The role of traders and guild in the constitutional movement and its establishment in the society enjoys such a place that many of the scholars in different fields acknowledge it. These two social classes have been considered the most important and influential strata of society involved in the constitutional movement and because of having cash money and capital, have played an important role in different sections of economics. The reaction and operation of these two strata of society and the laws approved in the National Consultative Assembly on their request and the endeavour of the representatives of traders may be found out from among the documents remaining from that period. The role of traders and guild as two important urban classes and the activities of the representatives of traders during the five terms of National Consultative Assembly are reflected in the documents of present collection.

This collection is a selection of the documents of a set of laws, bills, letters, credentials and official letters on the subject of commerce in the first to fifth terms of National Consultative Assembly (1285 Sh./1906 A.D.- 1304 Sh./1925 A.D.). The oldest document of this collection is a notice dated 28th of Rajab, 1324 A.H. on the subject of inviting the guilds for obtaining the electoral card. The other important document of this collection is by Muhammad bin Zainulabidin Ha'iri dated first day of Rabi-al-awwal, 1325 A.H, which he sent to the Assembly at the time of his departure for Tehran and in which he has discussed the condition of the country.