A Reflection on the Arrangements of the Safavids in Providing Security and taking care of the Hajj routes

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Ph. D in History and Civilization of Islamic Nations, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran

2 Associate professor of history, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Mashhad, Iran

10.22081/hiq.2024.55114.1945

Abstract

Safavids (1135- 907 A. H) took important measures in regard with the political, military, economic and religious fields in order to give legitimacy to their government. Since facilitating and securing the Hajj journey was always considered one of the main components of stable power in Islamic societies,  Safavids, while establishing stable security at the borders and communication network of their territory, paid a lot of attention to the construction and repair of communicative roads especially pilgrimage routes.
 Taking advantages of the descriptive-analytical method of research, the question has been answered on the extent the attention of Safavids towards establishing the security of the Hajj routes and pursuing the demands of the pilgrims eas effective on the prosperity of the Hajj. The findings of this research clarify that although the Safavids in some years prohibited Iranians from going to Hajj for some reasons; at the same time, in order to gain legitimacy and to strengthen their government, they paid special attention to the virtue of Hajj and the security of roads and they pursued the demands of Iranian pilgrims from the Ottomans (1342- 699) and the rulers of the Hajj route, and this led to the prosperity of trade, the prosperity of caravanserais and highways, as well as the elimination of unemployment.

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Article Title [العربیة]

قراءة فی الإجراءات الصفویة لبسط الأمن و متابعة أمور مسیر الحج

Abstract [العربیة]

قام الصفویون (907ـ1135‎ق) بالعدید من الإنجازات المهمة فی مختلف المیادین: السیاسیة، العسکریة، الإقتصادیة، و الدینیة، و ذلک بهدف اکتساب الشرعیة لحکمهم. و بما أنّ تأمین مسیر الحج، و تسهیل أمور الحجاج من الدلائل الأصلیة للقوة و النفوذ فی المجتمعات الإسلامیة، قام الصفویون بالعمل على بسط الأمن و إیجاد شبکة ارتباطات واسعة على حدود دولتهم، بالإضافة إلى اهتمامهم بإنشاء و إصلاح الطرق المرتبطة بطریق الحج.فی هذه المقالة، سنتطرق بالإجابة على مدى تأثیر ازدهار الحج فی اکتساب الصفویین لشرعیة الحکم، و ذلک فی ظل اهتمامهم ببسط الأمن و إحداث طرق الحج، و العمل على تحقیق مطالب الحجاج.



فی النتیجة، یمکن القول أنّه و على الرغم من أنّ الصفویین قاموا بمنع الإیرانیین من الحج فی فترة زمنیة معینة، الا أنهم فی نفس الوقت و لأجل اکتساب مشروعیة الحکم و تقویة نفوذهم، قاموا بالاهتمام بشکل خاص ببسط الأمن فی مسیر الحجاج، و استحداث الطرقات، و متابعة مطالب الحجاج الإیرانیین من العثمانیین، 699ـ1342ق)، و هذا الأمر أدى الى الازدهار التجاری، و تحقیق الحملات للمکسب و الربح المادی، بالإضافة الى رفع البطالة، و ازدیاد الأیدی العاملة.

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الصفویین
  • الدولة الصفویة
  • الحج
  • طریق الحج
  • الخلافة العثمانیة
  • التاریخ الاقتصادی

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