The Influence of Pilgrimage Caravans and Burial of the Dead in the Holy Shrines on the Relations between Iran and the Ottoman Empire (1343-1264 BC)

With Second Erzurum Treaty (1263 AH / 1847 AD) between Iran and the Ottoman Empire, it was thought that the disagreement between the government of Iran and Ottoman on border issues and also the problem of pilgrimage to the Holy Shrines would be resolved. But the traffic of Iranian pilgrimage caravans to the Holy Shrines, which sometimes carried the dead bodies, made new problems in the relations between Iran and the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman officials at borders prevented the dead bodies and kept the passengers into quarantine in Khanaqain, because of their fear of spreading diseases such as cholera, typhoid, plague, etc. Using the analytical- historical method, this article deals with political, economic and social problems of carrying the dead bodies to the Holy Shrines in relations of two countries.