History of army in Iran Qajar age till rise of Pahlavi

摘要

Concurrent with the advancements occurred in the countries around Europe during two world wars, the necessity to enjoy an integrative army was increasingly felt in Iran. Setting army recruiting has been in line with the attempts which have been made to create such an army. Setting mandatory system is one of the most important actions and reforms by Rezā Shāh. Yet, such a program has been followed by numerous problems and reactions. In this study, an attempt has been made to analyze and investigate the process of setting army recruiting at the first Pahlavi age via existing documents and evidences. The major hypothesis lies on this point whether Rezā Shāh enabled to develop an efficient force by enhancing military force which has been acquired mediating the mandatory army recruiting so as to support the government at all the areas?. In this study, the historical research method has been used, and library method has been used to collect data, categorized as an analytic-descriptive research method. Government's and army's actions to influence people's life, creation of national system of social control, government compliance, and conductance of people towards modern citizenship have been the most important effects that new army recruiting system fulfilled to integrate the nation, since then the military system was not just accounted as a mechanism for recruiting the manpower for military, but also as a means to link the army with the nation and find the identity of the individuals in a nation at certain national borders .