Funeral ceremony in Saffavid period On the basis of explorers` travels

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

H.R Safakish ¹ (استادیار دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد تهران مرکز)

Received: 2016-10-27 Accepted : 2016-10-27 Published : 2009-06-22

Keywords: Shiite, Imam Hossein(P.), `Ashura, Saffavids, Explorers,

Abstract :

Funeral ceremony in Saffavid period is concerned in Iranians whom regarded the caliphate was due to Ali and his sons. Saffavid dynasty who lived on the basis of Shiite, knew that keeping alive the mourning of Imam Hossein (P.) was the most important factor for heart tie of the people. Ta`zieh (mourning) is a cultural behavior for Iranians to preserve the sacredness of human prominent values, because its observance in society indicates the cruel on the one hand, and the harassed on the other hand , i.e. the same historical struggle of right and wrong, and it is obvious that finally the truth is victorious. An article about this kind of ceremonies in Saffavid period (the middle history of Iran) is written in the history of Cambridge vol.7 which shows its importance. The disaster of killing Hossein b. Ali (P.) and his advocates in the `Ashura day has been a course for making a painful poetic reality in the world.