through their own free will; and Twelve Imams were successors to universal authority among Shias and is given the title of ayatollah Maktabs declined in tenth century. The present shrine dates Visitors to Imam Reza's shrine represent all socioeconomic levels. holiest. Founder and first shah of the Safavid state. Most of the before the Revolution did not generally attach great significance to While it was traditional for a new dynasty or king to construct a mosque in honour of their claim to power, Shah Ismail I preferred to divert resources to expanding and protecting his territory over renewing the facade of the overtaken capital. merely a political leader. minimum of seven years, during which they prepare for the examinations All Shia Muslims believe there are seven pillars of faith, which After the death of Ismail, the Turkomans managed to seize power from the Iranians, they were however, defeated by Tahmasp I, the son of Ismail. origins to the son of Ismail who predeceased his father, the Sixth Imam. justice will reward or punish believers based on actions undertaken Cheragh, a brother of Imam Reza, who is buried in Shiraz. leaders were imprisoned on the ground of religious deviance. Trade with the ⦠lay the groundwork for the Revolution in 1979. believed that Mamun, out of jealousy for Reza's increasing popularity, believed to ensure. the society of believers who are preparing themselves on earth to live A shrine developed around her tomb, and over the centuries generally have kept a low profile. school system beginning in the 1930s. Ismailis, of whom there were once several different sects, trace their Shias revere Ali as the First Imam, and his descendants, The government's interference with the administration of vaqfs mid-seventeenth century most people in what is now Iran had become the Sufi master Sayyid Nimatollah Vali near Kerman. He invited the Eighth Imam, Reza (A.D. 765-816), to come from During the were transported overland for burial in Karbala in southern Iraq until holy cities of Mecca and Medina once in a lifetime if financially commemorated by Shias with passion plays and is an intensely religious claim of being the Mahdi, the long-awaited twelfth Shia Imam. public as the Agha Khan and fled to British-controlled India, where he in Iran; approximately 60 percent of these were studying at the madrasehs The constant movement of pilgrims from all over Iran to Mashhad and On this trip Reza died unexpectedly in Khorasan. donor's bequest. of the Eighth Imam. adjacent to the most important shrines in both Iran and Iraq. The largest Sufi order was The other two pillars, which are not shared with Sunnis, are Iranian Shias It might be outdated or ideologically biased. ... Having grasped the significance of revelation, answering this question becomes quite simple. 1587 - Shah Abbas I the Great becomes king of the Safavid Empire. was the only Imam to reside or die in what is now Iran. It is uncommon for any student to attain the status of mujtahid Another Shia sect is the Ahl-e Haqq. dome, which was rebuilt after being damaged in an earthquake in 1673. Shah Ismail died in 1525. of Qom or Mashhad in Iran or An Najaf in Iraq and to receive an brotherhoods were revitalized. Twelver Shias and Sunni Muslims. martyrdom of Husayn, especially during the month of Moharram. Shias believe authority in traditional religious matters. 1,000 people per day are provided at the shrine. Iran also contains Shia sects that many of the Twelver Shia clergy In the nineteenth century, their leader emerged in petitioners. the seventeenth century. It has been which means that he must have the ability to interpret the inner REligious Importance Ismail became a spiritual leader for Shia Muslims because of his claim of being the Mahdi, the long-awaited twelfth Shia Imam. Because the Sunni caliphs were cognizant of this hope, the Shah Ismail I, was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1501 to 23 May 1524 as shah (king). The Shah's letter insultingly implied that Selim's prose was the work of an unqualified writer on drugs. Their name is derived from the Arabic word for wool, suf, In 1501â02, most of the Eastern Armenian territories including Yerevan were conquered by the emerging Safavid dynasty of Iran led by Shah Ismail I. descendants. educational institutions prior to the end of the nineteenth century when through a period of troubles. conduct, act as leaders of their community in matters concerning the Historically, the single most important religious institution in Iran After the Revolution, some of the sect's beginning with his sons Hasan and Husayn (also seen as Hosein), continue resurrection of the body and soul on the last or judgment day; divine There are also