Iranian Studies

Reasons for believing in good and bad times in the Qajar era and its political and social consequences

nilofar mosavi; Hassan Zandiyeh; amirtymour rafiei; hamidreza safakish

Volume 14, Issue 4 , February 2025, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2023.357821.1194

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The Belief in astronomical laws and the influence of heavenly objects on human life is the Iranian’s oldest beliefs.various aspects of political life and the society of the people ... Read More

The political and social consequences of the emergence of akhbarism in the Safavid era

yahya bouzarinejad; Hossein Iranpour

Volume 12, Issue 1 , April 2022, , Pages 45-67

https://doi.org/10.22059/jis.2022.342597.1110

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During the Safavid era, a branch of scholars left the natural method of ijtihad in jurisprudential derivation of Religious orders and turned to Akhbarism. The Safavid government, in ... Read More During the Safavid era, a branch of scholars left the natural method of ijtihad in jurisprudential derivation of Religious orders and turned to Akhbarism. The Safavid government, in the position of the claimant of Shiism - negatively or positively - was the focus of Shiite scholars; For this reason, the study of scientific and social movements in this period is important. Examining the views of Mujtahids (Usulis) and Akhbaris leads us to the important point that the source and origin of the type of interactions and actions of each sect is in the way they look at the dignity of leadership for society, which the Usulis consider to belong to the comprehensive Mujtahid and the Shah (King) is required to obtain permission from him, but the Akhbaris have considered this dignity customary and have entrusted it to the people. Akhbaris' perception of the leadership of the society had consequences. This trend in a way fueled appearanceism and this made the progress of Islamic civilization decadent and fueled the autocracy of the Safavid kings. On the other hand, this school and its occurrence in the Safavid era caused the spread of superstitions and heresies in religious beliefs and practices, including religious disputes, the legitimacy of dreams, heresy in religious dates, especially mourning, as well as capturing the beliefs of Shiite saviorism. Attention to the position of intellectual and rational sciences in the Safavid period is also noteworthy, which by excluding it, the social consequences of Akhbarites are doubled. This article, considering the method of documentary analysis, seeks to examine various historical sources and documents in order to make its understanding in accordance with that era and new manifestations of positive and negative and sometimes destructive effects of the news flow on the course of Aryan history. To discover Islam and to depict the consequences that current had at the same time, and while explaining in detail their point of view, it also seeks to express its difference with the principled current..

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Reasons for believing in good and bad times in the Qajar era and its political and social consequences

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The political and social consequences of the emergence of akhbarism in the Safavid era

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