The role of Shiite religion on the formation of socio,political identity of Iranian women in the Al-Buwayh period

The present article attempts to review the role of Shiite religion on the formation of socio-political identity of Iranian women in the Al-Buwayh period. The research method in this study is historical and data analysis method is accomplished through descriptive-analytical method.The results of this study indicated that Shiite religion, with a holistic comprehensive role that involve all aspects of socio-political identity of Iranian women, is determinant in the two periods of Al-Buwayh. During the Al-Buwayh period, regarding political aspect, Shiite political ideas penetrated in the thoughts of Iranian women, including the idea of combining Iranian-Islamic models with Shiite tendencies, the authority of Shiite jurists, and the thought of the Absent Imam. During this period, following the emergence of the Alawites Niqab institution, Iranian women for the first time were persuaded toward religious pilgrimage and holy visits to sanctuaries and holy shrines., etc. In the social aspect, Shiite customs and religious rituals such as Eid Ghadir, Mid-Sha'ban, mourning for Muharram and Ashura, the religious custom of walking to Karbala, the custom of saying Hay Ala Khair al-Amal on Ashura day, On the day of Ashura, the pilgrimage to the holy shrines of Imams is one of the examples of the role of Shiite religion in the formation of social identity of Iranian women in the Al-Buwayh period.