Document Type : Scientific-Research
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Associate Professor, Center of Islamic Sciences and Persian Literature, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran,
Abstract
This study analyzes the historical evolution of the Barzashabadi branch of the Kobrawieh dynasty in Iran during the Safavid period. This Sufi sect in the Safavid period is known as the Ẕahabiyya. The article examines the historical developments and intellectual activities of the masters of this sect in the Safavid period with a descriptive and analytical method, relying on historical sources, especially the sources related to this sect. The research approach is that the term Ḏahabīya. was not considered an appropriate name for this Sufi order until the end of the 11/17th century and the historical development of this sect is related to the end of the 11/17th century (the end of the Safavid period) and is the result of the wise activities of Muezzin Khorasani (death 1078 AH/1668 AD) and his student is Najibuddin Zargar Esfahani (about 1108 AH/1696-1696 AD). The transformations of the sect in the Safavid period and the activities of its leaders in the Safavid period are the main subject of the present research.
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