A Review of Commercial Transition in the Persian Gulf during Safavid: Case Study of Bandar Abbas during the Reign of Shah Abbas I (996- 1038A.H./1587-1629A.D.)

Taghavi, Abed; Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool

A Review of Commercial Transition in the Persian Gulf during Safavid: Case Study of Bandar Abbas during the Reign of Shah Abbas I (996- 1038A.H./1587-1629A.D.)

Authors

Abed Taghavi ¹

Seyyed Rasool Mousavi Haji ²

¹ . Assistant Professor , Department of Archaeology , University of Mazandaran , Babolsar, Iran,

² Associate Professor, Department of archaeology, University of Mazandaran , Babolsar, Iran.

Abstract

The Economic Schedules of Shah Abbas I (1587-1629) are considered an important step forward in bringing a major transition in regional and international commerce during the medieval age. That could possibly performed through an extensive autonomy of the central government on the southern coast specially Hormuz and Kish islands that incurred national benefits in foreign commercial and logistic relationship especially with European countries.
The strategic commodity of silk has had significant role in reconstruction of commercial ties between Iran and European countries. Using historical and geographical accounts (travelogue), this article tries to recognize the importance and status of the southern Iranian ports in silk trade with a case study of Bandar Abbas.
The findings show that the process of silk commerce in Iran was organized with a precise supervision of Shah Abbas himself and his efforts to come up with production centers such as Kashan, Yazd and Isfahan in central Iran as well as export centers in southern regions such as Laar and Bandar Abbas.

Keywords

Safavid

Shah Abbas I

Silk Trade

Bandar Abbas