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==The Beginning of the Seljuk Rule and the Oppression of the Shi'as== | ==The Beginning of the Seljuk Rule and the Oppression of the Shi'as== | ||
[[File:Seljuk-coins-01.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|A coin in the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad | [[File:Seljuk-coins-01.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|A coin issued in the reign of Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad Tapar (r. 491/1105 - 511/1118). It is dated 496/1102-3.]] | ||
The Seljuks were Hanafis and they entered Baghdad with the slogan of reviving the Sunni power. When Shiite Fatimid caliphs exerted pressures on the Abbasid caliphate, the Seljuks gained part of their political legitimacy from the slogan of reviving the Abbasid caliphate and the Sunni dominance. | The Seljuks were Hanafis and they entered Baghdad with the slogan of reviving the Sunni power. When Shiite Fatimid caliphs exerted pressures on the Abbasid caliphate, the Seljuks gained part of their political legitimacy from the slogan of reviving the Abbasid caliphate and the Sunni dominance. | ||
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==The Shi'as' Overtaking the Power in the Period of Malik-Shah's Successors== | ==The Shi'as' Overtaking the Power in the Period of Malik-Shah's Successors== | ||
[[File:Yivli Minaret Mosque.jpg|250px|thumbnail|right|The Alaaddin Mosque or Yivli Minare Mosque in Antalya is a historical [[mosque]] built in 1230 by the Anatolian Seljuk Sultan Alaaddin Keykubad I. The [[minaret]] is 38 metres high and has 90 steps to the top.]] | |||
===Shiite Viziers and Officials=== | ===Shiite Viziers and Officials=== | ||
Some pressures on the Shi'as were decreased in the period of Malik-Shah's successors, and some Shiite seniors could occupy high-ranking positions in the government, including Majd al-Malik Abu l-Fadl al-Qummi and Sa'd al-Malik al-Awuji. Later, some figures such as Sharaf al-Din Abu Tahir al-Qummi, Anu Shirawan b. Khalid b. Muhammad al-Kashani and Mu'in al-Din al-Kashi, could occupy high-ranking positions in the Seljuk government. | Some pressures on the Shi'as were decreased in the period of Malik-Shah's successors, and some Shiite seniors could occupy high-ranking positions in the government, including Majd al-Malik Abu l-Fadl al-Qummi and Sa'd al-Malik al-Awuji. Later, some figures such as Sharaf al-Din Abu Tahir al-Qummi, Anu Shirawan b. Khalid b. Muhammad al-Kashani and Mu'in al-Din al-Kashi, could occupy high-ranking positions in the Seljuk government. | ||