Efforts of Al-Nasser al-Din Allah to Restore Authority and Gain Legitimacy of the Caliphate through the Ritual of Fotovvat

One of the influential currents in the social life of the Iranian nation has been the ritual of Fotovvat, and many have tried to organize their personal and social behavior by entering the sect of the Fotovvat and following its instructions, thereby taking positive steps solving both social problems and self-cultivation. In this article, which has been written in a descriptive-analytical method, it is assumed that according to the time of Caliph Nasser al-Din Allah (622-575 AH), because of its simple solutions as well as relying on uncomplicated and common beliefs rooted in Sufism, the ritual of Fotovvat could be both a good tactic for increasing the authority of the caliph and gaining the legitimacy of the caliphate, as well as a factor for unifying the Islamic world. But the death of Al-Nasser and the failure to follow the next caliphs and, of course, the invasion of the Mongols prevented the creation of a special map of the ritual of Fotovvat in playing its special role in that historical period.