Abstract:
One of the focal points of apocalyptic news goes back to the titles that have been used for the promised savior or the characters around him. In this research, three titles namely “Mansur”, “Saffāh” and “Hojjat” have been studied with a historical processing approach .The necessity and purpose of using such an approach, which is rarely seen in Mahdavi and historical works, is to reconstruct the mentality of Muslims in the first centuries on Mahdism and to present new interpretations of the promised endeavors, especially in the half of the second century A.H. That will be obtained by finding the roots, semantics and research application of the titles and by studying the earlier historical and hadith sources and presenting documentary analyzes. It seems that the mentioned titles, which were used by different parties and currents, had significant historical functions, especially in the first centuries of Islam. Because the titles Mansur and Safah later found a prominent place in the Abbasid movement and Hojjat also became a common title among the Shiites, Twelvers and the Isma’ilis, with different utilizations
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Historical Analysis of Titles Related to the Mahdi (with emphasis on "Mansur", "Saffah", and "Hujjat") 1 2 Reza Baradaran PhD in Islamic Studies, University of Islamic Studies, Qom, Iran Nematollah Safari Forousani Professor at the Higher Complex of History, Biography, and Islamic Civilization affiliated with Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran Khodamarad Soleimian Assistant Professor at the Research Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, Qom, Iran Abstract One of the axes of eschatological reports revolves around titles and designations used for the promised savior or the figures surrounding him.
It appears that the aforementioned titles, which were used by various spectrums and currents, had significant historical functions, especially in the early centuries of Islam; because the titles Mansur and Saffah later found a prominent position in the Abbasid movement, and Hujjat also became a common title among the Imami and Ismaili sects with different applications.
In such a way that sometimes the Prophet (s) refers to the coming of al-Saffah from the lineage of Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib 77, or Abdullah ibn Abbas promises the emergence of an individual with the title al-Saffah among 79 his descendants 78, and sometimes others have promised the coming of al-Saffah from the lineage of Abbas; as in a report attributed to Imam Ali (as) which deals with the prophecy of the conquest of Sham, al-Saffah is mentioned and he is considered one of the commanders of this battle, which, of course, the report of this victory has great similarity to the battles of the Abbasids and the defeat of the last Umayyad caliph...
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