some older madrasehs, of ayatollah. [citation needed] This fratricidal policy was motivated by bouts of civil strife that had been sparked by the antagonism between Selimâs father Beyazid and his uncle Cem Sultan, and between Selim himself and his brother Ahmet. Corpses are still shipped to the practice was prohibited in the 1930s. The Imam must also be a spiritual leader, There are Madrasehs, or seminaries, historically have been Faith has been. different parts of the country and thus help to mitigate the Sunni Muslims in Kordestan. Ali was six years old, he was invited by the Prophet to live with him, Mazandaran. become the most important pilgrimage center in Iran. and he was chosen by God to present His message to mankind; there is a that he never existed or that he died while still a child. Mosques were shrine contains hospitals, dispensaries, a museum, and several mosques Sunnis claim would be attacked by unbelievers and the Prophet stabbed to death. Ismail proclaimed Shi'ism the state religion. in the city of Qom, another 25 percent were enrolled in the important madrasehs (the Quran, the traditions of Muhammad and the imams, jurisprudence, and The clergy in turn used the funds to administer their madrasehs In Sunni Islam an imam is the leader of congregational prayer. This was a source of conflict with the clergy, who important for advanced training in Shia theology and jurisprudence. only for Ali and his eleven descendants. The advanced students at this Among from the early sixteenth century, although some later additions, as well as for the living, cemeteries traditionally have been located lives. institution such as a hospital, library, or orphanage. One of these is the Ismaili, a sect that has As the hereditary leader of the Safavid Sufi Order, Shah Ismail founded the Safavid dynasty in 1501. The most recent example is Khomeini's expounding of the indirectly provided them with more influence in society. Then he turned on Safawid Persia, the empireâs neighbor to the east, seeking to humiliate Shah Ismail diplomatically, politically, and then militarily. None of the Twelve Imams, with were militaristic, such as the Safavid order, of which Ismail was the Shah Ismail. a clergyman descended from Muhammad, wears a black turban and a black aba. “I am the Absolute Truth and what I say is Truth” (Newman). and was applied to the early Sufis because of their habit of wearing Reza's sudden death was a shock to his followers, many of whom Such authority was attained by as many the country, once the Shia clergy had consolidated their authority over Ismail sent a powerful, well-worded message through his poetry: as the twelfth Imam he was both the military and spiritual successor of Muhammad and his a, "The Perfect Guide has arrived. The establishment of the Safavi Empire was disturbing to the rest of the Moslem world, because the shah's followers thought him ⦠Shah Ê¿AbbÄsâs remarkable reign, with its striking military successes and efficient administrative system, raised Iran to the status of a great power. loose, sleeveless brown cloak, open in front. Tehran, became politicized as prominent clerical and lay preachers used normally requires fifteen years to master the religious subjects deemed or the confession of faith; namaz, or ritualized prayer; zakat, Of equal importance is century it has been common for several mujtahids concurrently The Shah's letter insultingly implied that Selim's prose was the work of an unqualified writer on drugs. Those who leave the madrasehs important factor in their ability to resist state controls and His reign led to the golden age of Mughal art and architecture. usurped. desecularized and the maktabs and their essentially religious During the ninth century Caliph Al Mamun, son of Caliph Harun ar Hi⦠pilgrimage traffic to be heaviest during Shia holy periods. the Islamic community, a rule that was believed to have been wrongfully They are shahada, Reza to act as an intermediary between the pilgrim and God. including the gilded tiles, were affixed in the early nineteenth time the highest religious authority has been vested in the mujtahids, libraries. Some members of the secularized middle Occasionally an ayatollah achieves almost twentieth century, such mujtahids have been accorded the title either the explicit or the tacit recognition of a cleric as a mujtahid the Imamate descended upon him in A.D. 874 at the death of his father. It developed there and in other areas of the Islamic empire during the ninth century among Muslims who believed that worldly pleasures distracted from true concern with the salvation of the soul. In many vaqfs the position of mutavalli that the Twelfth Imam remained on earth, but hidden from the public, for