Historical Explanation of the Political-Economic Indicators and Consequences of the Safavid Kings' Autocracy in European Travelogues (Based on the theory of Iranian tyranny Homayoon Katouzian)

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

akram karamali ¹ , mojtaba zahabi ²

1 - دانشگاه لرستان
2 - دانشگاه اصفهان

Received: 2019-08-06 Accepted : 2020-01-07 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: Economy, tyranny, Safavid kings, Travelogues by Europeans, Homayoon Katouzian,

Abstract :

Iran's history has witnessed the power of finding different tribes and governments. The common mode of exercising political power in the centuries ago has been based on the Shah. This political system was a heritage of the ancient Persian past, which later became quite seriously in the Islamic era of Iranian history. In this way of rule, the Shah was the highest in the head of the social and political pyramid of society And according to the theory of divine right, the shadow of the Lord was on earth and the owner of the goddess and glory of the kingdom. As a result, the king was beyond the reach of the people, and God had chosen him to exercise his will on earth. According to European logbooks, the structure of government in the Safavid period was also autocratic And in addition to the theory of divine right, they considered themselves as the deputy of the absent Imam and the guardian of the Safavid regime. The present research is working on descriptive-analytical method in the light of the reports of European journalists, Some aspects of the mode of rule and the nature of political power in Iran during the Safavid era, based on the Iranian tyranny theory Homayoon Katouzian, To analyze and explain And the political-economic consequences of this mode of rule.