Attitudes of historians of the late Safavid (1035 AH-1135 AH) period to uprisings and riots in Iran

The last century of the Safavid period, due to the weakness of the central government, led to protest revolts such as the revolt of Gharib Shah or Rostam Khan Sepahsalar and ... against the central government. Historians of this period, in addition to court affiliations or partisan tendencies, in addition to reporting the revolt and emphasizing the justice of the kings, have justified the causes of these revolts and in most of the reports have blamed only the rebel leaders or insurgent tribes. None of these sources provides information on the real causes of these riots as well as the analysis of their consequences. Due to the dependence of historians on the court and the structure of the bureaucracy, the ruling view is very colorful in presenting reports and explaining the causes and consequences of these protests. Accordingly, the main question in this study is what place did riots and internal conflicts have in the historiographical works of the last century of the Safavid era? The reflection of these revolts is different based on the attitude of historians and the volume of historical sources and the social and political position of historians in this period and depends on religious, religious, social, political and ... causes. The present research has been done by library data collection and content analysis..