The Intellectual Movement Analysis of Imamia in Khorasan and Transoxania (From the Beginning of Lesser Occultation to the Time of Shaykh Saduq)

After the decline of Kufa school of thought in the late second century AH, the scientific legacy of the school was transferred to the rest of the Shia Imami dwelling places. An important part of Khorasan and Transoxania is one of those places. There is no completely independent study of intellectual currents in this area. The author of the present article tries to identify the present trends in Khorasan and Transoxania, from the beginning of the Minor Occultation to the time of Shaykh Saduq, and pursue their relationship to the scientific environment of Kufa as far as it is possible. This study shows that some current cultural beliefs in Khorasan and Transoxania, such as the theological and juridical movement of Hisham ibn Hakam and Yunus ibn Abd al-Rahman and the hadith-oriented movement and the movement of those who are accused of ghuluw (extremism), have their roots in the school of Kufa. After a while, these groups migrated from Khorasan to other areas such as Iraq and Qom, although some movements, such as Mu'tazili-oriented Imamis were considered as new movements in Khorasan at that time.