The Role of Iranian 'Ulama in Sunni Consolidation in Ayyubids Egypt

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

حسین مفتخری ¹ (ندارد)
علیرضا اشتری تفرشی ² (ندارد)
علی رجب لو ³ (ندارد)
محمد حسین منظور الاجداد ⁴ (ندارد)

Received: 2010-12-19 Accepted : 2011-05-07 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Ayyubids, 'Ulama, migration, Iran, Egypt,

Abstract :

The collapse of Fatimids and the Ayyubids' coming to power in 567AH was the beginning of a process which transferred a lot ofachievements of Islamic civilization from Iran into Egypt. In otherword, the replacement of Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate with a sunnisultanate loyal to Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad caused constructiverelationships between the sunni Iran and the sunni Egypt. Animportant aspect of this relationship was the migration of some groupsof Iranian 'ulama into Egypt who were there mainly involved in therecently changed system of education and the new sunni court ofAyyubids. This migration not only transferred a lot of achievements ofIslamic civilization into Egypt, but also caused some political,intellectual and social evolutions there and introduced a new class ofsunni elite in Egyptian society.