Local Competition in Bayhaq: Political Roots (3-7 AH)

Subject Areas : The Journal of Islamic History and Civilisation

مرتضی دانشیار ¹ (ندارد)

Received: 2011-01-02 Accepted : 2011-05-29 Published : 2011-08-23

Keywords: Bayhaq, Sabzevar, Khosrujerd, Local Competitions.&#x0D, &#x0D, Ghaznawi,

Abstract :

In the early Islamic centuries, Bayhaq region was a dependent ofNīshāpūr. In the first Islamic century when the Khurasan- Iraq- roadreplaced by Nīshāpūr-Bayhaq- Ray- Iraq highway, Bayhaq gainedincreasing commercial and military importance. So that, her safeguardbecame a priority for governors of Khurasan. Since then Bayhaqexperienced both local uprisings and competitions as well. Presentstudy intends to examine causes of this instability. The findingssuggest that policy of governors of Khurasan in changing the seat ofthe Bayhaq region was a main cause of local competition and conflict.