The Factors Effective in Affluence and Establishment Of Shiism in Rey from Government of Abul-Hassan Madarani to the End of Āl-Buya

The spread of Shiism in Rey happened in two phases: a) familiarity of people of Rey with Shiism, and b) establishment of Shiism in Rey. The present article investigates two important political and social factors effective in affluence and establishment of Shiism in Rey. The government as an important political factor supported Shiism in the period from government of Abul-Hassan Madarani and his support of the Shiites and Shiism up to the government of a branch of Buwahids. In that period, the Shiites entered the political, social and cultural scene and held, supported by the government, scientific meetings and theological debates, wrote books and revived Shiite rites such as reciting eulogies, and created evolution in the position of naqib to diffuse Shiism. The second factor (i.e. social) includes the role of the Shiites themselves (especially the imami Shiites), their behavioral policies and the way they would interact with other groups and sects settling in Rey; this factor was in itself the reason why they remained in the social scene.