ميراث فرهنگي زيديان ايران و انتقال آن به يمن

Some Notes about The Cultural Heritage of Zaydi Shiʹʹism in Iran and Its Transmission to Yaman

مهاجرت عالمان زيدي به ايران در ميانه قرن سوم قمري و تاسيس حكومت زيديه در نواحي درياي خزر هر چند عمري كوتاه داشت، اما از حيث فرهنگي به علت وجود مراكز و جوامع زيدي در آن نواحي و برخي شهر‌هاي خراسان، تا چندين سده پس از سقوط امارت علويان طبرستان، تداوم يافت. در قرون ششم و هفتم قمري ميراث زيديان ايران در چند مرحله به يمن منتقل شد كه نقش مهمي در شكوفايي فرهنگ و تمدن زيديه در آنجا داشته‌است. اين مقاله نخست به معرفي ميراث زيديان ايران و پس از آن به بحث انتقال ميراث زيديه به يمن و اهميت آن مي‌پردازد.

The immigration of Zaydi scholars to Iran in the middle of the third century AH/tenth century CE and the establishment of a short-lived Zaydi emirate in the Caspian provinces of Iran did significantly contribute to the flowering and subsequent enrichment of Zaydi traditions of religious scholarship across the vast swathes of land in Iran stretching from the centers of Zaydi community in northern Iran to major centers of urban life in Khurasan, which was to continue for centuries even after the demise of the Zaydi emirate in Tabaristan. In the course of the sixth and seventh centuries AH/twelth and thirteenth centuries CE, these traditions of religious scholarship were to be transferred from Iran to Yemen, wherein they helped the spread and institutionalization of Zaydi scholarly discourse. This present study commits in the first place to outline the underpinning tenets of Zaydi scholarly tradition in Yemen, and then deals with the transmission of Zaydi traditions of religious scholarship from Iran to Yemen.