Tahqiqāt-e Târix-e Eqtesâdi (Economic History Studies of Iran)

The role of economic policy in the political and military competition between the Ilkhanids and the Mamluk

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Leila Mohammadi 1
fereshte ansari 2
Mahboobeh Sharafi 3

1 : Assistant Professor, Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Zanjan, Iran..

2 PhD student Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Abhar Branch, Zanjan, Iran

3 Associate Professor,Department of History, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran

10.30465/ehs.2026.53224.2069
Abstract
Economic policy in the Middle Ages was considered a means of meeting domestic needs and foreign orientation of governments. Therefore, it became a factor in competition and conflict between the two rulers, the Ilkhanids and the Mamluks, in the seventh and eighth centuries AH, a competition whose dimensions went beyond the military battlefield and encompassed the economic and commercial arenas This research, based on a descriptive-analytical approach, compares the role of the economy in the foreign policy of these two governments.The main question of the research is how and through what mechanisms did the economic policies of the Ilkhanids and Mamluks become an effective factor in foreign policy in the competition between these two governments? The research findings show that economic policies, including management and control of land and sea trade routes, economic sanctions, and trade alliances with foreign powers, were the most important factors in shaping the foreign policy of the Ilkhanates and Mamluks. This policy was used to strengthen military and political power. It became an alternative to military confrontations

Keywords

Iran
Egypt
Ilkhanids
Mamluks
Foreign Policy
Economic Policies

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Tahqiqāt-e Târix-e Eqtesâdi (Economic History Studies of Iran)

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 15 February 2026

  • Receive Date 25 October 2025
  • Revise Date 15 January 2026
  • Accept Date 15 February 2026

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