The Role and Status of Scholars During the Afghan Interregnum and the Afsharid Kingdom (1722-1750 Ad)

In the era of political unrest following the collapse of the Safavid government due to the opposition of Afghans and king Nadir to the infective role of prominent scholars, many of them were massacred or deported to neighboring countries but their educational and social links remained. The present study seeks to answer this question: What were the role and position of scholars in the afghan period and the Afsharid kingdom? It seems that the chaos of Iranian society had a dual effect on the scholar's class. On the one hand, it led to the weakness of their educational reputation and financial power, and on the other hand, it improved their active role as the participants in political-religious negotiations. The present study, adopting a historical method, profiting data collections in libraries, describes and categorizes the aspects of the social status of scholars, analyzes and interprets these features and their effects.