Exploring the Approach of Three Generations of Descendants of Mirza Masoum Razavi to Shari’a Documents: From the Continuation of Double Registration to Registering Shari’a Documents in Mashhad in Qajar Era

Many descendants of reputed Sadats lived in Mashhad who reached ijtihad. Rajali sources (i.e., sources on science of narrators) show that some of religious scholars of Mashhad who started their education in Mashhad but migrated to Isfahan and Atabat Aliyat, when returned, people referred to them -just like the famous Mujtahids of Qajar era. The purpose of this study was to provide readers with a clear picture and the edited version from the documents of Mashhad in Qajar era that has given us an acceptable vision for document studies of the city. The question is: using the documents, can we introduce an approximate time for document registration in Mashhad and a specific style of document writing of this city? The descriptive-analytical study used archived primary library sources. The results show the sublime position of Mirza Masoum Razavi’s descendants in specific authentication and registration of Shari’a documents in Qajar era. The study explores the role of Sadat Razavi’s dynasty in authentication and document registration in Mashhad in Qajar era, specially the emergence of double registration and the pioneering of one of the dynasties of Sadat Razavi. Generally these mujtahids started their education in Mashhad but migrated to Isfahan or Atabat Aliyat to complete it. They wrote their records on the lower right of the page and perpendicular to the main body (main text). They also invented double registration. Certain people of the dynasty who were registrar of religious issues, wrote concised sentences including at least two to four words in left side of the record, in Arabic language most of the time. Some documents reveal that Mirza Ahmad Razavi made common the shari’a documents registration in his court in 1280 AH.