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The Safawid Shah Isma'L declared the establishment of the Safawid state of Persia in 1501, professed twelver Shiism faith and abandoned the Safawid method of his ancestors who had been Safawids tending towards Shiism. That was one reason for his profession of the Twelver faith. In addition, Shah Isma’l had been taught by Shams Al-Din Al-Lahiji, one of the Shiinte clerics in Karak emirate where he was a refugee there. Another reason was to confront the Ottoman Sunni Empire.the Qizil bash' was object to the time of that step not to step,and may be that once was the few once which they object of shah Isma'L. Shah Isma’l had realized that the Safawid Shiism could not create a strong state of a deep-rooted political system; so he was convinced to seek assistance in Twelver clerics to establish and propagate Twelver Shiism in various parts of the Safawid territory where a large Sunni population lived taking in consideration that there are Shiites in various parts of the Safawid territory such as Qum and Rai. The Shah started implementing his thoughts and invited Shiite clerics, but none responded but al-Muhaqqiq (investigator) Al-Karaki of Jabal Amil in Lebanon who was in the holy city of Najaf at that time. Al-Karaki migrated to the Safawid territory and his hard mission of maturing the Twelver Shiite faith for both common people and ruling class started, but he was countered with a strong opposition by the authority men of Qizil Bash because the declaration twelve Shiism faith at that fast to cause un capacity the shiism faith, Besides people had a little awareness of the new experiment and he was marginalized in the reign of Isma’l; so his successes were limited. By the new experiment: the establishment of the Safawid state on sectarian basis as a religious state according to its founder’s will, he was aiming at achieving significant and rapid successes to prove the power of his state in the face of future changes. The Shah; therefore, used his sword at first to enforce many peoples, scholars and commons, to convert to Shiism. Al-Karaki’s call to propagate Shiism by quiet discourse instead of force had indicated a great change in the Shah thinking. Yet, the Shah did not absorb that religious affairs of the new manner should be left to a scholar like Al-Karaki for his being used to the simple and Sufi religious life. He also gave his adherents highest religious posts and didn’t give Al-Karaki any effective religious post because he was not a follower of Isma’l and did not endow the Safawid state any legitimate attribute. Isma’l had preferred to rely on the Qizil Bashes for their submission to him. The shah realized that Al-Karaki was obeying the Islamic teachings not his authority. He thought that it is irrational for him to leave the affairs of his state which he suffered a lot in its establishment to a stranger of different thinking, manner and culture – it was also Qizil Bash’s opinion. Al-Karaki; therefore, left the Safawid territory and returned to Iraq in 1514A.D./ 920H.to force to stay in Iraq,as he was said:"when we forsed to stay in Iraq"in his handwritten{resalat al aard al mondresa}-the effaced land.
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