The book discusses the political geography of the Islamic world before the establishment of the Safavid state, then presents the Safavid movement and its establishment of a state that in turn established interactive relations with the Ottomans, Mamluks and Europeans. It focuses on the issue of the Safavids and religion through its study of Sufism, Shiism and the ideological employment of religious ideas in order to reach the essential reasons for the Safavids’ adoption of the Imami doctrine. It discusses in detail the role of the jurist in the new state, the relationship of the jurists with the ruler, as well as the conflicts between the jurists and the ruler.
