Iranian Institute for Social & Cultural Research Journal of Iranian Cultural Research 2008-1847 1 3 2008 10 24 Iranians Culture and Personality in Foreign Itinerary Iranians Culture and Personality in Foreign Itinerary 55 77 36 10.7508/ijcr.2008.03.003 FA Hossein Mirzaei Assistant professor of Sociology, University of Tehran Jabbar Rahmani PhD Candidate of Anthropology, University of Delhi Journal Article Itineraries have been an important source of knowing cultural and social characteristics of societies, but this has been involved with some limitations in understanding, knowledge and interpretation. In fact, travel diaries are a kind of narrative. This narrative is restricted by time, place, situation and events.This article studies itineraries written by foreigners about Iranians and their cultural – social characters. This narrative has a pathological aspect, being dominant aspect in foreign travel diaries. Certainly, they present a biased and presupposed picture of our history, but they could be very instructive. Itineraries have been an important source of knowing cultural and social characteristics of societies, but this has been involved with some limitations in understanding, knowledge and interpretation. In fact, travel diaries are a kind of narrative. This narrative is restricted by time, place, situation and events.This article studies itineraries written by foreigners about Iranians and their cultural – social characters. This narrative has a pathological aspect, being dominant aspect in foreign travel diaries. Certainly, they present a biased and presupposed picture of our history, but they could be very instructive. http://www.jicr.ir/article_36_19ca14e7ea6328a42e0eb13d585e4c22.pdf