aliakbar jafari; shahrzad mohammadiaean; mina moeini
Abstract
Mahdism has been one of the important and fundamental issues in the Islamic period of Iran. This issue has suffered much from problems such as false Mahdis and this has caused problems ...
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Mahdism has been one of the important and fundamental issues in the Islamic period of Iran. This issue has suffered much from problems such as false Mahdis and this has caused problems for the Islamic community. These problems have continued to concern the community to the present. Seyed Mohammad Kelardashti was one of these Mahdis. He made his claim public in Kelardasht in 1892 and assembled a group of people. The most important questions addressed in this study are what the background of his claim was, what the current government did to confront him, and what consequences he faced. It seems that the background of his claim was the gap between the people of Khajeh Vand tribe with each other, with Kelardasht inhabitants, and even with the government. Although this rebellion was suppressed and he was arrested and imprisoned, he was released from prison after a while and was assigned a pension. The present study attempts to investigate this issue based on the documents of the National Library and Archives of the Islamic Republic of Iran
