The Economic System in the GhaznavidState((351- 582 AH / 962-1186 AD

Abstract

The Ghaznavid state is one of the Islamic emirates that established in the Islamic East and was linked to the Abbasid Caliphate. It ruled for more than two centuries, most of which was characterized by political stability, cultural development, and economic prosperity. Therefore, many researchers in the history of the Islamic East, at the political or cultural level, directed their attention to studying the various aspects of the Ghaznavid state, and we decided Delving into the economic aspect of Transoxiana and Khorasan in the Ghaznavid era.

It dealt with the various aspects of the economic system of the Ghaznavid state, starting with the agricultural irrigation system and the economic activity of agricultural lands, passing through the industrial activity of the Ghaznavid state, and ending with the markets that flourished within it.

Many sources and references were used that benefited the subject of the research, the most important of which was the book (The Image of the Earth) by IbnHawqal (d. 367 AH / 977 AD), the book (Ahsan Al-Taqasim fi Ma’rifat Al-Aqlim) by Al-Maqdisi (d. 380 AH / 990 AD) and the book (TarikhBayhaq) by Muhammad bin Hussein Al-Bayhaqi ( D. 458 AH / 1066 AD) As for the references, the most important of them were the book (Khorasan in the Ghaznavid Era) by Muhammad Hassan Al-Amadi and the study (The Markets in Khorasan in the Ghaznavid Era) by Ibrahim Ali Al-Sayyid Al-Qala