Impact of Tariqa and Sharia Disputes on Political, Social and Economic Developments of Kerman during the Qajar Period from 1210 to 1264 AH

Along with competition of tribal Afsharieh, Zandiyeh and Qajar members, the fight between two intellectual Shiite sides of Sufi Nematollāhī and Sharia scholars leading by Principal Mujtaheds in Kerman City was escalated and led to killing of Mushtaq Ali Shah and one of his followers, Abdals.
This division was highly effective on the subsequent events of the city such as the capture of the city by Aqa Mohammad Khan. Qajar, in the process of the consolidation coincident with Fath Ali Shah era, inevitably made itself close to the municipal bodies among which scholars and clergymen were considered the most powerful ones. This policy subjected Sofia to pressure and threat. During the reign of Mohammad Shah, the Sharia followers of Kerman challenged the Tariqa followers’ supremacy by the implementation of Sharia law.
Explaining the events and expressing the consequences of this division is the subject of this study. Investigating the references and documents and analyzing historical data indicate the contention and conflict of these two influential groups of Kerman during the reign of the first three kings of the Qajar dynasty.