19世紀のコム (Qom) 市

王朝の庇護と宗教都市の発展

抄録

It is generally admitted that the coming of Ayatollah Ha'eri in 1921 to the city of Qom was the decisive event for its expansion as a religious city. This does not necessarily mean, however, that the significance of the city began only at the time. The city of Qom had already been an important religious center during the nineteenth century, not only as a great Imamzadeh (i. e. that of Fatemeh, Hazarat-e Ma'sumeh), but as a developing city for religious study.
In this process crucial was the patronage, whether material or spiritual, by the Qajar kings and courtiers. True, innumerable constructions and repairments of religious buildings had been done in this period, which helped rehabilitate the city inwardly as well as outwardly. At the same time the royal patronage had the reason on its own. The rulers needed the legitimacy for their reign over the country, whose subjects were mostly Shi'ite believers of Twelver Imami school, so badly that the peaceful relationship with the religious force was indispensable. Thus the relationship between the state and religion was rather friendly and mutual.
Despite of this, it is contended that in Twelver Imami Shi'ite tradition, there exists a constant friction between state and religion, based on the doctrine that during the Greater Occultation of the Twelfth Imam, every secular ruler should be regarded as illegitimate and usurpatory.
In this paper the author demonstrates that as far as Qom in the 19th century is concerned, the above contention is not the case, but on the contrary, material support by the kings and governmental figures was an essential factor for the development of the city.