Aspects and Reasons for the Employment and Dismissal of Ammar ibn Yasser on the Reign of Kufa

• Main Author: Maryam Saeedyan Jazi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: University of Isfahan 2017-12-01
• Series: پژوهش های تاریخی
• Subjects: Ammar ibn Yasser; Omar ibn Khattab; the Reign of Kufa; Fanaticism; Quraysh; Caliphate
• Online Access: http://jhr.ui.ac.ir/article_22086_2110182278b662e041805a636d4bfdbc.pdf

This research seeks to understand the aspects and reasons for choosing the rulers of Kufa and dismissing them during the caliphate of Omar ibn Khattab. In so doing, one of the famous Kufa emirs Ammar ibn Yasser which was ordered by the caliphate of the time (Omar ibn Khattab) and was dismissed after one year was considered in this study. Since the reports on this issue have been distributed in a controversial and contradictory way in Islamic sources and recent studies have more descriptive approach or pay less attention to its different dimensions, more research is needed. The current library research is a historical, descriptive, and analytical study. The results of this research indicated that the social and cultural conditions governing Kufa and the Islamic society, in addition to the personality traits and administrative behavior of Ammar, and the necessity of maintaining and managing Iraq and strengthening the caliphate system, led to his appointment to Kufa. And, the following factors contributed to the removal of Ammar: Socio-political changes after the death of the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Arabic fanaticism and resistance to maintaining cultural-tribal traditions, the agreement between tribal leaders and aristocrats, the unity of Quraysh with the Arabic Caliphate, Ammar's relationship with Ahlulbayt (AS), his resistance to the disturbance of the tribal community, and finally the policy of the caliphate for the maintenance of the provinces. Consequently, in selecting and disposing Ammar, three factors contributed:  social conditions, political systems, and different social classes.