Investigating the Economic Situation of Siam According to Safina Soleimani Travelogue

Yari, Siavash; Morovati, Farideh; Kazemi, Zarife

doi:10.22034/igq.2025.491953.2008

Investigating the Economic Situation of Siam According to Safina Soleimani Travelogue

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Siavash Yari ¹

Farideh Morovati ²

Zarife Kazemi ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of History, Humanities Faculty, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

² A Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, Humanities Faculty, Ilam University, Ilam, Iran.

³ A Learned of the History lslam, Department of History, Humanities Faculty, Lorestan University, Lorestan, Iran.

10.22034/igq.2025.491953.2008

Abstract

Siam is the name of a country in the east of Asia and east of India, this country has unique and natural features that provided important financial and commercial resources for the government and people of Siam in the 11th lunar century equal to the 17th AD. At this time, Faranarai, the king of Siam, sent an ambassador from the Iranians living in Siam, named Mohammad Salim Mazandarani, to the court of Shah Suleiman Safavi (1077-1105 AH/1666-1693 AD). One of the cultural results of these relations was the authoring of a travelogue titled Safina Soleimani, which contains valuable information about the country of Siam in economic, social, military, and cultural fields. This research aims to study the financial situation of Siam in the 11th lunar century based on Safina Soleimani travelogue, in a descriptive-analytical way. The findings of the research show that the income of Siam was provided by the two sectors of trade and agriculture, among the commercial products of Siam were native animals of that country, which were exported to its neighboring countries and even distant areas, as a result, it was considered an important source of income for the country. Considering the special natural conditions of the country of Siam during the research period, despite the aforementioned sources of income, the king and the people of that country benefited from limited financial resources. Siam trade like other countries faced with damaging factors such as; Pirates and wasting part of the capital to perform costly rituals, which resulted in less and less profitable trade.

Keywords

Siam, Economic Situation, Trade, Income, Safina Soleimani Travelogue

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