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The importance of Silk Road in the Economy of Badakhshan People

Abdul Aziz Qurbani
Abstract

The present paper evaluates the process of this question: What role has the failure and falling from the prosperity of the Silk Road played in the political and economic situation of Badakhshan? To this end, the importance of the Silk Road process has been addressed. This is a question that plays a big role in the anomalies of the people of Badakhshan and the conduction of its political, economic, and social developments. The primary trade statistics in Badakhshan are analyzed by P. B. Lord, in the first half of the 19th century, the most important of which was the strategic plan on the importance of Silk Road. Silk Road has been used by merchants since ancient times and was a good source of income for the people of Badakhshan. Along with describing the importance of silk trade; national and civic affairs, historical position, economic conditions, cultural features, and issues like the first road of Mica Stone Root and Graphite Stone, Wick Stone, construction of buildings, and transportation are also included. Trading and transportations taking place on both sides of the Silk Road, both sides of the Amu and Kokcha rivers, all through the Pamir and Khan mountain ranges, along with a valuable collection of gold and silver vessels in Badakhshan, could be evidence of trade with the region and the world.



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