University of Isfahan Historical Researches 2008-6253 9 1 2017 04 21 Suavi’s Ideas about Orthographic Reform and Its Impact on the Works of Akhundzadeh and His Relationship with Sheikholeslam of Caucasus Suavi’s Ideas about Orthographic Reform and Its Impact on the Works of Akhundzadeh and His Relationship with Sheikholeslam of Caucasus 59 70 21391 10.22108/jhr.2017.21391 FA Gholamali Pashazadeh university of tabriz Journal Article 2014 08 09 In the second half of the 19^th century, after the rise of arguments about the necessity of orthographic reform for progress, Ali Suavi, an ottoman religious intellectual, wrote an article about the necessity and method of reforming orthography in the London-based Mokhber newspaper in the year 1867. The article drew harsh criticisms from MirzaFathaliAkhundzadeh. In 1874, years after Akhundzadeh had criticized Suavi’s newspaper article, Akhund Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, the Caucasus Sheikholeslam (i.e., top religious scholar) and an old friend of Akhundzadeh’s, penned a book titled “Moallem al-Atfaal” in which he proposed ideas similar to those of Suavi on the necessity of reforming orthography. <br />A comparative study of the works of Hosseinzadeh and Suavi and the possible effect of Hosseinzadeh’s use of Suavi’s idea on his relationship with Akhundzadeh, is the focus of the present work, which is studied through a descriptive and analytic method. Also, an attempt is made to answer the following questions: to what extent did Hosseinzadeh adopt the ideas and writings of Suavi and what was the effect of this on his friendly relationship with Akhundzadeh? In the second half of the 19^th century, after the rise of arguments about the necessity of orthographic reform for progress, Ali Suavi, an ottoman religious intellectual, wrote an article about the necessity and method of reforming orthography in the London-based Mokhber newspaper in the year 1867. The article drew harsh criticisms from MirzaFathaliAkhundzadeh. In 1874, years after Akhundzadeh had criticized Suavi’s newspaper article, Akhund Ahmad Hosseinzadeh, the Caucasus Sheikholeslam (i.e., top religious scholar) and an old friend of Akhundzadeh’s, penned a book titled “Moallem al-Atfaal” in which he proposed ideas similar to those of Suavi on the necessity of reforming orthography. <br />A comparative study of the works of Hosseinzadeh and Suavi and the possible effect of Hosseinzadeh’s use of Suavi’s idea on his relationship with Akhundzadeh, is the focus of the present work, which is studied through a descriptive and analytic method. Also, an attempt is made to answer the following questions: to what extent did Hosseinzadeh adopt the ideas and writings of Suavi and what was the effect of this on his friendly relationship with Akhundzadeh? https://jhr.ui.ac.ir/article_21391_e7d2ae830ced8e3941bec8703faf904b.pdf