خلاصة:
American industrial and technological advances, especially in the maritime industry throughout the nineteenth century, were rapidly noticed in different parts of the world, including Iran, and immersed various intellectual groups in thought.In this article, we intend to examine for the first time the evolution of the American maritime industry and its impact on the economy of this country from the perspective of Iranian progressives of the Qajar period and then to answer the question of whether the efforts of dissidents of this period to awareness of the American maritime industry to the Iranians were successful or not? The method of writing and compiling the present article has been done with an explanatory approach and relying on the press and unpublished documents.The findings of the study indicate that Iranians from the middle of the Nasserite period through a geographical text, especially publications, gained a relatively comprehensive knowledge of the American shipping industry and they concluded that the United States was superior to other Western nations in the field of navy. This issue, on the one hand, and the country's lack of political ambition in Iran, on the other, led to that intellectuals and progressives mentioned the United States the best role model in the shipping industry, and with the help of Iran's political representatives in Washington, they tried to pave the way for the entry of US naval achievements into Iran..
ملخص الجهاز:
In Iran during the Qajar era, observing America's progress in the maritime field on one hand, and the unfavorable condition of Iran's naval fleet on the other, led many intellectuals and reformers to the conclusion that the United States is a model that should be followed, because this newly found country has become the source and origin of a thousand types of arts and industries.
Through research and investigation into the sources of the Qajar period, this hypothesis was proposed that Iranians, from the middle of the Naseri period, through geographical texts and especially periodicals, achieved a relatively comprehensive understanding of the American maritime transport industry and concluded that America has surpassed other Western countries in the field of naval power.
" (Etemad al-Saltaneh, 1288 AH: 2) Following these reports and the correspondence of the governors of Fars, the Persian Gulf ports, as well as Iran's ambassadors in foreign countries such as England and the Ottoman Empire with the Iranian court regarding the positive effects of having an independent navy, government officials became more aware than ever of the lack of a naval force and its losses2, and especially during the premiership of Mirza Taqi Khan Amir Kabir, the formation of a modern and organized naval force was raised very seriously for the first time.
3. The First Recognitions of the American Maritime Industry Iranian progressives and politicians in the Qajar era were correctly aware of the importance of having a naval fleet; for this reason, they strove to gain knowledge of new technologies in this field and, consequently, to modernize and equip their naval fleet with the help of an advanced country.
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