Tarikh-e Bushehr

• Persian Title: تاریخ بوشهر
• Transliterated Title (ALA-LC): Tārīkh-i Būshehr
• English Title: History of Bushehr
• Author: Muḥammad Ḥusayn Saʿādat (1282–1354 A.H.)
• Editors: ʿAbd al-Rasūl Khayrandīsh; ʿImād al-Dīn Shaykh al-Ḥukamāʾī
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-203-600-035-1
• Publication Year: 2011
• Pages: 371
• Format: PDF
• Category: History and Geography
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 235

【Summary】

Tārīkh-i Būshehr is a pioneering and authoritative local history written by Muḥammad Ḥusayn Saʿādat, a prominent reformist intellectual, nationalist figure, and educational pioneer of southern Iran during the Constitutional era. As the founder and director of the Saʿādat School in Bushehr, the author played a central role in the city’s modern intellectual and civic life.

A significant portion of the book is based on the author’s firsthand observations and reflections on the social, political, and cultural conditions of Bushehr, as well as major historical events affecting the city. Despite the passage of nearly a century since its composition, the work remains unmatched in scope and depth. Given that Bushehr served as Iran’s principal southern port and primary maritime gateway for nearly two centuries, this book stands as the only comprehensive and independent historical account of the city to have survived, making it an indispensable source for the study of southern Iranian history, urban studies, and Persian Gulf historiography.