Inventory of the M. Shu'ā'iyān writings
Finding aid prepared by Samira Bozorgi
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Title: M. Shu'ā'iyān writings
Date (inclusive): 1955-1979
Collection Number: 86063
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Persian
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The writings of Iranian leftist, M. Shu'ā'iyān, consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, poetry, and notes, relate to political
conditions in Iran, the Jangal movement, and the career of Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadeq. In addition to these materials
are articles written by Shu'ā'iyān's comrades and a letter from Mosaddeq.
Creator:
Shuʻāʻīyān, M. (Muṣṭafá)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], M. Shu'a'iyan writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1936 |
Born, Tehran, Iran |
1950-1951 |
Joins Pan-Iranist Party; quits in 1951 |
Late 1950s |
Joins study circle with former members of the Tudeh Party |
1962 |
Graduates from Tehran Technical Institute with engineering degree; turns down scholarship to work in U.S. to work as an elementary
school teacher and, later, principal, in Kashan
|
1962-1964 |
Meets Bijan Jazani, founder of the People's Sacrifice Guerrillas of Iran (Sāzmān-i Chirīk'hā-yi Fadā'ī-i Khalq-i Irān) |
1966-1968 |
Transfers to Tehran to teach history and social science at elementary school |
1968 |
Authors, "A Review of the Relations Between the Soviet Union and the Revolutionary Movement of the Jungle;" all copies are
destroyed by the secret police before distribution
|
1971 |
Quits teaching to pursue life as a revolutionary |
1972 |
Helps create the People's Democratic Front (Jabhah-i Dimukrātīk-i Khalq) |
May-June 1973 |
Joins People's Sacrifice Guerrillas after police raid the Democratic Front bomb-making headquarters |
1973-1976 |
Distributes writings to Fedā'i-i members |
4 February 1976 |
Dies after fight with police in the streets of Tehran; alternate accounts suggest that Shu'a'iyan committed suicide with a
cyanide pill after being discovered by police; some works cite his death as occurring in 1975
|
1976-1980 |
Shu'a'iyan's surviving works, including his open letters to the People's Sacrifice Guerrillas of Iran, are published, posthumously,
in Europe
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The writings of Iranian leftist, M. Shu'ā'iyān, consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, poetry, and notes, relate to political
conditions in Iran, the Jangal movement, and the career of Iranian premier Mohammed Mossadeq. In addition to these materials
are articles written by Shu'ā'iyān's comrades and a letter from Mosaddeq.
In describing this collection, the solar Hijri calendar date is used to more accurately reflect the original language of the
materials, alongside the Gregorian calendar date.
The writings that appear in the
Drafts file reflect the early stages of Shu'ā'iyān's major works, including drafts of "Nigāhi beh ravābit-i Shurāvī va nahzat-i inqilābī-yi
jangal" (A Review of the Relations Between the Soviet Union and the Revolutionary Movement of the Jungle) and "Pāsukh'hā-yi
nasanjīdeh beh qadam'hā-yi sanjīdeh" (Injudicious Replies Against "Judicious Steps"). Although a few items are signed with
Shu'ā'iyān's real name, the majority of works are attributed to one of his many pen names, which he used to escape capture
by the Iranian secret police, SAVAK. These pen names include:
Sorkh, Serteq, Yoldāsh, Rafīq, Doost, Tīmār, and
Sarbāz. With the security of anonymity, Shu'ā'iyān's works were copied by individuals and distributed all over Iran.
Shu'ā'iyān had a passion for Iranian history and political theory, likely honed during his time as a social studies teacher
in the city of Kashan, the site of the murder of Mirza Taghi Khan (Amir Kabir) in 1852. Both in "Rushanfikr" and the
Poetry file, one could see how much Shu'ā'iyān enjoyed theoretical reflection, analysis, and debate. These thoughts and exchanges also
highlight how Shu'ā'iyān used his knowledge to escape capture while his comrades, in both the People's Democratic Front, and
later the People's Sacrifice Guerrillas, were discovered, jailed, and tortured in great numbers.
Writings by Others includes short articles by Shu'ā'iyān's comrades in the People's Sacrifice Guerrillas. Some of these articles discuss Shu'ā'iyān's
work and legacy, even though Shu'ā'iyān's open letters to the Fedāi'i reflect a more tumultuous relationship between the two
parties. The highlight of this series is a letter (photocopy) from Mosaddeq to Shu'ā'iyān regarding the political state in
Iran and the work, "Nasl-i Javān va Jabhah-i Millī" ("The Young Generation and the National Front").
In describing this collection, the solar Hijri calendar is used to more accurately reflect the original language of the materials,
alongside the Gregorian calendar date.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 4 series: Drafts file, Poetry file, Writings by Others, and Miscellany
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Iran -- Politics and government -- 1941-1979
Communism -- Iran
Iran -- History -- 20th century
Mosaddeq, Mohammad, 1880-1967
Drafts file
1972-1975, undated
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten and typescript drafts of Shu'āiyān's works, including notes and research materials.
