presentment of Shah Tahmasb I's policies against religious opponents

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Islamic Azad University, Rey, Iran.

2 Islamic Azad University, Shahreri, Iran.

3 , Islamic Azad University, Shahreri, Iran

Abstract

Throughout the Safavid rule, religion and its affiliated forces played a major role. In fact, the government established by Shah Ismail I in 907 AH was a religious government based on the religious characteristics of society. Relying on the institution of religion, the Safavid rulers were able to accelerate the process of power formation. The influence of the rulers and the clergy, the construction of religious buildings, the holding of religious rites and the support or repression of the followers of other religious sects, on the one hand strengthened the Safavid government and on the other hand, provided the grounds for its collapse. In this research, based on descriptive-analytical method and library resources, the policies of Shah Tahmasb I against religious and intellectual opponents in this period have been studied. The political-religious riots of the Shah's reign are as follows: a) Ghavam-ud-Din Noorbakhsh revolt b) Ala al-Dawlah Ranashi revolt in Dezful c) Revolt in Kurdistan region Ten after surrender. What had a direct impact on Shah Tahmaseb's political and religious approaches was his shift from Sufis to Shiite jurists.

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 8
October 2022
Pages 2367-2380

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