Institutional Configuration of Regional Federalism Under the Discourse of Tribal Political Management in Iran During Qajar Era

"governmentality", concept was first proposed by the French philosopher Michel Foucault in 1978 and it includes the study of techniques, processes and approaches in the framework of which governments control all aspects of citizens' lives. In this regard, in the Qajar era, there is a different pattern of limiting and expanding the authorities of the government and social forces in relation with each other at the territory scale which was a function of social forces articulation pattern under the tribal management discourse. In this regard, in the theoretical part, have been defined the discursive dimensions of political territorial management in the framework of Foucault's view of governmentality. political management of pasture lands was largely handed over to tribal leaders. In the Qajar era, with formation of this discourse; an inescapable idea formed among the city dwellers of the Qajar era that the need to defend their lives and livelihoods is not possible without the support of the regional military leaders. With the formation of this discourse; An inescapable idea formed among the city dwellers that need to defend their lives and livelihoods is not possible without support of regional military leaders. The delegation of political-administrative authorities to tribal leaders and rural landowners and urban capitalist classes caused these forces to start an independent interaction with the clergy in order to gain religious legitimacy to increase the social influence of their economic-social activities. In the framework of the tribal discourse articulation delegation of authority to the nomadic chieftains and landowners was considered by government in order to reduce the possibility of disorder and rebellion against the government in different regions of country. Also this discourse with the foundation of socio-economic settings to strengthen the self-sufficient production of the regions.