Resorting (Take refuge) in Safavid era

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Jahanbakhsh Savagheb ¹ (Prefessor)

Received: 2021-05-24 Accepted : 2021-05-24 Published : 2019-08-23

Keywords: Security, Safavid era, Places of resorting, Sanctuary,

Abstract :

Resorting (Take refuge) in some religious places in terms of people is one of the ways to protect individual security which those who resorted to it. The sources of Safavid era have no clear information about resorting and how it is customary, but based on the same news and the reports that European writers have presented, although not to the extent of the Qajarid era, places are known as sanctuary and those who have resorting them. In this paper, using descriptive - analytical method, the phenomenon of resorting in the Safavid period has been studied and the sites and facilities that have been sanctuary are described. The findings of this research indicate that some of the buildings and religious institutions and some political and administrative facilities are located in this period which have played security role in the protection of the oppressed people against the injustices of the government.