Book contents
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates, Figures, and Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Saint
- Part II The Successors
- Part III The Shrine
- 5 Setting, Architecture, and Administration
- 6 Agro- and Hydro-management
- 7 Public Service in the Catchment Area
- 8 Sacred Topography and Islamic Learning
- Part IV The Sufis
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
- Plate Section
6 - Agro- and Hydro-management
from Part III - The Shrine
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 May 2021
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Cambridge Studies in Islamic Civilization
- The Sufi Saint of Jam
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Plates, Figures, and Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- Abbreviations
- Maps
- Introduction
- Part I The Saint
- Part II The Successors
- Part III The Shrine
- 5 Setting, Architecture, and Administration
- 6 Agro- and Hydro-management
- 7 Public Service in the Catchment Area
- 8 Sacred Topography and Islamic Learning
- Part IV The Sufis
- Book part
- Bibliography
- Index
- Other Titles in the Series
- Plate Section
Summary
The greatest source of wealth for Ahmad-i Jam’s progeny and shrine was their control of hydrological systems (aqueducts, canals, dams, water mills, sluices, etc.) and agricultural production in the provinces of Bakharz, Fushanj, Harat-Rud, Jam, Khwaf, and Kusuyi. In the wake of the Mongol irruptions, peasants not murdered or deported, or fleeced by rapacious Mongol viceroys, fled to safer locales. The Ilkhanids and Kartids recognized the urgency of rebuilding ruined hydrological systems and revitalizing fallow lands (ihyaʾ al-mawat); and enticing wary peasants to return and to farm. Responsibility for managing irrigation and improving food production was shifted to Islamic institutions (e.g., shrines and mosques), which consequently became wealthy and influential. Timurids built on Kartid and Ilkhanid socioeconomic policies. Jamis received fiscal and legal immunities (muʿafi) and land grants (soyurghal) from the Timurids.
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- The Sufi Saint of JamHistory, Religion, and Politics of a Sunni Shrine in Shi'i Iran, pp. 124 - 142Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021