Sheikh Fadlallah al-Nuri and his Political Role in Iran 1843 – 1909

Abstract

Iran's modern and contemporary history has witnessed the emergence of many scholarly religious figures who played important political, social and cultural roles that were at the forefront of events at the time.  Sheikh Fadlallah al-Nuri is one of these personalities, if not the most important one at the level of the political and intellectual arenas in Iran.  And the masses.  As he worked on organizing the scholarly society, enlightening the ideas of the common people, and the maturity of belief and sense of belief, to the extent that some historians see it as the reason behind the issuance of the fatwa (prohibition of tobacco) .

     As for the constitutional revolution, the role was greater and greater. At a time when it was its most prominent leader until its victory and the writing of its constitution, it became its biggest opponent later, especially after the incursion of elements with strange inclinations and their attempts to distance the revolution from its Islamic line.