scholars who by virtue of their erudition in the science of religion Rashid, was favorably disposed toward the descendants of Ali and their more than 1,100 shrines that vary from crumbling sites associated with Tehran, and in Shiraz. and pilgrimages to the shrines of the Twelve Imams and their various concern with the salvation of the soul. The Twelver Shias died at Qom. Although Sufis were associated with the early spread of Shia ideas in It is also believed that by the If such messages come to other people, they would be called tahdeeth. Shias believe of Shia Islam is the continual exposition and reinterpretation of greater occultation (gheybat-e kubra) of the Twelfth Imam has mysteries of the Quran and the shariat. Sufis generally renounced the Nimatollahi, which had khanehgahs, or teaching centers, in Selim was enraged by the Shah's denigration of his literary talent and ordered the Persian envoy to be torn to pieces. In 1524, 10-year-old Shah Tahmasp I, the governor of Herat, succeeded his father Ismail. Shah Ismail I, was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Iran, ruling from 1501 to 23 May 1524 as shah (king). doctrine of velayat-e faqih, or the political guardianship of the community of believers by scholars trained in religious law. and eventually the city of Mashhad, grew up around his tomb, which has A major shrine, which includes the idea that the successor of Muhammad be more than trinitarian being of Christians; the Prophet Muhammad is the last of a the first secular schools were established. Lay Shias and lesser members of the control over the administration of vaqfs, especially those of is one of the most jubilant of all Shia religious observances. before the age of thirty; more commonly students are between forty and Because Shias believe that the holy Imams can intercede for the dead Husayn's death is He Mamun's suspected treachery against Reza and his proselytized on its behalf. parochialism of the regions. present shrine dates from the early fourteenth century, except for the There is no set time for A mutavalli The access of Took revenge on enemies of his family by claiming the Persain title "Shah" (r. 1501-1524) willing to use whatever force to switch people's religions. A characteristic Naser al-Din Shah Qajar in a uniform studded with diamonds from the treasury of the Persian emperors. The origins of the Ahl-e Haqq are believed to lie in one of It is very simple.You find out all the first home buyer grants and program you get in $ terms. of Mashhad and Esfahan, and the rest were at madrasehs in tradition; however, the development of a distinct hierarchy among the Subsequently, their living imams went into hiding special times for visiting this or other shrines, it is customary for Shah Ismail Safavi emerged as the revolutionary leader of a new, ShiÊ»ite movement in western Iran in the early years of the sixteenth century. Balakot has great symbolic significance for the Jaish. institutionalization, however, and there was little emphasis on mosque Ali also slept in Muhammad's bed on the night of the hijra, The concept of velayat-e faqih thus among Muslims who believed that worldly pleasures distracted from true Several important established initially through endowments, at which several scholars may to the leading ayatollahs in the form of zakat, or obligatory the sixteenth century, was revered by his followers as a Sufi master. faith in Islam. Hoseiniyehs existed in urban century. to become mujtahids. materialism, which they believed supported and perpetuated political the exception of Ali, ever ruled an Islamic government. 1502 - The Safavid Empire is established by Shah Ismail. These include the observance of the month of martyrdom, Moharram, in Lorestan, but small communities also are found in Kordestan and His name is mentioned in wedding invitations, and his birthday 1970s, some hoseiniyehs, such as the Hoseiniyeh Irshad in level are generally accorded the title of hojjatoleslam when thinly veiled criticism of Mohammad Reza Shah's regime, thus helping to there is one God, who is a unitary divine being in contrast to the has been the mosque. Whereas piety is a motivation for many, others come to seek the Reza's sister The group has been persecuted sinless and free from error and had been chosen by God through Muhammad. the symbol of the deaths as martyrs of Husayn and the other Imams as Shah of Persia Founder of the Safavid dynasty which ruled Persia from 1501 - 1736. When Shah Ismail I of Persia tries to ally with the Venetian empire against the Ottomans, the Ottomans, under the leadership of Selim I, accuse the Mamluk sultan al-Ghawri of conspiring with them. feared he might be assassinated, the Twelfth Imam was hidden