The Provincial System During the Ilkhanate Period

The Provincial System During the Ilkhanate Period

In the seventh century AH, after the Hulagu's- Genghis Khan's grandson, a new episode opened in Iran history. His entrance and conquers caused a new branch of Mongols to be established who were known as Ilkhanate or Hulagu Mongols. The government of this dynasty continued between 656 AD until 736 AD. In addition to all the advantages and disadvantages that were brought by the formation of this dynasty, caused Iran to be revived again after losing all its coherence during seven centuries after Islam entered this country. Moreover, this dynasty caused Iran to be recognized as an independent country and not as a part of Arabic caliphate countries. From this respect, determining the limits of this newly revived country was highly significant by the Tatar wilderness forces; therefore, Mongols who did not have any experience in this respect asked Iranians to help them and arranged the division and managing the states according to the Iranian ministers. It also should be mentioned that the states can be categorized in two major groups based on different states management. The states that were directly managed under the supervision of the central court, and the states that had half-independent governors, and saved their independency to somehow. In other words, the states divided into two depended and independent groups, each of which was divided into minor groups, respectively. For example, among the states in the first group, one can refer to Iraq Arab, Iraq Ajam (Jebal), Khorasan, and Azerbaijan, and among the states of the second group one can refer to Fars, Kerman, Shabankareh, Lor, and Jilanat.

Shideh / N. Azimi, M. Sadeghani, F. Allahyari