The people shared the religion and the followers were very devoted. This displays that that Muhammad’s followers shared the religion through migration to a large
All three empires displayed a Muslim based government. However, out of the three, the Mughals were the only group that was not majority Muslim. The Ottoman Empire consisted of Sunni Muslims. Caliphs were claimed to be the Ottoman titles. They were the ones who were in charge of maintaining Islamic law called Sharia.
Ismail, I claimed that he was the descendant of Ali, the cousin, and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and was taken as a Mehdî el-Muntazar ( Messianic figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the end of times to rid the world of evil and injustice and the last of Shia Imams)by his subjects. The heritage that he received from his religious liders family (Safi-ad-din Ardabili, Sadr al-Dīn Mūsā, Shaykh Junayd and Shaykh Haydar) and These claims together helped Ismail I to gain the support of the Shia Muslims in Iran, who believed that the Safavids were the rightful rulers of the country. Ismail I also religion and especially the Shia variation of Islam to legitimize his rule by emphasizing his role as the Shia Muslims' leader and the Shia faith's defender. The Safavid Empire continued to use these claims of legitimacy throughout its history, with each new ruler emphasizing their religious and genealogical ties to the founding family. The Safavids used their claim to be descendants of the Prophet Ali to justify their rule over the Shia population and to gain the support of religious leaders and scholars.
During the years 1000-1300 CE there were many regions throughout Afro-Eurasia that were experiencing internal conflict, however, some regions were beginning to flourish and become more dominant throughout the Afro-Eurasia continent. One of the regions that was experiencing turmoil was the Islamic empire. Beginning around the year 1000 CE, Islamic Empire was experiencing political fragmentation due to the enormous expansion of the empire. Although, the Islamic Empire was experiencing problems they still became very popular throughout the regions they inhabited. With the help of the Islamic religion many outside people became devout followers.
They believed that the true Caliphate belonged to those of Ali’s family (Lapidus, page 53). Albert Hourani discusses that “Shi’a movements did not accept the claims of the first three caliphs, but believed that Ali had been the sole legitimate and appointed successor of the Prophet as Imam” (Hourani, page 61). Shi’ism, was a “profound opposition to the Caliphate”, who had “supported the Abbasid movement before it came to power expecting that one of the heirs of Ali would succeed the Umayyads” (Lapidus, page
Muslim empires in the Middle East governed throughout all the known land and were very powerful. Two such empires are the Safavids and the Ottoman. While those two Muslim empires and had similar aspects, they also had very different interpretations of those aspects that made them different from one another. These two distinct societies both differed and resembled one another.
In an attempt to find favor in the eyes of Turkish in the region, the Safavids decided to convert to a form of Shiism - he forced the Sunnis to convert to the religion, Twelver Shiism. Twelver Shiism was a religion where it was believed that there were twelve religious rulers after Muhammad, but the twelfth hid. Believers thought that the 12th would come back one day, and many even believed that Ismail was the 12th. The followers of this religion wore red hats
The Islamic Empire grew very fast after the death of Muhammad. Lots of people wanted to be part of it because Islam brought a new sense of unity to all the people around them such as the Tribesmen and the traders of the Arabian Peninsula. One way the Islamic Empire grew so rapidly was by making people feel safe in their empire. They were very welcoming to the new people who joined them.
Arabs were motivated by a religious dimension, as many viewed the mission of empire in terms of jihad, bringing righteous government to the peoples they conquered. Islam experienced success in attracting converts: Muhammad's religious message was attractive to many, while Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians could find familiar elements of their own faiths in Islam. Conquests called into question the power of old gods, while the growing prestige of the Arab Empire attracted many to Allah. Although forced conversions were rare, living in an Islamic-governed state provided a variety of incentives for claiming Muslim identity. Merchants found in Islam a religion friendly to commerce and in the Arab Empire a huge and secure arena for trade, while people aspiring to official positions found conversion to Islam an aid to social
However, they did not attempt to convert conquered population into the Islam. On the one hand, Arab-Muslims considered themselves as missioners whose purpose was to conquer the world, but did not transform its people into Islam (Bennison 2009, pg. 22). They believed that Islam only belonged to them, and it became religious of the ruling elite who were Arab-Muslims. On the other hand, they had “tolerance” to Christian and Jews communities because they were considered as revelations by God. However, there are two main reasons for such “tolerance”: the tax that collected from non-Muslims called jizya, and stability that were ensured by those religions.
*It can be inferred from the relugations, five pillars, Muhammad, and monotheism that Muslims lived a very modest lifestyle, and were careful not to be rambunctious. They are loyal to one another, as they are to one god. Islamic People came together and bonded over their religion, and also came were connected by
The Ottomans converted many Christians to Islamic religion, whereas, the Safavids often chose to follow
The political and religious Fatimid Caliphate dynasty ruled in North Africa and the Middle East. It was a major contribution to the growth of the Muslim Empire. There were important people who were involved in the development. Some of these people are the prophet Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah, and his cousin Ali. The dynasty’s main goal was to take the power away from Abbasid and maintain their political and religious reign.
In the aftermath of the Prophet’s death, the Umayyad and Abbasid were two of the dynasties that expanded the new religion through the region by very different means and ideologies. The Umayyad caliphate expanded the geographic Islamic Empire to one of the largest in history by military campaigns. As the
In the early periods of the Empire, al-Mahdi’s, the founder of the Fatimid Empire, policy included complete tolerance towards non-Ismailis thus he “made no attempt to force Ismaili practices on an unwilling populace.” His stand against the forced conversion of his people is a clear sign of how he “developed an inclusive and tolerant policy which allowed other interpretations of Islam to be practiced alongside the official Shi’i Ismaili interpretation.” His regime provided security to those under his rule, and the fact that he was the first of the Fatimid Caliphs provided people with a positive outlook on the new Empire’s policies and