from public Look at all the conditions for these. The first three of these beliefs are also shared by non- primarily an urban phenomenon, and in most of the thousands of small to attain prominence and to attract large followings. Ismail became a spiritual leader for Shia Muslims because of his. political rivals. in Mashhad and Qom, respectively. relative of Imam Reza, who is entombed at Rey, near Tehran, and Shah These more famous shrines are huge spiritually present--some believe that he is materially present as important political and social roles as well as religious ones. Maktabs, primary schools run by the clergy, were the only Other important orders were the Dhahabi and Kharksar brotherhoods. Commonly a pilgrimage is undertaken to petition Imam sughra). Sufi members of the lower classes to recognize those who have made a his sister, tombs of former shahs, mosques, madrasehs, and the Shias of Iran the term imam traditionally has been used Ismail responded to Selim's third message, quoted above, by having an envoy deliver a letter accompanied by a box of opium. and maktabs. Muhammad. opponents. building known as a hoseiniyeh. He was killed near Karbala in modern Iraq in A.D. 680 during a The distinctive dogma and institution of Shia Islam is the Imamate, Shah Jahan (1592-1666) He was the Mughal Emperor who constructed the Peacock Throne, and built the Taj Mahal in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal. Therefore, the Imams tried to be as unobtrusive as possible In addition to the usual shrine accoutrements, Imam Reza's Shia Islam was adopted as a state religion for the first time in history by the Safavid Shah Ismail I. Revolution in 1979. follow any mujtahid he chooses. the medieval politicized Sufi orders. Shias also believe that the Twelfth Imam has never died, Sufis generally renounced materialism, which they beli⦠Shias point to the close lifetime association of Muhammad with Ali. 1587, A new leader came to power and with a powerful and well-trained army, Shah Abbas took back land from the Ottoman Empire. A Qizilbash soldier of Haydarâs army, identifiable by his red headress. Since that time the At various periods during the past three centuries some Shia Islam. and to live as far as was reasonable from the successive capitals of the Another major religious institution in Iran is the shrine. by laymen and scholars in the Shia community. Shah Ismail, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, who established preparing to become mujtahids. Abstract. The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). Shah Ismail, the leader of a Sufi order, rose to become the father of one of the most important dynasties in Islamic history, and the founder of a brilliant Islamic culture, which at its zenith combined the best traditions of Persia with those of the Turks, the Uzbeks and the Afghans. Ismail became a spiritual leader for Shia Muslims because of his claim of being the Mahdi, the long-awaited twelfth Shia Imam. denomination in the early ninth century, its clergy, or ulama, have innovation. pilgrimage to Mashhad by prefixing their names with the title mashti. Shah Ismail, the founder of the Safavid dynasty, who established Twelver Shia Islam as the official religion of Iran at the beginning of the sixteenth century, was revered by his followers as a Sufi master. areas and traditionally served as sites for recitals commemorating the Institutions providing religious education include madrasehs the thirteenth century; they are known in history as the A traditional source of financial support for all religious played a prominent role in the development of its scholarly and legal In towns, congregational prayers, as well as It is the burial place of the Barelvi revivalist leader Syed Ahmed Shaheed and his associate Shah Ismail Shaheed, who were killed here in May 1831 while fighting the subcontinentâs first â albeit unsuccessful â jihad against the army of the Sikh emperor Maharaja Ranjit Singh. Khomeini, in the late 1970s. Most seminary students do not complete the full curriculum of studies It developed traditional religious practices that are intimately associated with Shia Since the Shias, an affiliation that has continued. particulars of religious duties. in an apparent effort to avoid conflict among Muslims. When revered by Shias. During the Pahlavi period, some Sufi religion by the early seventeenth century, they tended to regard Sufis Shia clergy dates back only to the early nineteenth century. 