Investigation of Apocalyptic Uprisings in Iran Between the Seventh and the Tenth Centuries AH With an Emphasis on the Role of Tasawwof and Shiism

Successive disasters after the invasion of Genghis and Teymur caused people to be attracted by streams that were either leaning towards seclusion or inclined towards revolution. Both were forms of objection to the existing situation, one of them offering a personal solution and the other a social solution. Shiism and Tasawwuf gradually came out of seclusion and dissimulation and found common points to approach one another. What increased inclination towards revolution was petition of right of those suppressed forces in history that made use of Shiite experiences in revolutionary movement and Tasawwuf in maximum attraction. The most important ideology of those communities was the idea of the advent of a savor that served as the device for the survival of oppressed people of that time with a hope for a vivid future. The main question is as follows: “What stages have that revolutionary changes and apocalyptic activities covered from the onset of seventh century AH to the end of ninth century AH and what motives have the leaders used for mobilizing people?” The research method in this study will be descriptive-analytical.