Arrangement note
Arranged in 4 groups: Titled drafts, Undated drafts, Untitled drafts, and Notes and research file. Drafts are arranged in
chronological order; drafts which include multiple components are ordered by the earliest date below the main work's heading.
Untitled drafts are arranged in chronological order.
box 1, folder 1
"Nasl-i javān va Jabhah-i Millī," final draft, typescript photocopy
probably 1341 (1962)
General Physical Description note: Missing pages 1-5 and 8
box 1, folder 2
"Vezheh-hā," typescript and photocopy
1348 (1969)
box 1, folder 3
"Chand kalameh," typescript
29 Esfand 1348 (19 March 1970)
box 1, folder 4
"Nāmeh," typescript
Āzar 1349 (December 1970)
box 1, folder 5
"Khordeh gīrīhā'yi az amuzgarān," typescript
Day 1349 (January 1971)
box 1, folder 6
"Cheh bāyad kard?," handwritten, photocopy
Tir 1350 (July 1971)
box 1, folder 7
"Chand negāh shetāhbazdeh," with notes, handwritten
1350 (1971)
box 1, folder 8-9
"...Khordeh gīrīhā'yi nāb," handwritten
1350 (1971)
"Shurish" (Rebellion)
Scope and Contents note
Later changed the name of this book to "Inqilāb" (Revolution). See also Box 2.
box 1, folder 10
Early draft, handwritten
Tīr 1351 (July 1972)
box 1, folder 11-12
Second printing, typescript
1352 (1973)
box 1, folder 13
Second printing with edits, typescript carbon copy
1352 (1973)
box 2, folder 1
"Daw pāsukh beh daw yāveh," manuscript and photocopy
Mordad 1351 (August 1972)
box 2, folder 2-3
"Nīm gamī dar rāh: jebhe-yi inqilāb rahāībaksh-i khalq," typescript
1351 (1972)
box 2, folder 4
"Astāneh-yi novin," typescript and photocopy
Day 1351 (January 1973)
box 2, folder 5-6
"Inqilāb" (Revolution), complete draft with notes, carbon copy
1352 (1973)
box 2, folder 7
"Jang-i sāzish" (A War to Compromise), typescript
1352 (1973)
Scope and Contents note
Published in 1976 by Mazdak.
box 2, folder 8-9
Collegial exchange, typescript
1352 (1973)
Scope and Contents note
A series of printed exchanges between Rafiq "T" and Rafiq "M" over the term "rushanfikr," its meanings and implications.
box 2, folder 10-11
"Dar'barāh-yi rushanfikrān: yak bahs-i qalamī," typescript
1352-1353 (1973-1974)
box 2, folder 12
Notes, handwritten
undated
box 2, folder 13
Early draft, manuscript and carbon copy
1352 (1973)
box 2, folder 14
"Dar pirāmun-i 'Inqilāb dar Inqilāb'," handwritten, undated
probably 1352 (1973)
box 2, folder 15
Notes
probably 1352 (1973)
"Nigāhī beh ravābit-i Shurāvī va nahzat-i inqilābi-yi jangal" (A Review of the Relations Between the Soviet Union and the
Revolutionary Movement of the Jungle)
box 2, folder 16
Research materials and notes, handwritten
probably 1352 (1973)
box 2, folder 17
Final draft for print, manuscript
undated
box 3, folder 1-2
Final draft for print, manuscript
undated (contd.)
box 3, folder 3-7
Second printing, monograph
Day 1352 (January 1974)
General Physical Description note: Missing title page; loose pages are arranged by printed page number, as opposed to the hadnwritten umbers that appear on the
top.
box 3, folder 8
"Pardeh darī, nigāhī beh: sahīm kardan-i sifīd kārgaran dar sud vīzheh-yi karkhāneh-hā," typescript
Bahman 1352 (January 1974)
Nāmeh-yi sar goshādeh beh: negāh-i intishārat Mazdak
box 3, folder 9
Early draft, handwritten photocopy
1353 (1974)
box 3, folder 10
Second draft, handwritten; assorted notes
20 Khordād 1353 (10 June 1974)
box 3, folder 11
"Afzār-hā-yi mantaq," typescript carbon copy
Shahrīvar 1353 (September 1974)
box 3, folder 12
"Yak nāmeh," handwritten
Mehr 1353 (October 1974)
box 3, folder 13
"Dar 'Inqilāb' chī neveshteh shawd?," handwritten photocopy
Azar 1353 (December 1974)
"Pāsukh'hā-ye nasanjīdeh beh qadam'hā-yi sanjīdeh" (Injudicious Replies Against 'Judicious Steps')
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript written in response to Hamid Momeni's (of the People's Sacrifice Guerrillas of Iran) criticism of Shu'ā'iyān's
work, "Rebellion," titled, "Not Rebellion, Judicious Steps on the Path of Revolution."
