A Study on The Reasons of Change of Ritual Ceremonies in Mashhad, Qajar Era

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Ph. D candidate of history of Iran after Islam, Islamic Azad university, Shabestar branch

2 Assistant professor of Islamic Maaref department, Islamic Azad university, Central Tehran branch

3 Professor of history department, imam Khomeini international university, Qazvin branch

4 Assistant professor of history department, Islamic Azad university, Shabestar branch

10.22081/hiq.2021.69713

Abstract

The element of religion has been of main role in regard with the intellectual infrastructure of Iranian community and its direct effect is outstanding in most of the economic, cultural, and social changes. In this regard, the governments have paid a particular attention to the religion and ritual ceremonies during the history. In time of Qajar, along with the continuation in the way of holding the ritual ceremonies, a kind of alteration developed in them as well. Khorasan state and particularly Mashhad was one of the main centers of this alteration due to its significant situation.Following the descriptive-analytical approach, the present article is to answer the question on the extent the ritual and lamentation ceremonies in Mashhad regarded as the most important religious city of Iran, changed under the influence of the political approach of Qajar rulers as well as the administrative elements

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Article Title [العربیة]

دراسة أسباب التحول فی الطقوس و مراسیم العزاء فی مشهد و فی عهد القاجار

Abstract [العربیة]

یمثل عنصر الدین و المذهب القاعدة الرصینة فی النظام الفکری للمجتمع الإیرانی. حیث یلعب دوراً فاعلاً فی التحولات الاقتصادیة و الثقافیة و الاجتماعیة. فعبر التأریخ کانت الحکومات تولی اهتماماً کبیراً بالطقوس الدینیة و المراسیم. ففی عهد القاجار طرأ على المناسبات و المراسیم الدینیة تغیرات و تحولات. فکان لمدینة مشهد آنذاک النصیب الأکبر من هذه التغیرات لموقعها الخاص و مکانتها لدى الإیرانیین. تحاول هذه الورقة البحثیة و عبر توظیف المنهج الوصفی – التحلیلی أن تجیب على السؤال المطروح فیها بأن المراسیم والطقوس فی مشهد باعتبارها أهم مدینة دینیة فی إیران إلى أی مدى تأثرت بالعوامل السیاسیة و التوجهات الحکومیة فی عهد القاجار و کیف أدى ذلک إلى تغیرات فی طقوسها؟

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الطقوس
  • مراسیم العزاء
  • عهد القاجار
  • خراسان
  • مشهد
History of Islam
Volume 21, Issue 84 - Serial Number 84
December 2021
Pages 135-170

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