Maritime Trade and Economy relying on Nile River in time of Fatimids

Document Type : Research Paper

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2 Assistant professor of Theology, history and civilization of Islamic nations, Tehran Farhangian University, Iran

3 Assistant professor of Theology, history and civilization of Islamic nations, Tehran Farhangian University, Iran.

10.22081/hiq.2021.59022.2095

Abstract

Fatimids were a Shiah government that settled in North Africa and after developing their political, cultural and military power, they added Egypt to their possessions. The main purpose of writing this article is to examine the economy based on maritime trade as well as agriculture and economy relying on the Nile river and its effect on the stable economy of Fatimid government for more than two and a half centuries from 297 to 567 A. H. The main purpose of the research is whether the Fatimids' maritime trade had any effects on the economic prosperity and consequently benefiting from a stable economy. The article has been written through the descriptive, qualitative, explanatory method of research relying on the documents and library sources. The result of the research indicates that the Fatimids benefited from a flourishing, powerful economy based on trading in the Mediterranean region, the Red Sea and the Nile with neighbors as well as with India and the Far East in order to achieve a stable economy that is the necessity of  economic, political, and military social and cultural development

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Article Title [العربیة]

التجارة البحریّة و اقتصاد الدولة الفاطمیة المتکىء على نهر النیل

Abstract [العربیة]

الدولة الفاطمیة، هی الدولة الشیعیة التی کانت واقعة شمال أفریقیا، و بعد توسع نفوذها السیاسی، الثقافی و النظامی، قامت بإلحاق مصر تحت سلطتها. الهدف الأصلی فی هذه المقالة هو تحلیل الاقتصاد المبنی على التجارة البحریة لا سیما نهر النیل بالإضافة إلى الزراعة، و تأثیر ذلک على دوام الحکومة الفاطمیة لمدة تزید عن قرنین و نصف قرن، أی من عام 297 حتى عام 567 للهجرة. المسألة الأصلیة فی هذه المقالة هی، هل کانت التجارة البحریة الفاطمیة مزدهرة؟ ونتجة لذلک الاستفادة من الاقتصاد النامی، هل کان له تأثیر أو لا؟ فی هذه المقالة تم الاستناد على المنهج الوصفی التبیینی، وتمت مراجعة المکتبات و التدقیق بالوثائق و المصادر المعتبرة بالإضافة إلى تحلیلها و تفسیرها.تشیر نتائج هذا البحث إلى أنّ الدولة الفاطمیة تمیّزت باقتصاد مزدهر و قوی و مبنی على التجارة على مستوى البحر المتوسط، البحر الأحمر و نهر النیل، بالإضافة إلى الهند و الشرق الأدنى، و ذلک بهدف الحصول على اقتصاد مزدهر، و الذی یؤدی إلى مکاسب أعم من الاقتصادیة و تشمل السیاسیة، العسکریة، الإجتماعیة، و الثقافیة

Keywords [العربیة]

  • الفاطمیون
  • نهر النیل
  • التجارة البحریة
  • التاریخ الإقتصادی

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History of Islam
Volume 24, Issue 96 - Serial Number 96
December 2024
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