Iranian Studies

Iranian Studies

From Alexander, the Cursed to Alexander, the Dhu’l-Qarnayn Assessment of disorders in historical sources about Alexander, the King of Macedonia

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Bahman Firouzmandi Shireh Jin 1
Mehdi Rahbar 2
Mostafa Deh Pahlavan 3
1 Associate professor, University of Tehran
2 Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization
3 Ph.D. Graduate of Archaeology, University of Tehran
10.22059/jis.2013.35370
Abstract
Hellenism is a part of Iran’s historical period. This era starts with the devastating onslaught of Alexander, the Macedonian warlord. Our historical sources introduce Alexander with a collection of mythic-historical features which make us visualize the real Alexander with an ambiguous image. The conflicting viewpoints of eastern and western historical works in pre-Islamic periods can be the reason for this scrutiny. Specially, the eastern works which show the formation of an intellectual movement and the religious resistance of Iranian society and their clergies in Hellenist, Parthian and Sassanid periods against Hellenistic traditions. The quality of Iranian and Muslim historians’ deviation from depending on western sources and historical works would be clear through studying alexandropedias and Islamic sources.                                                                                                   
                                                       
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Keywords
Hellenism
Alexander
Alexaneropedia
Classic Historians
Sassanid Texts
Anti-Hellenistic Texts