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- Title
Trade in Holy Kerbala City from the Fifth Hijri to the Eight Hijri Century.
- Authors
Kereem, Sebah Hashim
- Abstract
Some factors helped Kerbala to start trading. Needless to say that its location in the middle of Iraq has an influence to activate trade movement in Kerbala. Thus, it can be said that geographical factor has an influence, where Kerbala links Baghdad and Kufa with Al Hijaz and Nejd area which highly participated in making Kerbala a significant passage for the desert caravans and later to be a significant passage for Hilla city which was established in 495 H. The religious factor also has a prominent influence in appearing and developing the city. Indeed, people tried to make, due to this factor, Kerbala a scientific polestar to Ahlul Beit’s doctrine (p.b.u.t. ). The influence of the political factor disturbed negatively and positively. Sometimes, it was a demolition factor to people’s move, and it was natural to see this feature along to Umayyad era and different periods of the Abbasid era. The city was often undergoing their spite the matter make Kerbala side deeply. Some of these periods can be mentioned, for example, AL Bowehiyah state era and Hillai Benizeyed that its respect and admiration to Kerbala .Then, Abbasid state disturbance has arole development prosperity of the city scientifically and intellectually, in particular; moreover, it became destination to seniors and notables of the belief, especially in the scholar Al Hassan Bin Yousif Bin Al Muteher Al Hilli’s (726 H.). He had counted study gatherings in Holy Husseini courtyard where many students and scholars have studied. His class gathering was great in Kerbala as well as the legist’s era Ibn Al Fehad Al Hilli when Kerbala mastered Imami intellectually school and became center of attraction and for scholars. Surely, this made Ibn Betuta (779 H.) describes Kerbala’s market as a flourishing one or as he imagined it when he was talking about the city development and its holy sights. These factors and others encouraged Kerbala trade prosperity. So, in spite of shortage of information about this city trade during Islamic eras, we tried to shed light on its trade and merchants who were dealing with various materials that desired in Kerbala’s markets which were transferred into Kerbala from different places.
- Subjects
IRAQ; CITIES &; towns; HISTORY of commerce; ECONOMIC development; ECONOMIC demand; BUSINESS &; religion; ABBASIDS; COMMERCE
- Publication
Karbala Heritage: Quarterly Authorized Journal Specialized In Karbala Heritage, 2018, Vol 5, Issue 1, p22
- ISSN
2312-5489
- Publication type
Article