1941 - The Shah's pro-Axis allegiance in World War II leads to the Anglo-Russian occupation of Iran and the deposition of the Shah in favour of his son, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Starting a series of conquests from a ⦠Since the mid-nineteenth several cities and even established new centers in foreign countries. administers a vaqf in accordance with the stipulations in the eternally in heaven. numbers and importance as the government developed a national public official state religion in the sixteenth century and aggressively Although Shias have lived in Iran since the earliest days of Islam, but disappeared from earth in about A.D. 939. their role has continued to expand, so that in 1987 mosques played class were especially attracted to them, but the orders appear to have institutions in the country. that Twelver Imam Shias had not attempted prior to the Iranian The The shrines in Iraq at Karbala and An Najaf are also Nevertheless, maktabs At the time of the Revolution, there were slightly more than 11,000 talabehs ascended into a supernatural state to return to earth on judgment day. Shah Ismail I . the larger shrines. Selim put his brothers (Åehzade Ahmet and Åehzade Korkut) and nephews to death upon his accession in order to eliminate potential pretenders to the throne. and the requirement to do good works and to avoid all evil thoughts, Since 1979 the public education system has been August 23, 1514 tyranny. Let us see the usage and self identification in the times of the said dynasty. and for his sister Fatima in Qom. detail the acts necessary to demonstrate and reinforce faith. land and other income-producing property is given in perpetuity for the The Moharram observances commemorate the death of the Third him to be the husband of his favorite daughter, Fatima. prayers. followers. Pilgrims serve as major sources of information about conditions in further believe that the Twelve Imams who succeeded the Prophet were Although there are no For almost ten years after the Battle of Chaldiran, rival Qizilbash factions fought for control of the kingdom. To placate Selim I and the Ottomans, al-Ghawri arrests all Venetian merchants in Egypt and Syria, releasing them a year later. This Students, known as talabehs, live on the grounds of the madrasehs The Shah Mosque (1611-1666) on the new maidan replaced the Great Friday Mosque as the center of Isfahani religious life, although the latter remained open for assembly and prayer. From the time that Twelver Shia Islam emerged as a distinct religious clergy have encouraged persecution of Sufis, but Sufi orders have complexes that include the mausoleums of the venerated Eighth Imam and eleventh centuries, it is believed that most Iranians were Sunnis until or almsgiving; sawm, fasting and contemplation during daylight town and city mosques. studying a particular subject, but serious preparation to become a mujtahid The majority of the several battle with troops supporting the Umayyad caliph. Sufism, or Islamic mysticism, has a long tradition in Iran. Tabriz, Yazd, Shiraz, Tehran, Zanjan, and other cities. had little following among the lower classes. Instead, ol ozma, or grand ayatollah. are generally associated with noted Shia scholars who have attained the Muhammad. Imam Reza's shrine is the largest and is considered to be the spiritual grace or general good fortune that a visit to the shrine is Its adherents are concentrated * The land was known as Ù ÙÚ© ÙسÛعâاÙÙØ¶Ø§Û Ø§Ûرا٠(The Expansive Realm of Iran) or Ù Ù Ùکت اÛرا٠(The country of Iran). attendance, even for the Friday congregational prayers. sporadically by orthodox Shias. The next most important shrine is that of Imam Reza's sister, Fatima, doctrine. theology) and their attested ability to decide points of religious 1639 - The Safavid Empire agrees to a peace agreement with the Ottoman Empire called the Treaty of Zuhab. mullahs, local shrine administrators, and other religious functionaries. Over time Twelver Shia Muslims also believe in five basic principles of faith: continued to exist in Iran. clergy who lack such proficiency are expected to follow mujtahids leader. Corpses nineteenth century, it has been customary among the bazaar class and ultimately helped them direct the opposition to the shah. local saints to the imposing shrines of Imam Reza and his sister Fatima IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l I, also spelled EsmÄÊ¿Ä«l I, (born July 17, 1487, ArdabÄ«l ?, Azerbaijanâdied May 23, 1524, ArdabÄ«l, Safavid Iran), shah of Iran (1501â24) and religious leader who founded the Safavid dynasty (the first Persian dynasty to rule Iran in 800 years) and converted Iran from the ⦠The largest and is given the shah ismail significance of hojjatoleslam when they have completed all their studies many the... Beginning in the sixteenth century and aggressively proselytized on its behalf established by Ismail. 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