box 3, folder 14
Draft of Part one, manuscript
1353 (1974)
box 4, folder 1
Complete draft, manuscript
Farvardīn 1353 (April 1974)
box 4, folder 2
Chapters 6-17 and endnotes, manuscripts
Day 1353 (January 1975)
box 4, folder 3
"5 nāmeh-yi sar goshādeh beh sāzman-i charik-hā-yi Fedāi'i khalq-i īrān," handwritten photocopy
1353 (1974)
box 4, folder 4
"Lafzan," chapter in unidentified work, with notes, handwritten photocopy
1353 (1974)
Sar gozasht va dafn-i yik t'urī
box 4, folder 5
Early draft, typescript with handwritten edits
undated
box 4, folder 6
Second draft, typescript carbon copy with handwritten edits
1343 (1964)
box 4, folder 7
"Dast-i kam, Enteqād-i mārksīstī rā nakeshīm!," carbon copy
1354 (1975)
box 4, folder 8
"Shīshomīn nāmeh-yi sar goshādeh beh sāzeman-i charik-ha-yi Fadā'ī-i khalq-i īrān," handwritten
probably 1975
box 4, folder 9
"Baksh dar bāreh-yi hizb," monograph, undated
Scope and Contents note
See also Box 4, Folder 13
box 4, folder 10
"Jahād-i emrūz," draft of foreword with notes, handwritten, undated
box 4, folder 11
"Jang pārtizānī," handwritten, undated
Scope and Contents note
Persian translation of Lenin's "Guerilla Warfare," originally published in
Proletary, no.5, 30 September, 1906
box 4, folder 12
"Negāhī beh...," manuscript carbon copy with edits, undated
box 4, folder 13
"Tahlili az khat mashī-yi sīyāsī Hezb-i Tudeh-yi Irān: 'Hezb va masa'il-i millī'," monograph, undated
Scope and Contents note
See also Box 4, Folder 9
Untitled drafts
1348-1353 (1969-1974)
Arrangement note
Arranged in chronological order.
Notes and Research file
1352-1254 (1973-1975)
undated
box 5, folder 6
"Chand yād dasht," notes for Chapters 1-8 of unidentified work, handwritten
1353 (1974)
box 5, folder 7
Proposals for Fedāi'i publication
1352 (1973)
box 5, folder 8
Endnotes for unidentified work, handwritten, undated
box 5, folder 9
List of quotations, handwritten, undated
box 5, folder 10
Notes on introduction and chapters of unidentified work, handwritten and typescript, undated
box 5, folder 11
Persian translations of works by Karl Marx, 1844-1847, typescript, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes excerpts from Ernst Drahm,
Marx-Bibliographie (1920) and Maximillian Rubel,
Bibliographie des Oeuvres de Karl Marx, (1956)
box 5, folder 12
Assorted notes, handwritten
1354 (1975) and undated
Poetry file
1955-1975, undated
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten and typescript poetry by Shu'ā'iyān.
box 5, folder 17-18
Collected poetry
1343-1354 (1964-1975)
Scope and Contents note
Includes the poem "Chashm barāh," as well as a printed exchange between Shu'ā'iyān ("Youldāsh") and an unidentified person
regarding the theory and meaning behind the poem.
Writings by Others
1962-1979, undated
box 6, folder 1
"Bahrīn," from "Mā Chī Mīgu'īm?," typescript with handwritten edits
Farvardīn 1348 (March 1969)
box 6, folder 2
"Chand eshāreh va chand porsish pirāmun (dar bāreh-yi t'urī-yi mobārzeh-yi mosalhāneh)," article
Ābān 1358 (November 1979)
box 6, folder 3
"Dar bāreh-yi jazveh-yi khātab beh Kumiteh-yi Markazī," article, undated
box 6, folder 4
"Dar bāreh-yi: sukhanī bā rufuqā," article, undated
box 6, folder 5
Draft of
Kurdistan, journal of Kumīteh-yi markazī Hizb-i Dimukratīk-i Kurdīstān Irān, handwritten photocopy
1975
box 6, folder 6
"Qath allā'q," article
9 Esfand 1346 (28 February 1968)
box 6, folder 7
Handwritten letter from Mosaddeq to Shu'ā'iyān;, photocopy
1962
Scope and Contents note
Includes a typed English translation of the letter, probably written at a later time. Mosaddeq's letter is also included in
5 Open Letters to the People's Fadā'ī-i Guerrillas, published by Mazdak, 1980
box 6, folder 8-12
"Kār nāmeh-yi Mosaddeq," volumes 2-5, typescript and carbon copy, undated
box 6, folder 13
"Yād āvari-hā," article, undated
circa 1972
box 6, folder 14-15
Assorted, articles and poetry, handwritten and typescript, undated
box 6, folder 16
Correspondence with "Rafīq Mādar," typescript photocopy
Mordād 1352 (July 1973)
box 6, folder 17
Photograph of man in suit, black and white, photocopy, undated
circa 1960s
box 6, folder 18
Paper bag with Shu'ā'iyān's name and calculations, handwritten, undated.
Scope and Contents note
The same paper from the bag is used throughout the collection as the outside cover for some of Shu'ā'iyān's manuscripts. See
also Box 2, Folder 3