There is no doubt that the first term of the National Consultative Assembly has been the
most important one of legislation in Iran. Few documents are available from this period
and the archive of the Parliament did not have even a single-page document related to that
time. Therefore, any document pertaining to this period would be extremely valuable. The
efforts of the staff of the Islamic Consultative Assembly archive, within the last four
years, have resulted in the collection of some documents and photos related to this period,
including the photos of the representatives of the first term. Some of these photos were
found in old books and periodicals and some were available in public and private
archives.Private and family archives are very important because the families of many
statesmen have a considerable number of documents and photos, most of which are not
yet accessed due to differing reasons.
Seyyed Mohammad BaqerMoqaddasi, one of the grandchildren of Seyyed Ali Sadr al-
Islam MoqaddasiBoroujerdi and Seyyed Hussein Modir al-Islam MoqaddasiBoroujerdi –
two brothers who were elected in the first term of the National Consultative Assembly as
representatives of Boroujerd and Tehran – has recently submitted some photos of these
people to the archive of the Parliament.