بازيابي ميراث هندوايراني در تكوين نهاد شاهي در ايران

A reconsideration of Indio-Iranian Legacy in the Genesis of monarchy in Iran as an Institution

Although the separation of Indio-Iranian Aryans led to the formation of disparate governments, the society and ruling system in Iran and India have had old-age similarities which one the results of their common cultural and historical heritage, when the Aryans arrived in the Iranian Plateau, they spread their influence across the western Iran and be came acquainted with the government of Ilam, Asur and Babel and they were ruled by these governments for some time. The name of the Medians and the Persians appeared in the Asurian calendar since the ninth century and it indicates that they were tax-payers to the Asurians. The Medians had closer relations with the Asurians compared with the Persians and they followed the ruling system of the Asurians. By adding Mesopotamia to their territory, the Achaemenian were became more influenced by the people of Mesopotamia and their ruling system. How ever, the Aryans were acquainted with concepts such as "king" (shah) and (Shahanshah). Before entering the Iranian Plateau. Although the ruling instructions of the Mesopotamians had impacts upon the systems of thoughts among the Medians and the Persians, the system of monarchy and its applications were firmly rooted and affected by the Indio-Iranian legacy. Therefore, the role of the shah in Iranian Ontology had basic differences with that of the Mesopotamian system although it had some similarities with the Mesopotamian model. This paper attempts to follow an analytical approach, to reconsider the Indio-Iranian legacy of the genesis of kingship as an institution, to display the Implications and the obligations of shah in Iran with those of the Mesopotamian model of kingship behavior.