The place of natural, political and military geography of Tabaristan in the historiography of Seyyed Zahiruddin Marashi

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

Seyedziaoddin Emadi ¹ , Sina Frozesh ² , Reza Shabani ³

1 - PhD student in Islamic History, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of History, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding Author)
3 - Professor, Department of History, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University of Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-04-06 Accepted : 2022-06-13 Published : 2023-05-22

Keywords: natural, Historiography, Geography, Seyed Zahiruddin Marashi, Tabaristan,

Abstract :

Historical geography as a science includes the two sciences of geography and history, and the history of science is the study of human life that is realized in the context of geography. Local historiography has local aspects and examines the distant and recent past of the geographical area with a more detailed and detailed look. The historian reflects the attitude and thinking of himself and a people and nation towards their surroundings and the surrounding society, The purpose of this study is to investigate the position of various geographical dimensions in Marashi historiography. Marashi narrates historical and social events in a geographical context that he himself has witnessed and observed. The interaction between man and geography as well as the relationship between the insight and attitude of the historian and his historical understanding is the main topic of the present study. The main issue of the present study is why Seyyed Zahiruddin Marashi in his historiography, among all geographical dimensions, has paid special attention to the natural, political and military geography of Tabaristan? In this research, no hypothesis has been imagined and the problem has been investigated exploratory. The special geographical location, economic and political independence, long and continuous failures of Iranian and non-Iranian invaders in the conquest of Tabaristan and its safety for political and religious refugees, The most important factors of Marashi's special attention to the natural, political and military geography of Tabaristan have been in local historiography