روابط بازرگاني ايران و هند در دوره صفويه

Commercial Relations between India and Sa/avid Iran

India was considered to be one of the biggest commercial partners of Safavid Iran. An immense amount of local and foreign goods were routinely exchanged between the two countries. Many merchants and other active elements of the two countries were settled in ports and commercial hubs of the other country, creating a huge cycle of trade and transaction. Due to the vast inl1uence exerted by India over Iranian trade, the analysis of this relationship seems to be of great importance. Since commercial interactions are partly stemmed from the political relations between countries, and since a significant aspect of commercial growth is dependant on economic infrastructure, this paper tries to offer an outlook of the quality of the political relations between the two countries. It further seeks to analyze the role of the ports, roads, transportation, and that of the tribes and classes of society involved in this huge commercial cycle. In another segment of this paper, the kinds of goods exchanged, the quantity of imports and exports, their values, the monetary situation, and the trade ratio of the two countries are explained and analyzed.