Interaction of Bouyehid and Safavid rulers with religious minorities based on the approximation of religions

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

Ayyoub Tahmazi ¹ , Hossein khosravi ² , sohrab eslami ³ , ahmadreza behniafar ⁴ , ali elhami ⁵

1 - Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Khomein University, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Islamic Azad University, Khomein, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Arak Branch, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.
4 - Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Education, Damghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Damghan, Iran
5 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member and Lecturer, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Received: 2020-10-27 Accepted : 2021-07-04 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Safavids, Approximation of religions, Religious Minorities, Al-Buwayh, Islamic rulers,

Abstract :

Interaction with religious minorities is considered important in all governments, and the rulers of Buwayhid (ruled: 322-448 AH) and Safavid (ruled: 907-1148 AH) to bring religions and use the science and knowledge of this group of residents of Islamic countries to this Whether the subject was given special attention or not, the present study is considered a historical research in a descriptive, analytical manner and its related topics have been collected from authoritative historical sources in the form of libraries. The present article tries to examine the treatment of religious minorities by these two governments and provide a realistic picture of the Buwayhid and Safavid treatment of minorities. The results of the research show that although Al-Buwayh and Safavid were Shiite and it was natural for Shiite rulers to treat religious minorities similarly, it was the Buwayhid government that administered justice between Muslims and minorities and in most cases used them in the works; But during most of their rule, the Safavids not only did not use minorities in their court, but in most cases did not respect their rights and even treated them inhumanely.