Nadir Shah Afshar’s Policy towards the Armenian Community-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Nadir Shah Afshar’s Policy towards the Armenian Community

Published:2023-09-28 Issue:2 Volume:1 Page:142-160
ISSN:2773-2134
Container-title:Journal of Religious Minorities under Muslim Rule
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Short-container-title:J. Relig. Minor. Muslim Rule

Author:

Gozalova Nigar R.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Institute of History https://dx.doi.org/124275 Baku Azerbaijan

Abstract

Abstract Based on the primary sources, the article examined the position and status of the Christian population during the reign of Nadir Shah Afshar (1688–1747). Special attention is paid to the question of privileges and patronage of the Armenian community. it is argued that the supportive policy of Nadir Shah towards representatives of Christian churches and monasteries was expressed in numerous decrees and firmans of the Afshar ruler. Thanks to the patronage of Nadir Shah, the possessions of the diocese of Uch-Kilsa (Echmiadzin) were exempted from taxes; they were allowed not only to rebuild churches, but even to build new ones. Nadir Shah also patronized the resettlement of the Armenian population from the neighboring Ottoman Empire, etc. An analysis of the sources helps to examine religious freedom in the Afshar’s state, including its tax policy in relation to Christian churches and monasteries.

Publisher

Brill

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