چکیده:
Consistent with geographical features of Tābaristān such as the fertile soil, dense jungles and the proximity to the sea, they have led to different agricultural products cultivation and biodiversity and also establishing an economy based on fisheries and industries like carpet, rug, matting and different wood products. Moreover, there were gold and silver mines in Tābaristān which not only brought ample wealth for the economy of the region by extracting these minerals but also met the labor force demand in the region. Such abundant sources of income which were instigated by the local governments’ taxing systems enticed different ruling governments and powers to try to subjugate the region resulting in the export of the extra products to different areas which subsequently caused a kind of boom in the Tābaristān’s trade with its neighboring regions. Applying an analytical- descriptive approach and also examining old written documents, the authors of the current
خلاصه ماشینی:
653954 The Economic History of Tabaristan in the Islamic Period until the End of the Fourth Century AH: Climatic Advantages and the Nature of Occupations Mohammad Hayati 1, Qanbarali Rudgar2, Hadi Alamzadeh 3 (Received: 2018-08-23, Final Acceptance: 2019-01-19) Abstract Throughout the Islamic period, the region of Tabaristan or Mazandaran, located in northern Iran, has been a fertile ground for agriculture and the production of land and tree products, as well as occupations such as fishing, due to its unique climatic and natural advantages, including fertile soil, dense forests, and proximity to the sea.
The claim of the authors of the present article is that the prosperity of agriculture and the abundance of land and tree products, which are themselves the result of the climatic and natural advantages of Tabaristan, paved the way for the creation of occupations and professions and the expansion of various industries in this province.
Land and Tree Products Sources mention the cultivation and harvesting of various products, especially rice, cotton, saffron, sugarcane, silk, and citrus fruits.
However, given the abundance and diversity of agricultural products, it is clear that the main occupation of the people of Tabaristan was farming and rice cultivation, and its economy was also largely based on agriculture has been the case; other industries, workshops, and professions have also been more or less linked to agriculture.
The silk industry in northern Iran, especially Tabaristan, has been of interest since ancient times (Metz, 501/2; Wolf, 115; Frye, 182; Pourbahman, 161); According to the author of Ferdos al-Hekma, the silkworm spent most of its life in Tabaristan (Ibn Rabn Tabari, 516).
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