Sarbadars

The Sarbadaren ( " head on the gallows " ) was a social revolutionary movement that prevailed between approximately 1337 and 1386 in the western Khorasan.

While the realm of the Ilkhanate was in decline, led Abd ar- Razzaq ibn Fadl Allah ( ʿ Abd ar - Razzaq b. Fadl Allah ) from 1332 an uprising of the local population against the Mongol supremacy at. The rebels, who called themselves Sarbadāren, built around Baihaq / Sabzawar a rule with some socialist elements and stood near the Shiite Islam, but only to their last leader officially pleaded. 1353 overthrew and killed them the Ilkhan Toqa ( i) - Timur, who had previously reigned over Westchorasan and Gurgan. In Ostchorasan still ruled the Kartiden.

Sabzawar became the center of a company founded by Abd ar - Razzaq radical messianic Dervish movement. The leaders of the Sarabadaren were elected and died in the rule soon a violent death. After a decade of turmoil and disputes only Chvadscha Ali ibn Muayyad ( ʿ Alī b Ḫvāǧa. Mu ʾ Ayyad, reg. 1362-1376 and again 1379-1386 ) succeeded in re- stabilization of conditions, but it was the Sarbadaren rule immediately after his death by Timurid commanders completed.

For a list of all Sarbadaren Guide see: List of rulers of Iran - The Sarbadaren

• History of Islam
• Sufism
• History of Iran
• Social Movement