The role of the Iranian bureaucrats in promoting Shiism in Deccan during the Bahmani period (case study: Mir Fazl - Allah Injoy and Mahmud Gavan)

Different regions of India such as Delhi and Deccan were the advent place of prominent bureaucrats who helped the Muslim governments with managing the political and military affairs for hundreds of years. These bureaucrats migrated to India due to a variety of reasons and under the special conditions. The reason for choosing the mentioned period of time and its importance is the presence of the Iranian bureaucrats and their high influence on Sunni government of Bahmanids. The necessity of this research is being considered regarding the dubiety of the orientalists based on the expansion of Islam and Shiism by the sword and military forces. The basic subject in this research is to clarify the actions of Iranian bureaucrats to spread Shia sect in Deccan (Sunnite community of Bahmani sect).The research method has been descriptive-analytic and the results demonstrated that the Iranian bureaucrats developed the Iranian culture and Shia sect without stimulating Sunnite people and the government, keeping peaceful relations with them, inviting Shiites to Deccan, training students, building mosques and schools and assigning posts to the Iranians, and by influencing the Bahmani kings, the Iranian bureaucrats made them spread Shiism.