Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Assistant Professor, Department of Iranian Studies, Faculty of Humanities, Meybod University, Meybod, Iran.
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Master of Science in Iranology, Department of Iranology, Faculty of Humanities, Meybod University, Meybod, Iran.
10.22103/jic.2025.25567.1454
Abstract
Roads were considered one of the most important areas of communication between cities and regions during the Qajar period. The security of these roads was important due to the large number of people traveling in caravans. Foreign tourists in the Nasserid period also encountered difficulties and shortcomings of these roads periodically while traveling on the roads and reflected it in their travelogues. In this research, we seek to answer the question of what factors affecting the security of roads in the Nasserid era were considered and written about by Western tourists. The present paper is based on library studies and a descriptive-analytical approach. A critical view, along with mentioning details from Western tourists, provides the audience with a more comprehensive understanding of the factors disrupting security in the Nasserid era. The research findings also indicate that the factors affecting the security of roads in the dimensions of natural and unnatural factors were noticeable to tourists. The natural features of the land, passes, slopes, geographical diversity, the mountainous nature of some areas, weather conditions in terms of natural factors, banditry, and the presence of predatory and dangerous animals were among the unnatural factors that contributed to the lack of road safety in the Nasser era.The natural features of the land, passes, slopes, geographical diversity, the mountainous nature of some areas, weather conditions in terms of natural factors, banditry, and the presence of predatory and dangerous animals were among the unnatural factors to the lack of road safety in the Nasser era.
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