Shi`a Pajoohi

Shi`a Pajoohi

Emerging Currents of Yarsanism (Ahl Haqq): A Critical Study

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 PhD Student in Shiite Sects, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran,
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Denominations, University of Religions and Denominations, Qom, Iran
Abstract
The traditional stream of Yarsanism (Ahl Haqq) consists of eleven families, seven of which were founded by the order of Sultan Ishaq Barzanjeyi during his reign, and four more families were added in the following centuries. In the early fourteenth century A.H. and in the recent years, two emerging currents called "Maktab" belonging to the family of Nur Ali Elahi and "Yarsanism" affiliated with the claimants of Yarsan's independence from other religions, especially Islam and Imami Shiism were formed among the Ahl Haqq, which today operate under the two institutions of Yarsan Democratic Organization, abbreviated as either "Sadi" or "YDO", and Yarsan Civil Activists Consultative Assembly. They seem to have different ideas from traditional Yarsan currents and families in beliefs and customs. This research seeks to answer the question: What are the thoughts and ideas of the two currents of "Maktab" and "Yarsanism"? The premise of the research is that a kind of intellectual-ideological system independent of the historical and ideological background of Yarsan is taken from the available sources of these two currents.
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