The Sun and the Lion

The cavalry of both sides were fighting each other with swords and bows and arrows on both sides of the river. The earth was covered with arrows, and the blood stained the soil red. Human and horse corpses were left on the ground to rot, and then the earth became fat.

In Tabriz, about 150 kilometers away from the battlefield, the owners of Qizilbash are enjoying their palace life in the city.

"Your Majesty, Lord Kamran and the Caliphs are here to see you." The guard walked carefully from the door to the depths of the room and reported to Ibrahim softly.

"Let him come in." Ibrahim, who was personally training Ismail, paused the ongoing Chinese class and pushed the book between the two of them to the front of Ismail: "Read it for yourself first. The homework will be assigned later.”

There was a burst of chaotic footsteps, followed by several middle-aged men, headed by Kamran, his chief secretary, and then several of Ibrahim's most trusted priests. The sect's beliefs are very loyal, and the Sheikhs of the Safavid family are demigods in the eyes of their fanatical believers.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness." Kamran saluted first and then greeted: "With the blessing of Allah, I wish you good health and all the best."

The priests continued to call Ibrahim and Ismail Sheikh, the title within the sect, and then also sent sincere greetings.

"Yes." Ibrahim accepted the greetings from his ministers with a smile, and then said to Kamran: "You are here for family history, right? Are these caliphs the ones you think can help you?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, these colleagues and I are willing to use all our talents to serve you until death." Kamran said very sincerely, with some trembling in his words.

How could you not be excited? Before Ibrahim launched his army, he was just a low-level civil servant whom no one cared about. He was neither from a prominent political family nor a Shia believer. He was repeatedly marginalized in the officialdom and could only write a lot for his colleagues and superiors. article. And he also tried to write poetry, but he neither met any love nor suffered any great suffering. He was only depressed because of the hopelessness of promotion. Naturally, the works he wrote were not as good as those hundreds of years ago. Great poet.

So after Ibrahim raised his army, he went directly to Ardabil to join the religious order through the caliphate who preached to him. And relying on his work experience, he was directly hired into the big account to become one of the clerks, and then he started his own career path.

Before today, Kamran's job was mainly to help Ibrahim handle various official documents, and to use his talents as an amateur historian and amateur poet to record Ibrahim's events from the time he raised his army to the present, waiting for the future. Compiled into a history book.

Ibrahim took a fancy to his loyalty and gave him an important task: to forge the genealogy of the Safavid family and enhance the legitimacy of Ibrahim's rule.

Although the Safavid family has been around for two to three hundred years, this family is not glorious. Because of the lack of reliable records, Ibrahim does not even know where his ancestors come from. Some say they are Kurds, others say they are Azerbaijanis. Their ethnicity and place of birth are both a mystery.

Of course, this also provided many opportunities for Ibrahim's plan. He could put money on his family's face in the name of revising his family tree, and package himself as a descendant of a saint and a descendant of the previous Persian royal family to win the favor of the Persians. Favor and enhance the sanctity and legitimacy of rule.

"Your Majesty, in addition to manpower, we also need your instructions and your books." After finishing his excitement, Kamran put forward his needs to Ibrahim.

"You can borrow my classics at will, as long as they are used for work. As for instructions..." Ibrahim stroked his reddish-brown beard, thinking about how to get in touch with the Twelve Imams.

Being related to the cousin and son-in-law of the Faceless Prophet not only has the blood of the holy descendants, but can also be related to Sasanian Persia. At least in the mainstream view, the mother of the fourth-generation Imam is the last Sasanian The daughter of Yi Siqi III, the King of Kings.

Moreover, most of the cemeteries of the Twelve Imams are in Iran and Iraq. As long as relevant work is done enough, Ibrahim can prevent Iranian Shia believers from going to the Two Holy Lands for pilgrimage when the international situation is not favorable to him. , further separating Iran from the mainstream Sunni world.

For the next two hours, Ibrahim and Kamran, two people who were not proficient in relevant knowledge, dominated the subsequent talks. The few red-headed caliphs who came just kept interjecting into the discussion and corrected some things that were too outrageous. idea.

After talking about the genealogy, Ibrahim asked the ministers in front of him: "How is the current missionary work going? Do you have any suggestions for the current work?"

"Your Majesty, we are not responsible for missionary affairs. We don't know about this. If you need it, we will notify Sadr after we return and let him report to you. Find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com" Several caliphs looked at each other. , their level is not very high, and they don’t know much about the management affairs of the sect.

"Okay, you can go down to work." Ibrahim nodded and let them leave.

Then he began to think about how to strengthen the influence of Shiaism and emphasize some special factors of Shiaism, in addition to preaching...

Stories of heroic suffering and martyrdom are still popular among Iranian people. As early as the 10th century, Shia believers in Iran began to hold Ashura Day commemorations to commemorate Imam Hussein who was persecuted to death by Sunnis - almost all imams died abnormally. - People even slapped their backs with razor blades to feel the suffering and express their love for the Imam - In modern times, the Iranian government changed the activities of Ashura from this bloody event to blood donation.

In addition to intensifying his attacks on Sunnis, Ibrahim decided to denounce Bakr, Umar and Osman among the four caliphs as "usurpers" in religious ceremonies. Added curses and insults to all "usurpers". Especially Umar, because during his tenure, Arabia completed the conquest of Persia, and he was eventually assassinated by a Persian slave.

After another hour of busy work, Ibrahim wrote a full draft, which was full of his general ideas and some specific details.

"Brother." Ismail's childish voice suddenly sounded from the side. The family tree that Ibrahim took out to discuss related matters was placed on the desk in front of him at some point. He turned to the last page and pointed his finger. The name of their eldest brother is Ali Mirza Safawi.

Ibrahim knew what he was going to ask. Is this the curiosity of a child?

It seems there is still too little homework.