Investigating the process and approaches of holding "Hazara Ferdowsi" ceremony in 1933 in the world

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Assistant Professor of History, National Library and Archives of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Purpose: to investigate and analyze why, how and identify the main approaches in holding the Ferdowsi Millennium ceremony in the most important capitals and cities of the world based on the documents and sources related to this period, along with the analysis of the results of the said ceremony at the global level.
Method and Design Research: The present article is written with a historical method and with a descriptive and analytical method and with the use of archival documents and library resources.
Findings and conclusions: The Pahlavi government tried to provide an international image for its sovereignty through the celebration of Ferdowsi's millennium ceremony in the countries of the world and in this way increase its national prestige in other countries of the world, and at the same time, with the help of this ceremony, an image to display an efficient governance and show itself as the cause of the country's progress.

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