RULA JURDİ ABİSAAB, SAFEVÎ İRAN’INDA (1501-1736) CEBEL-İ ÂMİL ULEMÂSI: MARJİNALLİK, GÖÇ VE SOSYAL DEĞİŞİM

Shortly after the investiture of Shah Ismā’il (r. 907-30/1501-24) in Iran, Twelver Shi'ism was declared the official sect of the state. The Safavids, who identified Twelver Shi’ism as a super-identity in order to ensure internal integration in Iran, invited Shiite scholars from Iraq, Bahrain, and especially from the Jabal al- Amil region to Iran to support them in this process. Research on the migration of scholars to Safavid Iran, which began in the West with the work of E. G. Browne, has recently been increasing. One of the studies on this subject is Rula Jurdi Abisaab’s article titled “The Ulama of Jabal ‘Amil in Safavid Iran, 1501-1736: Marginality, Migration and Social Change”. This is a translation of Abisaab’s article on the migration of ulema to Safavid Iran.
Keywords: Safavid Iran, Twelver Shi’ism, Jabal ‘Amil, ‘Amili Scholars, Migration.