Application of social gap and unsociability theory to the Iranian society of the first century AH

Explaining the theory of social gap in the Iranian society of the Umayyad transition period, and the subsequent emergence of asociality as a phenomenon in this society from the center of the caliphate can be examined by functionalist analysis. After the Islamic conquest of Iran, the new Arab-Islamic society failed to absorb Iranians. Iranians’ expectations about the improvement in their general situation did not become materialized and their former social gaps not only did not disappear but with the expansion of the tribal system and their status as Mawalis in the lowest stratum, they became an underprivileged society. Using the historical method and an analytical interdisciplinary approach to the theories of social gap and asociality in sociology, the present research aims to explain the role of the social gap within Iranian society in the asociality of the first century A.H.. According to the findings of the research, the existing social gaps in the Umayyad society and asociality within Iranian social strata were caused by the Umayyad political structure. Furthermore, Umayyad discriminatory policies and the existence of social gaps within Iranian society initiated asociality and paved the way for the Abbasid reception in the hope of a better future.