Islamization and Shi'ism in Anatolia

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

hadi aminian ¹ , Ahmad Ashrafi ² , Mohammad Nabi Salim ³

1 - PhD Student of Islamic History, Department of History, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of History, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of History, Shahroud Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

Received: 2020-04-20 Accepted : 2020-12-09 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: Islam, Shi ism, Anatolia, cultural interaction, the Middle Ages A.H,

Abstract :

The introduction of Islam and, subsequently, Islamic culture into the West Asian regions, is one of the key points in the history of Islam. Although Islam entered these areas through political systems, cultural manifestations such as: Religions and doctrines were effective and moving through the transfer and interaction of subcultures that survived the Near Eastern civilizations. In short, Asia Minor or Anatolia benefited not only from the migration of the Turkic peoples, but also from the immigrants they brought with them, and gave rise to great political and cultural dynamics. This research uses authentic library resources based on the documentary research method to study and analyze the process of Islamization in the area of ancient Asia or Anatolia and its subsequent implications for the influence of Shiite thought and teachings in the distance. Anatolian to the east of the Mediterranean Sea, which were the frontier areas of the Muslim world. The results show that the influence of Iranian civilization and culture on the ethnic minorities of Asia Minor and the coexistence of Shi'ism and Sufism in the 8th and 9th centuries A.H / 13th and 14th centuries A.D led to the consolidation of the process of Islamization, as well as to the Sufism. As part of the process of assimilation into Islamic civilization, it is widespread in West Asia.