The impact of the reformist thought of Mohaghegh Sabzevari on the social behavior of the Safavid Sultans

Subject Areas : Social Evolutions

Raouf Mousavi ¹ (Ph.D. student, Department of History, Shebester Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shebester, Iran)
masomeh gharadaghi ² (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Shabester Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shabester, Iran)
magsuod ali sadegi ³ (Professor of History Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2022-01-08 Accepted : 2023-05-07 Published : 2022-09-09

Keywords: Social Behavior, Safavid, Social structure, Political Thought, Sabzevari researcher,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of Mohaghegh Sabzevari's thought on the social behavior of the Safavid sultans, which was done by studying the available sources. The research method of this topic is descriptive, which is a documentary method by studying books, articles, and examining the theoretical foundations of the thinkers of the Safavid period. The findings show that with the emergence of the Safavid dynasty, a new page was turned in the way of governance and communication with the people to stabilize and develop the society in that period. With regard to the officialization of the Shia religion and its acceptance by the people, the Safavid sultans turned to the thinkers of the Shia scientific fields in order to legitimize themselves and adhere to the rational and rooted rules connected to the revelation and religious texts for the administration of the country. Scholars also seized this opportunity to promote Shiism to the level of political and social administration of the newly independent country of Iran, and began to theorize about the type of guardianship and jurist supervision over the monarchy. The importance of this issue comes from the fact that the rise and fall of any civilization is the result of accumulation, reproduction and degeneration, which is the social and political system of societies. In this situation, Mohaghegh Sabzevari strengthened the social behavior of the Safavid sultans and stabilized their government by presenting reformist ideas.