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Critique of the Nature and Epistemic Components of Religion
and Politics in the Intellectual System of Obeid Zakani
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Hossein Behafarid *    , Hossein Moftakhari , Hossein Mohammadi |
| Kharazmi University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of History , bhahossein5@gmial.com |
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As the third great invaders to Iran, the Mongols took control of all affairs for a considerable period of time. They had neither a civilizational nor a religious characteristic, unlike the Greeks and Arabs. Thus, they did significant harm to the political and religious foundation of Iranian society. The government and religion have always coexisted in Iran, with the Shah serving as both the nation's protector and the head of the country's official religion. During the period of the Mughal patriarchs, however, the government was in the hands of deserters with a primitive view of politics. Aside from that, they did not attempt to govern by religion, in contrast to the Muslim Arabs. Such viewpoint led to the decline of Iran's politics and religion, which has been described as vulgarity in some Persian writings. With the Mongols' dominion, this devastation, which dates back to the fifth century AH, reached a deplorable state. Such devastation was characterized by lack of wisdom in society, and consequently in politics and religion. As one of the foremost figures in Persian literature, Obeid Zakani represented this harm in his works. This paper aims to study the impacts of such degeneration from the viewpoint of Obeid Zakani, using a descriptive-analytical method. We also suggest that he can be characterized as a thinker of degeneration. Zakani not only describes the damage caused by degeneration, but also offers a solution for it, i.e. utilizing wisdom and justice. This paper asserts that degeneration is a long-term outcome of invasion and also mentions that Zakani's depiction of decline is focused on the reign of Al Muzaffar and the consequences of the Mongols’ invasion.
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| Keywords: Mongols, Obeid Zakani, Religion Nature, Religious Episteme, Politics, Justice, Wisdom. |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Islamic History/ Interdisciplinary History
Received: 2023/10/2 | Revised: 2024/04/27 | Accepted: 2024/01/6 | ePublished ahead of print: 2024/02/28 | Published: 2024/04/27 | ePublished: 2024/04/27
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