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Ghasemi A, Ahmadi F, Imani Jajarmi H. Population of Isfahan between the 10th to 13th centuries AH / 16 to 19 AD. JHS 2021; 13 (1) :255-296
URL: http://jhs.modares.ac.ir/article-25-50262-en.html

The data of historical sources suffer from great heterogeneity, contradiction, and ambiguity to understand the demographic changes of the Isfahan population between the 10th and 13th centuries AH / 16th to 19th AD. Therefore, in the present research, with a historical approach and analytical-comparative method, seeks to identify and represent the demographic changes of this city during the mentioned centuries.The results obtained are as follows: First, the immigration outside the city of Isfahan caused by negative factors such as killing, disease, and famine, and also the immigration that were carried out from outside to the Safavid capital influenced by the positive economic, political, and cultural attractions of Isfahan, was the main factor in the decrease and increase of the population of this city during the 10th to 13th centuries AH / 16th to 19th AD. Second, according to an approximate estimate, the general slope of Isfahan's population between the beginning of the 10th century AH to the early 12th century AH/16th to 18th AD increased and become meaningful after the fall of the Safavid government until the end of the 19th century AD/13 AH suffered sharp fluctuations and decrease. Third, the main population density of the city was concentrated in the northwest to southwest neighborhoods. Fourth, the immigration of groups with very diverse socio-geographical origins to the city of Isfahan, a sign of the lack of a clear plan and need for the economic system and the weakness of the middle layer of social stratification as the main carrier of capitalist formation was mentioned during the centuries; As a result, this issue has shown the tendency of socio-economic formation of the Safavid capital to maintain the existing structure.