Abstract:
Historical geography as a science includes the two sciences of geography and history, and the history of science is the study of human life that is realized in the context of geography. Local historiography has local aspects and examines the distant and recent past of the geographical area with a more detailed and detailed look. The historian reflects the attitude and thinking of himself and a people and nation towards their surroundings and the surrounding society, The purpose of this study is to investigate the position of various geographical dimensions in Marashi historiography. Marashi narrates historical and social events in a geographical context that he himself has witnessed and observed. The interaction between man and geography as well as the relationship between the insight and attitude of the historian and his historical understanding is the main topic of the present study. The main issue of the present study is why Seyyed Zahiruddin Marashi in his historiography, among all geographical dimensions, has paid special attention to the natural, political and military geography of Tabaristan? In this research, no hypothesis has been imagined and the problem has been investigated exploratory. The special geographical location, economic and political independence, long and continuous failures of Iranian and non-Iranian invaders in the conquest of Tabaristan and its safety for political and religious refugees, The most important factors of Marashi's special attention to the natural, political and military geography of Tabaristan have been in local historiography
Machine summary:
(Rabino, 1374: 4) 190 From the local histories of northern Iran during the Timurid period (9th century AH), one can mention "History of Gilan and Deylamestan" and "History of Tabaristan, Royan, and Mazandaran" written by Sayyid Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi; this book includes the historical geography of Royan, Amol, Rostamdar, Sari, Gorgan, etc.
The first part of this book is about the establishment of cities such as Amol, Sari, Gorgan, and the description of Muslim rule by the deputies of the caliphs, local rulers, and the mention of the ancient kings of Rostamdar; this section of the book is an excerpt from the book "History of Royan" by Awliya Allah Amoli; the second part is related to the events of the Mar'ashi era of rule over Mazandaran and events such as the battle of the Sayyids and Darvishes with Kiya Afrasiyab Chalabi and the wars of the Sayyids of Gilan and Mazandaran.
"Tarikh-e Tabaristan va Royan va Mazandaran" and "Tarikh-e Gilan va Deylamestan" by Sayyid Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi, after "Tarikh-e Tabaristan" by Ibn Isfandiyar and "Tarikh-e Royan" by Awliya Allah Amoli, are the most important surviving works from the northern region of Iran.
The result of this insight and 184 The Position of the Natural, Political, and Military Geography of Tabaristan in the Historiography of Sayyid Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi Sayyid Zia al-Din Emadi PhD student in Islamic History, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran zia.