Political Sociology
Reza Sehhat Manesh
Abstract
Two different eras can be recognized in the Safavid period. First era included the beginning to the Zahab Peace Treaty and the second era from the Zahab Peace Treaty to the fall of Isfahan by the Afghan invaders. In the first era, Safavid kings showed warlike tendencies and religious authorities were ...
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Two different eras can be recognized in the Safavid period. First era included the beginning to the Zahab Peace Treaty and the second era from the Zahab Peace Treaty to the fall of Isfahan by the Afghan invaders. In the first era, Safavid kings showed warlike tendencies and religious authorities were not allowed to interfere in political affairs. But in the second era, the Safavid kings clearly showed Sharia tendencies and the clerics were placed at the apex of the religious structure. In the present research, the influence of Sharia trends on military morale and the Safavid army has been investigated and the question has been answered: How did the Sharia trends and the close relations of Safavid kings with clerical authorities affect other duties, especially military duties?The results of the research indicate that the Safavid kings had a lot of leisure after the Zahab peace with the Ottomans (1049 AH), as well as the change of the confrontation with the Uzbeks from straight confrontation to vassalage, this separated them from the battlefield, and their fighting arena was limited. They openly turned to Sharia by courting and meeting with clerics and scholars.
