Factors of Conflict Between The Ismailis And The Seljuks: Results and Outcomes

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

mohammad najafi ¹ (phd student, history department, shahroud branch, islamic azad university, shahroud ,iran)
hasan shadpoor ² (assistant professor, shahroud branch, islamic azad university, shahroud ,iran)
mahbibeh esmaeili ³ (assistant professor, shahroud branch, islamic azad university, shahroud ,iran)

Received: 2022-06-17 Accepted : 2023-02-05 Published : 2023-11-22

Keywords: interaction, Conflict, Seljuks, Ismailis,

Abstract :

The main opposition of the Ismailis' government and thought were the Abbasid Caliphate and the Seljuk monarchy. The Ismailis didn't stop to react and utilized any opportunity to harm them, especially the Seljuk government which was accessible for the Ismailis. The outcome of such conflict was confrontation, positions based on conflict a between the Ismailis and the Seljuks. Thus, studying the background of this continuous and pervasive conflict is an undeniable necessity which will reveal a part of Iran's political and intellectual history. Therefore, the current research investigates the Ismailis movement and its ties and conflict with the Seljuk government by using an analytical- descriptive method. Also, their positions will be studied in different viewpoints. The results of the current research indicated that the relationship of the big Sunni government of the Seljuks with the Ismailis was established as based on the attitude of jurisprudence school of the Sunni scholars. In addition, the lack of a peaceful solution to express dissatisfaction was one of the main reasons for the violence of the Ismaili sect and its conflict with the Seljuk government, the most important result and consequence of which was the radicalization of the political atmosphere and the Ismailis' resorting to terror. The opposite point of this situation was the neglect of the opportunity for dialogue, the use of force to suppress the opposition and the application of social, political, religious and cultural pressures, discrimination and social restrictions by the Seljuks.