Functional Analysis of factors affecting the historical bureaucratic system of Islamic Iran until the end of independent Iranian Dynasties

Document Type : Original Article

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Associate professor and member of the academic staff of the Research Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies.Tehran.iran.

10.30484/jii.2023.3408.1115

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The "bureaucracy" system, as one of the most prominent and influential achievements of human history, carries components and characteristics that can be traced back to any historical period in a set of structures, norms, methods, traditions, values, interests, customs and habits that They are affected by the political, social, cultural and economic factors of each society. In the framework of the historical sociology approach and using the structuralist qualitative method, the present article has analyzed, explained and functionally analyzed the factors affecting the historical bureaucratic system of Iran in political, social, economic and cultural dimensions, from the introduction of Islam to the end of the Samanid period. The findings of the research show that in this period, despite the dominance of the Islamic caliphate over Iran, due to the professional and effective presence of Iranian ministers and dignitaries in the political power structure of the caliphate, the Iranian model of bureaucracy was adapted, translated and continued, and finally, independent and semi-independent Iranian dynasties. are formed The functional analysis of the findings of the article shows some destructive features and factors preventing the transformation in the historical bureaucratic system of Iran, such as: "tribalistic spirit" and " nepotism", "financial corruption", "obedience and flattery", "pure obedience", "lack of law and Rule-making", "distrust and suspicion" and "feeling of insecurity" in judicial and government positions are rooted in the historical process of the bureaucratic system in Iran

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