A survey of Shiites status in the Ghaznavids era

Sunni was the state religion of Iran during the Ghaznavid dynasty and they got their governmental legitimacy such as samanid empire and Seljuk dynasty from Abbasids caliph, so protection of religion and its spread was one of the basic duty of Ghaznavid. They were religious fanatic and confined to other religions such as Ismailism, Alawites, and Sadat. The method of this study is based on library books and was the descriptive and analytical approach and survey on the social and political life of Shiite sects against the Ghaznavid fanaticism which lead to two points of view. One is Taqiya which is used by Alawites and Sadat. The other is extremist methods of Ismailism. Ghaznavids had a negative view to Ismailism because they were extremist and had religious communication to Fatimid of Egypt.