A Sketch for Examination of Origins and Roots of Futuwwah in Iran

تاریخ و فرهنگ

Article 3, Volume 43, Issue 1 - Serial Number 86, June 2011   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/history.v0i0.8570

Authors

mansor motamedi; farzane bakhoda^*

Abstract

Futuwwha was one the influential factors in the moral, political and social life of Iranian and Islamic civilization and culture.The examination of the origins and roots of this important phenomenon helps us to know it better.There have been doubtlessly several factors,such as certain teachings of Islam and some of the historical, social and moral circumstances, in its development,but considering the similarities between the phenomenon and the sectarian,ritual and ideological survivals from the ancient ages of Iran, it can be convincing that we may trace its roots to the land's ancient background.Futuwwah as any other social phenomenon may have had other origins as well, but in this article, presenting five major reasons, we discuss that its origins can be found in the different manifestations of pre-Islamic Iranian civilization.

Keywords

Futuwwah; Fityan; Ayars; Qalandars; Asbars; Pre-Islamic Iranian Religions; Mystery Religions