The Only Criticism that I Can Have of You
Document Type : pajoohesh
Author
Abstract
Many of the financial documents of Iran’s history have been written down in Siāq handwriting. So, in order to have a better understanding of the economic history of this country in the Safavid and Qajar periods, or even before that, this handwriting should be recognized to help us reread the historical documents and writings. Therefore, the importance of writing a book to introduce and describe this handwriting in different periods of history is obvious. The two-volume book Siāq (history, education, bureaucracy and accounting math), written by Asadullah Abdoli Ashtiāni (Tehran: Safir-e Ardihal, First Edition: 1395) is the latest book on teaching Siāq, and has gathered some detailed and comprehensive information about this subject. The author of the following paper intends to introduce and criticize the mentioned book. Regarding this, he first of all presents some information about Asadullah Abdoli Ashtiāni, and then describes the main sources used by the author in writing the book. Providing a report on the content and sections of the book, and expressing its strengths, as well as its structural and content criticism are among the other topics discussed in the article.
Keywords
)