Khorasan in the period of the safavid shah Ismail 1 (907-930 A.H. )

Subject Areas : Epistemological and methodological researcher of historical research

Mohammad Karim yousef Jamali ¹

1 - دانشیار گروه تاریخ دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی نجف آباد

Received: 2016-07-12 Accepted : 2016-07-12 Published : 2007-09-23

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After the death of Timur in 807 A>H> and after the division of his empire among the Timurid claimants, the city of Ferghanee belonged to Zahir Addin. Mohammad Baber, a son of Omar sheikh Ibn-e Abu Said Mohammad Ibn-e Miran shah Ibn-e Timur. And he conflicted with the enemy mightier than him, Mohammad Sheybani khan Uzbeg known as “Sheylak khan”, after he had accupied samargand, timur’s capital city in 406 A.H. he subsequently was to immigrate to india, where he founded  the dynasty of Indian Gorkaniyan. With dispersing timurids’ might in khorasan and after sheybak khan began to proceed, the power balance in khorasan disperred and the new coming government of safavi, having been established in Tabriz by the efforts of shah ismail 1 and his ghezelbash sulis was in terrible dangers. Therefore, shah Ismail 1 and his Sufis who tried to expand their territories to the east of iran and generalize the religion of 12-imam tashayyo,tried to dominate over the religion and occupy the large Khorasan by means of every thing possible. In this, the war of Marw started in the year of 916 A.H> one of the most important events then was the defeat of Khorasan. In this article the author is trying to show shah Ismail 1 and his Sufis’ endeavores in establishing security and arrangement in Khorasan, generalizing the 12-imam Tashayyo religion in heart. Then and presentiment. Main sources according to the first hand information.