Analysis of the catogery of punishment and blinding the political elites from Saljooqian to Qajar

One of the most important and vital measures of any series is to create security and stability. Similarly, in Iran, dynasties took steps to establish security and political stability. Hence, activities such as social unrest that endangered the security of the Shah were severely punished. Among these punishments, which were often applied to rebellious princes, were abacination and blinding, which are noted recurrently in the early Iranian references of the Islamic period and before. These types of torture continued until the middle of the Qajar period. Via examining the political and cultural circumstances in the history of Iran, it can be inferred that since the Shah himself was the actual decision-maker and there was no modern judiciary, most of the punishments were executed on behalf of the Shah without any specific rules. While decoding the history of abacination, this article attempts to draw on Michel Foucault's theory of care and punishment to determine the hypothesis that considering the degree of insecurity and rebellion that existed at that time (By the cultural standards of the past) it was a logical reaction against princes to prevent rebellion and insecurity. The present historical study was completed through descriptive-analytical research method..