Cooperation of Craft Groups And Sheik Safi-al-Din Ardabili Based on Sefvat-al-Safa

One of the important characteristics of Iran’s society after Mongol invasion is the growth and development of Sufism Sheiks’social and political existence and influence. Undoubtedly, they had significant roles in the social and political relations and also in the trend of following changes. The social and political way of Sheik Safi-al-Din Ardabili, as a great sheik in that period, ultimately resulted to the establishment of the powerful Safavid dynasty. In spite of incapability of the successor of Shah Abas II and the fall of Safavid dynasty by afghan and foreign troops, Sheik Safi-al-Din Ardabili protected his influence among the people. However, Afshar and Zandieh dynasties had to attend to that dynasty. Famous Sheiks such as Sheikh Safi-al-Din and his ancestors gained political power by attracting the social groups and increasing the number of followers among people. They used their great power and influence for capturing the political influence.There is not enough knowledge about the quality of Sheiks’ relations and cooperation with social groups. The purpose of this essay is accessibility to way of action and reaction of craft groups and Sheikh Safi’s sect based on multiplicity, type of presence and the cooperation of craft groups in the Ibn-e- Bazzaz narration. Consideration of Sefvat-al-Safa and collecting and analyzing the information of this work is an effort in this aspect. Such questions as the crafts used in Ibn-e-Bazzaz narration, the maximum and minimum of cooperations between the craft groups and Sheik Safi-al-Din’s sect and the types of crafts, goods and services, determined how much the groups could approach Sheik Safi-al-Din’s sect. Since this essay is reffered to craftsmen and marketmen, it does not indicate other governmental members. In this essay every purposed effort towards providing people’s needs or accomplishing the social services is considered as a craft