Commercial traces of communication platforms on the coast and hinterlands of the Persian Gulf in the first two centuries AH (with emphasis on the northern tip of the Persian Gulf)

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10.22081/hiq.2025.69389.2401

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The natural and geographical characteristics of the Persian Gulf are such that a very suitable communication ground is provided between the three features of "sea, coast and plain". Therefore, the aforementioned natural and communication situation caused the political and economic developments of this region to be greatly affected by this issue. Accordingly, the periods of prosperity or decline of the Persian Gulf trade occurred when the coastal plains had a stable or unstable political situation.
The following article intends to examine the question of what impact the political events in the aforementioned period and in the surrounding plains of the Persian Gulf had on the course of commercial activities of that sea and how did its effects manifest themselves? The method of historical description and analysis has been used to examine the subject.
The findings of the research show that, given the favorable natural location of the Persian Gulf in the possibility of establishing an "extensive communication network with the coasts and inland plains and trans-regional areas", a favorable capability for the development of trade in a wide range was provided. The establishment of an active commercial communication network from the Mediterranean and West Asia to the ports of East Africa and Asia (active trade line of the Mediterranean, Basra, Persian Gulf ports and ports of East Asia and Africa), the activation of the ports of the Persian Gulf and their transformation into thriving centers of international trade

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History of Islam

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