somayeh Ansari; Ataollah Hassani
Abstract
A set of structural factors such as the socio-economic structure of government, its legitimacy and the continuity of its effectiveness, the intellectual and cultural conditions of the ...
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A set of structural factors such as the socio-economic structure of government, its legitimacy and the continuity of its effectiveness, the intellectual and cultural conditions of the society and other elements play a significant role in the stability and continuity of a government. Yet, the weakness of the structural factors and constant conflicts broke out during the reign of Safavid’s dynasty in the late Safavid era (1677-1722). As the king lost his power, and hence entrusting affairs to the courtiers and the military, the balance of political construction had been disrupted and the conflict between different military groups in pursuit of authorities, interests, superiority led to the weakness of performance and function of military forces, not being successful in dealing with political crisis, sprang from local and foreign events for instance. Therefore, one can name it as a political factor of instability in the late Safavid era. This analyzes and explains the impact of conflicts between military forces on political instability in the late Safavid era through a historical method and based on Historical sources.
