Functions and importance of tombs and religious places of AhleHaq in Kermanshah province

Author:
Parisa mirzaiy
Level:
Master
Field of study:
The difference of Shiism
Language:
Farsi
Faculty:
Faculty of Shi’i Studies
Year:
2020
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Seyed Ali Mousavinejad
Advisor(s):
Javad Lotfi

Kermanshah province has been the origin and most important residential area and center of guidance and leadership of Ahl -Haqq since the seventh century until now. Sultan Ishaq Barzanjaei, who can be named as the most important religious, pious and modern figure of this sect, by establishing laws and expressing special customs and traditions to which Ahl -Haqq adhere to this day, caused the ideological and social order of the devotees and followers. His and many of his companions’ tomb such as “Haftan” and “Haftavaneh” and many leaders and sectarians of the Yari sect from the seventh century until now, as well as holy places such as pardivar, Fountains and sacred trees, etc. are located in Kermanshah province. These facilities and tombs are always honored, sanctified and visited by the followers and devotees of Yarsan sect from all families and currents in Ahl -Haqq  in different days of the year, especially in religious days and occasions of Ahl -Haqq such as Eid-e-Khavandkar and Nowruz. These places and tombs have a function within the sect as a place for gathering and making vows and pray of the devotees of the Ahl -Haqq. In the present article, based on theoretical and library and experimental and field findings, the importance, function within the sect and the view of the devotees of Ahl -Haqq sect to the most important and honored tombs and holy places in Kermanshah province are introduced and explained.