The Impact of the Political Thought of the Kharijites and Shia on the Kurds: The Islamic Middle Ages 2-5 AH / 8-11 AD

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the political thought of two main ideological groups in Islamic history, namely; Kharijites and Shiites that share the near timing of the emergence. The research attempts, in the light of the historical and cultural research method, to investigate the reasons, how and the date of the arrival of the two sects to the Kurdish areas, and the relationship of the people of these areas with them. The disclosure of these questions constitutes the main axes of the research, especially in issues related to the imamate and the caliphate that are included in the investigations of the political thought of the two sects. The study presents the beginnings of Kurdish acquaintance with foreign and Shiite ideas and the motives for the participation of the Kurdish regions in the activities and ideological theses of both groups between the 2st-5th centuries AH / 8th-11th centuries AD. This period coincides with the Abbasid Caliphate's control of the reins of affairs and the intellectual development of Kurdish societies and their influence on the currents emanating from the center of government.