Historical Investigation on the Reasons of Movement of Seyed ol- Shohola from Medina to Mecca

On the last days of month of Rajab (60 After Hijrah), Seyed ol- Shohola suddenly left his hometown towards Mecca due to a letter sent from Yazid Ibn e- Muawiyah ’s to the governor of Medina concerning the necessity of immediate swear allegiance from his opponents without any remission. His stay in Mecca lasted about four months and five days. Following the start of sacred rites of the pilgrimage, that holiness left Mecca toward Kufah. Taking advantage of the descriptive-analytical method with a historical approach and relying on the investigation of the political, cultural and geographical conditions as well as the economic and military potentials of Mecca and Medina, the present research is to answer this question related to the reasons of movement of Imam Hossein (PBUH) from these two cities.