(ئایینی مەزدەکی) و شوێنەوارەکانی بەسەر دەوڵەتی خەلافەتی عەباسییەوە لەسەردەمی عەباسی یەکەمدا (132-232ک/750-847ز)

Abstract

     Mazdaki is considered to be one of the ancient Iranian religions that have left marks not only on the Sassanid Empire but also on Abbasid Empire. The reason was that the Abbasids relied on non-Arabs including the Iranians to topple the Umayyad Caliphate and get to power. They pledged to compensate their sacrifices when they took power. A distinguished character called Abu Muslim Khurasani cooperated with the Abbasids, championed their cause and played a leading role in helping them to seize power. Having gained power, the Abbasids reneged on their earlier promise and took a hostile position against them, instead, and murdered Abu Muslim Khurasani – an event that turned to an opportunity for Mazdaki followers to rebel to get back their previous achievements. Rawandi and Khurami as two branches of Mazdaki confronted the Abbasid Caliphate but they were finally defeated by overwhelming power of the Caliphate.

     Mazdkians were followers of Mazdak, Bamdad’s son, who rose in 488 AD at Sassanid Qabad I. He was a religious man and appeared from Sassanid Empire. Mazdak attacked Zoroastrianism, which was the state religion for ten years. Later, the Sassanid authorities became hostile and Sassanid Anawshirwan ordered him to be eliminated in 536, although the religion continued up to more modern times.

     To write this paper, the authors have used more than one hundred references in Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, and English. First, the history of Mazdak’s name and personality has been explored to find out its etymology, family and place of birth. Second, Mazdaki religion and the views of theologists, historians, and orientalists have been discussed. Next, the significance of Mazdakifon Abbasid Caliphate during Abbas I has been addressed to realize its influences over the state.  The bibliography and the abstract in English and Arabic come at the end of the paper