Dual function of Ayyubid in facing with Shi a of Imamiyah and Esmailiyan and its reflection in historiography of Egypt and Levant

Egypt and Levant in Ayyubid’s Era were center of struggling with Shi’a of Esmailiyah and repressing their ideas, but also there were some peaceful relationships with Imamiyah’s followers. This article tries to examine existence of this process by relying on historiography of this era. Moreover despite the impressibility of a number of Shi’a Shafe’ee’s historians by political and religious dominate environment such as E’maddin Kateb Esfehani, Bahaoddin ebn Saddad and Abu Shamme, it seems that most of historians of this era made a difference between innovative ideas of Shi’a of Esmailiyh with Imamiyah’s ideas. Most of them including Sebt ebn Jouzi, Ebn Khalkan and etc. which were affected by dual function of government through different Shi’a sects, In content of expressing their antipathy to Esmailiyah and advocating from anti-Shi’a actions of Imamiyah’s followers and ideas, acting with more flexibility and tolerance. Active existence of some Imamiyah historians of this era such as Qefti and Ebn Abi Thei and their positive reactions with govern system also proof the veracity of this claim.