Tarikh Islam

Nobakhtis are ancient Iranians. They entered Islam during the reign of Mansoor, an Abbasid caliph, and were among the people who kept Abbasid caliphs' company. Their palitical , economic and scientific competence made them enjoy a good social status which helped them to play a major part in promoting Shi'ah thoughts and supporting Shi'ah community. Among the distinguished learned Nobakhti figures are Isma'il ibn Ali and Ibu Muhammad Nobakhti who wrote valuable works which then became sources for theologists. Husayn ibn Ruh is another famous and great Nobakhti figure who reached the honourable station of being one of Imam Madi's deputies in the period of the minor disappearance of Imam Mahdi . The Nobakhtis played a significant role in the glory of Islamic culture and civilization through their translations of philosopical and astrological books into Arabic. Nobakhtis' descendents were educated and learned people and literary men, and great poets sought their company and wrote poems in praise of them. Nobokhtis' theological approach contributed to reinforcing Baghdad's scientific school , and they, unlike the religious scholars of Qom, tried to explain the principles of religion by reasonining . Therefore, their works and debates have theological and philosophical basis and reflect on the thoughts of other Islamic schools of thought, particularly the Mu'tazillah. The Nobakhthis' ways of reasoning completely differ from those of Ibn Babawais' but they both worked together to spread the fundamental principles of Shi'ah thoughts and combat religious deviations and extreme ideas . The difference and co-operathion between the two groups resulted in the foundation of Mufid school in Baghdad .