Investigation of the Changes and Developments in Urban Life in Mashruteh Erain Foreign Travelogue

The present study aimed to investigate the changes and developments in urban life in the Mashruteh Era in the foreign travelogue. It includes mainly the big cities that were involved with the Mashruteh Era. The research location is Iran, and mainly the cities of Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan, and Rasht. The period was the Mashruteh Era (1324-1344 AH). The present study hypothesizes that the Iranian urban life had undergone significant changes which finally led to the spread of knowledge and progressivism in Iran. Knowledge, progressivism, patriotism, and legalism were the great causes of the Iranian Mashruteh (Constitutional) movement which was promoted by the writings and oral works and changed the lifestyle of the people. Both pros and cons of the Mashruteh have noted the change in people’s lifestyle in their works. These changes ranged from partial and routine affairs such as European clothing styles, reading modern newspapers and publications, and participating in political communities to a decrease in the interest in centers and channels for presenting traditional opinions and old ways of life. Studying this subject and measuring its effects on the progress or decline of the public’s states in big cities and consequently, the country as a whole, can pave the way for the achievement of a more different and deeper recognition of the history of the era, and more importantly, the recognition of the historical causes of progress and decline of people of this country.