Interactions of JewishMinorityofYazdwithMuslimsintheQajar Period

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

hamidreza shams esfandiari ¹ (دانشچوی دکتریگروه تاریخ، واحد نجف آباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نجف آباد، ایران)
naser jadidi ² (استادیار تاریخ، گروه تاریخ، دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد نجف آباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نجف‌آباد، اصفهان، ایران.)
fezzolahi boshasbgoshe ³ (استادیار تاریخ، گروه تاریخ، دانشکده علوم انسانی، واحد نجف آباد، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، نجف‌آباد، اصفهان، ایران.)

Received: 2015-07-12 Accepted : 2015-12-01 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: Yazd, Muslims, Jews, Interactions, Conflicts, the Qajar Period,

Abstract :

History of Qajar due tointernal and externalreasonsatdomestic and internationallevel,was evident to a variety of political, social, cultural and religiousevents that have occurred at eachdecadeandits particular point in this era, and has stronglyaffected the lifecontext ofthe above-mentionedareas andevenhistorical-ancientphysicallife (situation and thestyle ofbuildings construction). In the meantime, investigation of the interaction situation ofIranian people and the intended area, i.e. Yazd in whichowners ofdifferent religionshavelivedin, in place, seemsinteresting and suchinteractionsandsometimes contradictions were associated withups and downs. This article is in fact a scientific-research attemptin line with thehistoricalandcross-sectionalinvestigationyetdocumentary andanalytical which resulted in a scientific-historic findingin the amount, kind and way of relationships and interactions ofmajorityof Yazd community-theShia Muslims– with a group ofreligious minorities of Yazdcommunityin the Qajar period, i.e. the accommodated Iranian Jewish. The writerassumes that, in different fields, especially areas of commercial, economic cultural, social, religion, etc. many interactions, contradictions, and communications is made betweenthe Jewishminority with ShiaMuslimsresiding in Yazdduring the mentioned period, most of which indicatethecoexistentrelationshipsbetweenthem.The present studyis descriptive-analyticandcollectionofmaterials is in library method.