The evolution trend of security posts in Iran's history (From the rise of Islam to Safavid dynasty)

One of the concerns of political systems was security challenges which threatened their existence. Overcoming such challenges and maintaining the security, peace and social stability was vital in guaranteeing the political power and these systems by establishing Bureaucraticinstitutions and military forces attempted to reduce threatening challenges and to increase domestic security. Therefore, alongside the defense forces whose main objective was participation in the battles with the aim of defending boundaries and suppressing the adversaries and containing internal rebellion, offices and officials came to existence, which were responsible for maintaining social security in relations between people with one another and with the society as well as its instructions. The titles for these posts in every dynasty were more or less different, including:، police officer, guard emir and sheriff. But they had security responsibilities which concerned legal and judicial issues. In this research, the development trend of security officials of in Islamic Iran’s history and the responsibilities and tasks involved and the implementation of security measures from the beginning to the rise of Safavid are studied. The findings demonstrate that despite all the diverse security titles in the various eras of history; their functionality has had a similar continuation while the internal security of the society has always depended on their performance.