Hierarchy of Shia scholars and their functions from the end of Safavid erea to the end of Zandiya Looking at the scholars of Shiraz
Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)
seyedeh safiyeh mortazavi
1
,
sholouhsadat arabi hashemi
2
,
Feizollah Boushasb Gousheh
3
1 - department of history,najafabad Branch, islamic Azad university,,Najafabad,,iran
2 - Department of history, faculty of humanities,Najafabad,Branch,Islamic Azad university ,NajafAbad,Iran
3 - Department of History, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University,Najafabad, Iran
Keywords: Safavid, Shia, Keywords: Scholars, Afshariyyah, Zandiye,
Abstract :
According to the position and role of Shia religion in the Safavid period and the relations of the Safavid sultans with religious scholars, scholars were appointed in various positions, sometimes these positions were rooted in the structure of the Iranian Diwan, and sometimes they were invented by the Safavids or modeled after the Ottoman governmental positions. Among these positions, we can mention chancellery, Malabashi, Sheikh al-Islam, Qazi, Qazi Asghar, Imam Juma, etc. The power of these positions in entering government affairs was related to the power of the Safavid sultans and their view of religion, as shown in At the end of the Safavid era, the power of scholars increased in political and governmental positions. In the Afshariya period, some cases; Such as the limitation of the religious and social functions of the scholars and their weak presence in the political arena, the limitation of endowment and non-endowment financial resources of the Shia scholars and finally their seclusion and migration to the neighboring lands of Iran indicate the weakness of the religious institution and the lack of involvement of the scholars in governmental and political affairs in this era. In the Zandiya period, especially in the Karim Khan period, by limiting the power of the religious scholars, an effort was made to prevent their influence and interference in politics, while maintaining social productivity. They lost themselves in the civil and governmental structure and the scholars were mostly responsible for the belief and religious leadership of the people.
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