Mohammadnabi Salim
Abstract
Economic factors are among the many reasons that researchers consider as the causes of the collapse of Iranian governments during the Islamic era, what are being studies in the researches ...
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Economic factors are among the many reasons that researchers consider as the causes of the collapse of Iranian governments during the Islamic era, what are being studies in the researches of contemporary scholars who want to recognize the economic roots of decadence and fall of them. A review on harmful economic changes occurred in the period of Safavids ruling in the mid-17th century can help us to clarify the causes of their fall and to find out the false beliefs about economic development throughout the Safavid period. On the basis of reliable written resources and through theoretical researches, it has been tried in present study to mention the weakness of Iran's fundamental structures during the period of Safavids and the effect of several factors such as governmental monopoly, reduction of revenues in goods transit, the heterogeneity of foreign trade capability, neglecting of agricultural optimization, etc. on the decline of the political system. The results show how various internal factors, such as: the government monopoly, and its weakness in economic planning, and the problems caused by war and instability, on one hand, and external factors such as: financial and commercial increasing of foreign competitors' capability and damages caused by reduced surveillance and increased border threats led to the collapse of Iran's economic structure and then the fall of the Safavid government.
