Analysis and Investigation of Religious Conflicts in Buyid Dynasty Era in Ray

Ali Fath Ghobadpour Jahan Abad,Badrosadat Alizadeh Moghadam,Alireza Jalali,Hossein Moftakhari

doi:10.7596/taksad.v6i3.949

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Abstract

In the fourth Hegira century, there were a lot of religious conflicts between madhab of Shia and Sunni as well as verbal discussion. The Buwaihids rulers were the governors of Iran and formed a government of Shia. Different Islamic religions were fighting with each other because of numerous governments of Buyid dynasty. There were numerous conflicts between Shia and Sunni in the most regions of Iran, especially in Ray. This paper investigates the religious conflicts in Buyid dynasty era in Ray City. So, it investigates the religious beliefs of Buyid dynasty rulers, scholars, and schools in Ray, then discusses about religious sectarians and verbal discussions on the basis of criticizing the refutation texts. Finally, he investigates the policy of Buwaihids rulers.

Highlights

Islamic regions had a specific situation in the fourth and fifth Hegira century
This paper tries to investigate the religious conflicts of Buyid dynasty era in Ray using descriptive-analytic method
We investigate the religious sectarians of two sects in Ray City as the following: Religious and verbal sectarians of Shia and Mu'tazilas

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Introduction

Islamic regions had a specific situation in the fourth and fifth Hegira century. The most religious conflicts were in these two periods. The existence of democracy and defense of Shia scholars from their beliefs caused Ray city as a main center of scientific debates between Shias and adherents of other madhhabs. In this period, apart from Imamiyyah Shias, two other Shia sectarian appeared in Ray, called Zaidiayyah and Ismāīlism. In addition to Imamiyyah, there were four different sectarians with an impressive activity such as Mu'tazila, Hanbali, Hanafi and Shafi'i. In this regard, this paper tries to investigate the religious conflicts of Buyid dynasty era in Ray using descriptive-analytic method

Religious beliefs of Buyid dynasty Emirs

Religious and verbal conflicts between Shia and Sunni

The policy of Bowayhids Emirs in face with religious conflicts

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