen Hof (1823-1890). Wien.
Personalstand des Ferdinandeums. (1886/7). AllerhöchsterProteetor: Seine apostolischeMajestat der Kaiser Franz Josef. Protector-stellvertreter: se. Kaiserl. Hoheit Carl Ludwig, Erzherzog von Oesterreich. U. S. W.
Praxmarer, Hieronymus. (2013). Albert Gasteiger Khan (1823-1890):ReisebriefeausPersiennach Tirol, Universitätsverlag Wagner, Innsbruck.
Reza Gholi Mirza Qajar; &Sarabi, Hossein Ibn Abdollah. (1373 / 1994). “Safar-nāme-ye RezāQoli Mirzā nāyeb-ol-eyāleh” (The travelogue of RezaGholi Mirza Nayebal-Eyaleh). Edited by AsgharFarmanfarmaei. Tehran: Asātir.[Persian]
Serena, Carla. (1362/1983). “Safar-nāme-ye mādām Kārlā Serenā: Ādam-hāvaāyin-hādar Irān” (Hommes et choses enperse) [Men and things in Persia]. Translated by AliAsghar Saeedi. Esfahan: Ketābforuši-ye Zovvār.[Persian]
Torkaman, EskandarBeig. (1377/1998). “Tārix-e ‘ālam-ārā-ye Abbasi” (History of AlamAray Abbasi) (vol. 3). Edited by Mohammad EsmaeelRezvani. Tehran: Donyā-ye Ketāb. [Persian]
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Articles
Dehghan, Manouchehr. (1348, Mehr & Ābān/1969, October & November). “Nezām-e Nāseri” (Nasseri regime). Barresi-hā-ye Tārixi, 22, pp. 17-150.[Persian]
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Gasteiger, Albert Joseph. (1863). “Rundreisedurch die nördlichen Provinzen Persiens”. ZeitschriftfürallgemeineErdkunde, N.S. 12, Berlin, pp. 341-356.
NowrouzMoradi, Kourosh. (1388, Summer/2009). “Gozāreš-e Mollā Mohammad darsāl-e 1259 šamsi az Šahrestānak tā Kelārdašt va Kojur” (Mullah Mohammad’s report in 1880 AD from Shahrestanak to Kelardasht and Kojoor). Payām-e Bahārestān, 2(4), pp. 477-502.[Persian]
Slaby, Helmut. (1982). “Bindenschild und Sonnenlöwe: Die Geschichte der österreichisch-iranischenBeziehungenbiszurGegenwart”. In: I. Slawinski and J. P. Strelka (Hrsg): ViribusUnitis, Bern etc. S. pp. 337-350.
Vazin Afzal, Mahdi; Nouraei, Morteza; & Jaafari, Ali Akbar. (1395/2016). “Siāsat-hāvačāleš-hā-ye Nāser-ed-Din Šāh dar towse’e-ye rāh-e Māzandarān” (Policies and challenges of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in developing Mazandaran carriageway). Fasl-nāme-ye Pažuheš-hā-ye Tārixi-ye Irān va Eslām(Journal of Historical Researches), Dānešgāh-e Sistān va Balučestān (University of Sistan & Baluchestan),10(19), pp. 235-260.[Persian]
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