The Challenge between the Intellectuals and the Swordsmen in the Local Chronicles of the Ilkhanid Period

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 mazaheb university

2 associate professor of kharazmi university

10.22081/hiq.2023.61295.2187

Abstract

One of the influential issues in the administration of society and government in Iran during the Islamic era is the competition between the members of the court and the military emirs. During the Mongol period, simultaneous with the arrival of the Mongol emirs in Iran, this competition led to the wider dimensions. The Mongol rulers, who needed the military aristocracy to survive, also needed the experience and knowledge of bureaucrats due to the requirements of statecraft. This issue led to a complex situation in the relations between these two groups and their political acts. It also has been the focus of the local historians of the Ilkhanid period. The present article attempts to examine this issue by taking advantage of the descriptive-analytical approach. According to the findings of this study, the local historians of Ilkhanid period have narrated the confrontation between these two groups by addressing  the issues such as the violence and severity of the swordsmen, the rivalry and jealousy of officials towards each other, the mismanagement and sometimes inefficiency of bureaucrats, as well as the influence of both groups in relation with the succession.

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Article Title [العربیة]

تحدی البیروقراطیین والأمراء العسکریین فی التواریخ المحلیة للعهد الإیلخانی

Abstract [العربیة]

من أکثر القضایا المؤثرة فی إدارة المجتمع والحکومة فی إیران خلال العصر الإسلامی هی المنافسة بین البیروقراطیین والقادة العسکریین. وفی العصر المغولی، ومع وصول نبلاء وأمراء المغول إلى إیران، اکتسبت هذه المنافسة أبعادًا أوسع. کان الحکام المغول، الذین احتاجوا إلى الأرستقراطیة العسکریة من أجل البقاء، بحاجة أیضاً إلى خبرة ومعرفة البیروقراطیین بسبب متطلبات فن الحکم. وقد أدّی ذلک إلی وضع معقد فی العلاقات بین هاتین المجموعتین ووظیفتهما السیاسیة. وقد جذبت هذه القضیة انتباه المؤرخین المحلیین فی الفترة الإیلخانیة أیضًا.
تحاول هذه المقالة دراسة هذا الموضوع من خلال منهج وصفی - تحلیلی. وبناءً على نتائج هذا البحث، فقد روى الکتّاب المحلیون فی العصر الإیلخانی المواجهة بین هاتین المجموعتین من خلال تناول مواضیع مثل: العنف والمبادرات القاسیة للمناضلین، وجشع وحسد الجهات المعنیة تجاه بعضهم البعض، وسوء الإدارة وعدم کفاءة البیروقراطیین أحیانًا، ومدى تأثیر کلی الفئتین فی قضیة الخلافة والقضایا المماثلة، والصراع بین الفئتین نفسهما

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الإیلخانیون
  • البیروقراطیون
  • الأمراء العسکریون
  • التاریخ المحلی
  • المنافسة السیاسیة

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