Exploring the role of mortmain in the lives of the poor (with an emphasis on the Rashid-al-din hamedani actions), , sadeghi, maghsod ali, aghajari, Hashem

A survey into the social history of Iran shows that the lower class has always existed as one of the Iranian social classes. On the other hand, The issue of helping poor people and poverty alleviation has been a part of Iranian social history.Meanwhile mortmain and its incomes are one of the revenue resources of charities which kings and grandees have paid a special attention to their administration. Accordingly, the present study uses an analytical-descriptive method to investigate the important role of mortmain in the lives of poor people who lived in Ilkhanid dynasty and puts a special emphasis on the actions of Rashid-al-Din Hamadani. Results show that in Ilkhanid ear and especially when Gazan Khan came to the throne and Rashid-al-Din became his prime minister a significant emphasis was put on mortmain. In that era, a lot of properties were devoted to charities and the construction of charities like Rab’-e Rashidi and Shanb Ghazan played a very important role in helping poor people and poverty alleviation.