Reflection of Sufi teachings on the architecture of the patriarchal era In the light of the interaction of the institution of government with the Sufis

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 PhD Student in Islamic History, Imam Khomeini Memorial Branch, Rey, Islamic Azad University, Rey, Iran

2 Assistant Professor of History, Imam Khomeini Memorial Branch, Rey, Islamic Azad University, Rey, Iran

3 Associate Professor of History, Imam Shahrari Memorial Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahreri, Iran.

10.30510/psi.2022.297878.2073

Abstract

The Mongol invasion and its subsequences on Iranians” lives, property and lifes, is not a one-dimensional issue that can be explained only baced on the Mongols” primitive and non-civilian character. It can be said that this invasion and inhabitate in Iran by the Mongols and their descendants, the Ilkhanate, were the result of various factors, maybe they identified themselves to Iranians. In addition, the conflicts between the Iran”s mystic Shiites and the government are among the important factors that brought out them closer to the Mongols and provoked the invasion. The Ilkhanate, like their ancestors, found some similarities between themselves and defeated Iranians, and even in some parts of their political life were fascinated by some internal currents of Iran, including Sofia; it coused they as a diciple obeyed from spiritual guides who were from defeated Iranians; It was a kind of charismacy that led the Ilkhanate to fully support the Sufi spatial identity, the monastery; although the numerical expansion of monasteries in the Ilkhanate era, indicates the widespread support of the government for them; the study of the architecture of the monasteries shows the appearence and illustration of the concepts of Sufism, including the dominance of the Qur'anic meanings, the purification of the soul and the strengthening of the soul in the architecture of monasteries in this era.

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