The development of innovations in mourning ceremonies at Safavid era: Causes and reasons

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

ali rohani ¹ , shahrzad sasanpoor ²

1 - دانشجوی دکتری رشته تاریخ ایران اسلامی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی شبستر
2 - عضو هیات علمی و استادیار گروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی شبستر

Received: 2015-09-06 Accepted : 2015-09-06 Published : 2015-08-23

Keywords: Iran, Shiite, mourning, innovations, the Safavids,

Abstract :

In the history of Islamic Iran, Safavid era is  one of the period which have a profound influence on spiritual life and  cultural values of Iranian and these effects are well recognized even contemporary. Mourning ceremony in the Safavid era based, in general, on religious and political beliefs, and from the beginning was developed so that in any period of Iranian history was not spread at this level, especially,  in such a short time. It is important, on its own,  to investigate the process of establishment and development of religious ceremonies in the Safavid period as a fundamental subject. The research question is whether the actions of Safavid government and its relevant institutions,  have been effective in the emergence and growth of distortions and innovations in  mourning ceremonies? And, if so, to what extent is involved in the development of this distortion? This article examines the mourning in Safavid era, one of the most prominent Shia historical time, and studies the roots of  innovations in religious ceremonies. In this paper, we study the political , economic and social - cultural factors that involved in the development of distortions from the different aspects, while it shows how it developed  in the Safavid era. The findings suggest that the many political , economic, social - cultural and political factors involved in developing of this innovations , but the governmental and political factors has played a great role.