Investigation and analysis of the role of blessed objects in the cultural policies of the Deccan during the Qutb Shahian era (918-1098 AH)

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1 Associate Professor, Department of History, Seyyed Jamal-eddin Asadabadi University, Hamedan, Iran. (Corresponding author)

2 PhD in Iranian History of the Islamic Period, Razi University of Kermanshah, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor, Department of History, Seyyed Jamal-eddin Asadabadi University, Hamadan, Iran.

10.22111/jsr.2025.46908.2382

Abstract

The Qutb-Shahis or Golkandah Dynasty were the descendants of the Qaraqoyunlu of Iran, who established a Shiite dynasty in Hyderabad in the Deccan region of southern India, which lasted from 918 to 1098 AH. In order to spread the Shia religion in the Deccan, the Qutb-Shahis adopted a kind of cultural policy using sacred Shia symbols. The current research tries to answer this basic question, inspired by the theory of cultural politics and the descriptive-analytical method: How can the connection between blessed objects and cultural policies in the direction of the expansion of Shia religion in Deccan and Hyderabad be explained?
The results of the research show that sacred Shiite symbols had a constant presence in the devotional practices of Deccan Shiites during the Qutb Shahian period. Relying on appropriate and dramatic cultural policy as well as the discourse of cultural identity, the Qutbshahs combined the blessed and holy objects of the Imams and Ahl al-Bayt in the Alams and used them in order to strengthen the social and cultural identities specific to Shia and the degree of protection and necessity. They used the identity of the Shia community in Deccan and Hyderabad and by symbolizing these holy objects, they

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Journal of Subcontinent Researches

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