Sayyed Jamal-al-Din's political Thought and Act in Challenging with the aserid Government

Sayyed Jamal al-Din Assad-abadi entered Iranian political arena in a crucial circumstances. Monitoring Iranian historical events, specially Tobacco Movement, his political practice and thought were formed interactively. Therefore his political thought and views related to despotism have not been expressed conceptually rather they have stemmed from his political performance. As a result, we can consider him as a practical thinker. This paper has considered his political and social thoughts distinctively, which can not be analyzed and understood without taking historical bases of his ideas in to consideration. On the other hand, neglecting this issue has made some researchers come to conclusion that sayyed Jamal’s ideas are contradictory and his negotiation with the governors considered as diversed. The writer of this paper believes that sayyed Jamal’s thoughts have passed in two definite stages: In the first phase, he believed that, one can make the desired reforms in the society by giving advice to the governors. In this period, his ideas in the Tabbacco Movement which led to his exile, he was convinced that giving advice is not a good means to make reforms. The climax of this conversion, came when he was spending the last moments of this life being patient saying if only he had planted his thoughts in the fertile common people rather than uselessly advising the governors. In this study, the writers hope to shed some light on the ambiguities stemming from the two different political views and the struggling practice of Sayyed Jamal-al-Din.