چکیده:
The presence of European missionary-proselytizing delegations in Iran, including the Carmelites, is one of the topics of interest in Safavid history, and the Carmelites were among the most important of these delegations. As one of the Catholic missionary groups and envoys of the Pope, the Carmelites came to Iran during the reign of Shah Abbas I to establish an alliance between Iran and European Christian states against the Ottomans, and also to promote the Catholic religion. To achieve these goals, they engaged in various activities and were consistently supported by the kings of that dynasty until the extinction of the Safavids. For this reason, they were able to maintain an active and continuous presence in Iran until the end of the Safavid era and even after it. The presence and activities of the Carmelites in Safavid era Iran had consequences in various political, cultural, social, and religious fields, most of which were in line with achieving the goals of the Pope and some European states. This research seeks to provide a brief introduction to the Carmelites and how they were present in Safavid era Iran, and to examine and analyze the religious consequences of their presence during that period.
خلاصه ماشینی:
3. Effort to Establish a Missionary School in Iran Upon entering Iran, Jean Thaddeus intended to establish a missionary school for Armenians, Georgians, Circassians, and some Iranians to promote Christianity, and to achieve this goal, he{o(1) o Illumination o} {o(2) Rasul Jafarian (1388 SH), Politics and Culture of the Safavid Era, Vol. 2, Tehran: Elm Publications, p.
} {o(5) It should be noted that in the collection of Shah Abbas's correspondence, it is stated that all four, namely Khachatur (God-given), Eskander, Yusuf, and Ibrahim, were all converted by Jean Thaddeus on September 7, 1621 AD/1030 AH, but since it is mentioned in della Valle's travel books and the chronicles of the Carmelites in Iran that Khachatur was converted in 1619 AD, more reliance can be placed on the statements of these two books; for more information, see: Documents of the Carmelite Fathers, document number 152, p.
o} {o(2)It is worth mentioning that in the collection of Shah Abbas's correspondence, regarding the reason for this journey, it is stated that these neo-Christians themselves insisted on the Carmelite fathers sending them to Hormuz; because there they could engage in worship with complete security and learn the rites and beliefs of the Catholic religion from the Carmelite priests residing in Hormuz, so that after that, they could invite others to the Christian faith in the land of Iran.
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