Analysis of the personality, behavior and actions of Masoud Mirza Zel-ol-Sultan based on Adler's theory of inferiority complex

Abstract

Massoud Mirza Zel-ol-Sultan ruled the central and southern states and cities of Iran for many years and was the independent ruler of Isfahan for more than thirty years. Although he was the eldest son of Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar, he was deprived of the future Qajar monarchy because his mother was not a prince and did not have a high lineage. Zel-e-Sultan had a special personality type and had such actions and behaviors that even in his own time, he was viewed negatively. Narcissism, greed for power and wealth, cruelty towards humans and animals, resentment and jealousy towards others, destruction of Safavid historical buildings and gardens, and simulation of the model of monarchy in the city of Isfahan has been of such acts and behaviors. In this research, descriptive-analytical method and using Alfred Adler's theory of inferiority complex, the causes and factors of such behavioral personality are analyzed using the main sources of Qajar period history and by asking the following questions: Are such behaviors and actions Has it been done by Zel-e-Sultan due to his inferiority complex due to not reaching the throne and the crown? Has he committed such acts and behaviors because of his superiority over others? The findings of this study show that the deprivation of Zel-e-Sultan from the throne of the monarchy due to the fact that he did not have a high Qajar lineage from his mother, caused him to suffer from inferiority complex and subsequently a superiority complex