الفهرس | يوجد فقط 14 صفحة متاحة للعرض العام |
المستخلص This study investigates the political and economic history of the Safavid Empire in Iran as viewed by the historian Bastani Parizi. Before the Safavid Dynasty, Iran was a troubled country looking forward the appearance of the savior. The declaration of the initiation of the Safavid State by King Ismail the Safavid in the year 907 Hijri was in response to the troubled conditions in Iran. At that time, regional and international powers, including Ottoman Empure, Portugal, Holland, th Mamluks in Egypt, and the Timorese in India, were conflicting to dominate Western Asia, known as Islamic East. As for the foreign policy, the attempts of the Safavid Kings to convince the Europeans to form alliance against the Sunnah were not successful and the Europeans limit their interest to commercial exchange. However, in the inner policy, the main interest of the Safavid Kings was to eradicate the revolutionary movements against the state and to get rid of all rivals even though they were members of the ruling family. Actually, the economic motive was the instinct that controlled all conflicts and wars. However, lack of safety and political settlement, murder and raids resulted in nothing but the burying of capital, trade recession, collapse of agriculture, and poverty of people. The coronation of King Abbas The Great was associated with economic development as the economic potentials of the state were immensely growing. This era had witnessed a historical and economic phenomenon that has to be investigated; the appearance of a rich class, known today as businessmen. Variation of terrains and climate in Iran played a great part in the economic abundance but this abundance was disturbed by harsh taxes or confiscation of funds. The bloody and harsh policy of the kings towards their families was responsible for not preparing crown princes able to take the responsibility of the state. |