International Journal of Social and Economic Research
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 2

Efforts and activities of Shitte scholars for Shitte culture coalition In Safavid dynasty

*PHD History, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran

**PHD History, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

***PH.D Student in History, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

****Research scholar, Dept of Anthropology, Mysore University, Mysore

Online published on 6 July, 2015.

Abstract

An overview of the Shitte political history shows that since early fourth century till tenth century of hegira, the Shitte scholars were considering themselves and their jurisconsults as entitling to govern, while till before Safavid dynasty, the Shitte were observed as a minority group. However, with emergence of JabalAmel in different social, political fields in this country, this sensitiveness tend to minimize and the way was paved for expansion of Shitte teachings. The national religious contributions of the Safavid government include the following:

Establishment of centralized government across Iran accompanied with making the leaders of states and different areas, Shitte directed the people and government, in which its grounds were made many centuries before and different parts of Iran experienced it in sectional and regional way, The artistic use of the great treasure of Iranian interest in AhleBeyt(AS), in spite of long history in this field in different parts of Iran with various ways as considering taghiye to it.

Keywords

Shiism, Sophism, Safavid, Scientific societies, Shittejurisconsults