Abstract:
Iran and the Indian subcontinent have had strong political, social, economic, and cultural relations since ancient times; as was the case during the Islamic era, when Asian Muslim nations, including Arabs, Turks, and Iranians, came into contact with the culture of the subcontinent; therefore, Indian civilization has been influenced by Islamic principles. Some Orientalists, emphasizing some of the differences that have existed between Muslims and Hindus in the past and present, state that the nature of current Islamic societies in India has been in a reverse process relative to the current components of India, making their role in the essence of tradition and transformation ineffective on a regional scale, the reflection of which can be observed in the profound effects of this characteristic on the worldview of Iran-India relations in the contemporary period. In this regard, researchers from Iran and the subcontinent, by re-examining the aforementioned hypothesis in their research, have raised new issues regarding the relations between the two countries given the historical role of Islam. The present article, with special attention to some aspects of this issue, examines the theoretical foundations of the political, social, and cultural relations between India and Iran, relying on the subject of Islam in the process of the historical transformations of the two countries.
Machine summary:
Some Orientalists, emphasizing some of the differences that have existed between Muslims and Hindus in the past and present, state that the nature of current Islamic societies in India has been in a reverse process compared to the current components of India, making their role ineffective in the context of tradition and transformation on a regional scale, the reflection of which can be observed in the profound effects of this characteristic on the worldview of Iran-India relations in the contemporary period.
The present article also, with special attention to some aspects of this issue, examines the theoretical foundations of the political, social, and cultural relations of India and Iran, relying on the subject of Islam in the process of the historical transformations of the two countries.
We remember very well that in the recent transformations of Iran's contemporary history, namely the Tobacco Protest (1891-1892 AD) and the Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911 AD), how Islam and the clergy associated with this ideology challenged the emergence of Iranian nationalism in the European style; although this issue has caused complaints from some active political cultures in Iran, it remains an important reality that the subject of Islam is still considered both the primary source of legitimacy for governments and, at the same time, national development in this country.
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