Zarei, Mohammad Ebrahim, Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool, Behboodi, Naghmeh (2016). Factors Affecting the Qajar-Era Fort Settlements in Iran's Sistan Region Due to Hydrographic Changes in the Hirmand River. , 23(4), 106-132.
Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei; Seyyed Rasool Mousavi Haji; Naghmeh Behboodi. "Factors Affecting the Qajar-Era Fort Settlements in Iran's Sistan Region Due to Hydrographic Changes in the Hirmand River". , 23, 4, 2016, 106-132.
Zarei, Mohammad Ebrahim, Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool, Behboodi, Naghmeh (2016). 'Factors Affecting the Qajar-Era Fort Settlements in Iran's Sistan Region Due to Hydrographic Changes in the Hirmand River', , 23(4), pp. 106-132.
Zarei, Mohammad Ebrahim, Mousavi Haji, Seyyed Rasool, Behboodi, Naghmeh Factors Affecting the Qajar-Era Fort Settlements in Iran's Sistan Region Due to Hydrographic Changes in the Hirmand River. , 2016; 23(4): 106-132.

Factors Affecting the Qajar-Era Fort Settlements in Iran's Sistan Region Due to Hydrographic Changes in the Hirmand River

The International Journal of Humanities
Article 7, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 106-132    PDF (1.97 M)
Authors
Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei1; Seyyed Rasool Mousavi Haji2; Naghmeh Behboodi* 3
1Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina, University, Hamedan
2Associate Professor, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Art and Architecture, University of Mazandaran
3PhD Student of Archaeology, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Abstract
Locating fort settlements in Sistan region, Iran, during different historical periods have always been associated with changes in the direction of Hirmand River which have occurred due to various natural and human factors. This study aims to identify the relation between the Iranian province of Sistan hydrographic networks of fort settlement in the Qajar era. The research method is descriptive - analytical, historical – comparative, documentary, library and field study in Iran's Sistan area. Our focus is mostly on the issue of changes in hydrographic network of Hirmand River. The main question is to what extent have the changes in the direction of hydrographic network of Hirmand played a role in locating fort settlements of Qajar era in Iran's Sistan region. Records, documents, data and historical information related to the Qajar era were collected and comprehensively compared and analyzed regarding the current and the past situations in the Geographic information system (GIS) using ArcGIS software. The results show that the highest number of the locating and the density of fort settlements in the Qajar era are related to the hydrographic basin of Sistan river. The main reason is branching of the Hirmand River Hydrographic Basin through the Sistan canal or Sistan River in the West. Also from 6 to 12 AH in both the northern and southern Delta region of Sistan, Iran, there have been settlement areas. However in Qajar era 100 percent of settlements in the northern Delta area have been site selected.
Keywords
Iran’s Sistan; Hirmand River; Historic maps; Qajar era; Fort settlements
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