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Associate Professor of History, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran
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M.A. Scholar, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran
Abstract
Consolidation of Saljuqid rule on Iran in 12th/6th century prepared a new situation for urban life which gradually conduced to arrange social affiliations based upon religious confessions. For example, Ash’ari’s prevalence in expense of Mu’tazelis which in this time represented the most remarkable intellectual trend in Islamic world inevitably resulted in growth of religious dogmatism, sectarian dissent and social/religious strife. Moreover, this sectarian milieu paved way for a kind of urban localism in accordance with fractional beliefs. This new situation affected Rayy -a distinguished urban center of medieval Iran- too and here it leaded to a more critical situation which in some cases had mortal consequences. This constant and frustrating current of social/sectarian strife by its turn weakened the urban society of Rayy on the eve of Mongol invasion and was an important cause of the city’s prompt conquest by Mongols. So, we might considerate this state of sectarian dissent and its social consequences as a sufficient evident to understand the debilitating situation of urban life in Iran just before Mongol invasion.
Yousefifar, S., & Mohammadi, S. M. H. (2011). The Ways Through Which Religious Confessions
Affect Urban Life:
A case study on Rayy during the Saljuqid era. Historical Studies, 1(1), 105-125.
MLA
Shahram Yousefifar; S. M. Hossain Mohammadi. "The Ways Through Which Religious Confessions
Affect Urban Life:
A case study on Rayy during the Saljuqid era". Historical Studies, 1, 1, 2011, 105-125.
HARVARD
Yousefifar, S., Mohammadi, S. M. H. (2011). 'The Ways Through Which Religious Confessions
Affect Urban Life:
A case study on Rayy during the Saljuqid era', Historical Studies, 1(1), pp. 105-125.
VANCOUVER
Yousefifar, S., Mohammadi, S. M. H. The Ways Through Which Religious Confessions
Affect Urban Life:
A case study on Rayy during the Saljuqid era. Historical Studies, 2011; 1(1): 105-125.
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