Thourids and Hanbalite are considered as the religions of traditionists who were inspired by intellectual atmosphere of Isfahan, with the special characteristics of overcoming the traditionists, and they found a number of followers in this city in the first Islamic centuries. Earlier, Thourids were ruling the city but gradually Hanbalites took their place. Hanbalites considered as the followers of Thourids in many aspects, indisputably governed the intellectual atmosphere of Isfahan until the rise of Saljughids but the religious policies of Saljughids and Khaje Nezam al- Molk provided the ground for the gradual weakness of this sect. The most important properties of Hanbalites' domination in Isfahan were the austerity towards Sunni and Shi'ah sects and the reaction towards the mentalist trends.
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