Tarihyazımı

Yazarlar: Hüseyin Ongan ARSLAN

Konular:Tarih

Anahtar Kelimeler:Mîr Yahyâ Qazvînî,Lubb al-tavarikh,Safavid historiography,History of Early Islam,Sunni-Shi’ite Schism,Qizilbash

Özet: Lubb al-tavarikh, which was one of the earliest universal histories written in the Safavid Empire, has a special place in Safavid historiography due to both its section regarding the early history of Islam and the debatable sectarian identity of its author Mîr Yahyâ b. ‘Abd al-Latîf Hasanî Sayfî Qazvînî (885–962/1481–1555). While the descendants of Mîr Yahyâ Qazvînî in the fifteenth century were noted for their Sunni identity, with the rise of the Safavid dynasty and their promotion of Shi’ite Islam in the sixteenth century, they became known for establishing good relations with the Safavid state. Additionally, Mîr Yahyâ Qazvînî himself participated in Safavid military campaigns under the reign of Shah Ismail (r. 907–930/1501– 1524) and was addressed by Shah Tahmasb (r. 930–984/1524–1576) as “Yahya the Innocent/Infallible” (Yahyâ-ı Ma‘sûm). Despite having a close relationship with the Safavid dynasty, Mîr Yahyâ Qazvînî was exiled from Qazvin to Isfahan in 960/1553 by the order of Shah Tahmasb, as he was accused of leading the Sunni of Qazvin. This article discusses how a sixteenth century Safavid historian with an ambiguous sectarian identity, Mir Yahya Qazvînî, constructed the history of early Islam and which issues he underlined, obscured, and/or avoided discussing. Furthermore, I look at whether he adopts Shi’ite or Sunni discourses in his Lubb al-tavarikh.

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