Open AccessReligion, Conflict and Continuity in the Early Sasanian Period
Author(s) -
Muhammet Yücel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
historia i świat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2956-6436
pISSN - 2299-2464
DOI - 10.34739/his.2021.10.02
Subject(s) - reign , context (archaeology) , power (physics) , period (music) , politics , state (computer science) , history , perception , natural (archaeology) , ancient history , political science , philosophy , aesthetics , law , epistemology , archaeology , computer science , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics
This article investigates the relationship between historical/religious memory and the perception of power in the early Sasanian period, and analyses how dynastic reflexes are formulated by religion/tradition in the new system within the context of Ardashir, Kerdir and Mani. It asserts that we can discover the relationship between the Sasanian elites and religion if we understand the factors that mobilised and remodelled their historical memories. Based on these factors, it proposes that the natural relationship established by the Sasanian dynasty during the state-building phase was fuelled by historical/traditional factors rather than by conscious political factors. Thus, the inherent links betweenthe representatives of power and the religious tradition in the reign of Ardashir, founder of the Sasanian state, have been consciously politicised since the reign of Shapur I.