Iranian Woman’s Lifestyle in View of Non-Iranian Authors of Travel Book in Safavid Era

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph. D student of Shiite history, Jameah al-Mostafa al-Alamiah Mohammadreza Barani

2 Assistant professor of Alzahra University

Abstract

The Lifestyle is referred to a set of options applied by the individual to satisfy his present needs and to visualize a particular image who has selected for his personal identity. Relying on some elements developing the lifestyle and the investigation of them in the works of voyagers of Iran in Safavid era, this article tries to identify the Iranian woman’s Lifestyle among the writings of these travelers.
The findings of this research reveal that keeping the womanly beauty particularly in terms of clothing, the Iranian women protected their secure privacy while being effectively present in the society and the men were required to consider this issue.

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