Rishahr
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Rishahr or Rev Ardashir was a city on the Persian Gulf in medieval Iran and is currently an archaeological site near Bushehr. It may be identical to the Antiochia-in-Persis of the Seleucid period, but
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Moqarrariyeh
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Moqarrariyeh was an annual fixed sum given by the Kingdom of Hormuz to the rulers of the Iranian plateau since at least the 13th century to safeguard the movement of trade caravans to and from the Hor
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…polity and its regional political influence, but it remained relevant to the local economy as a site for trade and smuggling. By at least 1568, the moqarrariyeh revenues from Rishahr had been absorbed into the shah's accounts. Dehkhoda dictionary mentions that the city was eventually deserted and its inhabitants…
Drawing of Hormuz by Georg Braun, dated 1572