واکاوی مؤلفههای محیطی- اجتماعی مؤثر بر گسترش قلمرو حکومت اسلامی پس از هجرت پیامبر اسلام(ص) و مسلمانان به شهر مدینه | ||
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| دوره 12، شماره 2، اسفند 1403، صفحه 235-247 اصل مقاله (745.33 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: مقاله پژوهشی | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22034/grd.2025.23358.1662 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| احسان لشگری تفرشی* 1؛ محمدرضا رضایی2 | ||
| 1دانشیار جغرافیای سیاسی، گروه جغرافیا، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران. | ||
| 2دانشیار جغرافیا و برنامهریزی شهری، گروه جغرافیا، دانشکده علوم انسانی، دانشگاه یزد، یزد، ایران. | ||
| چکیده | ||
| یکی از موضوعات مهم تاریخ صدر اسلام گسترش قلمرو حکومت اسلامی پس از مهاجرت پیامبر و مسلمانان به مدینه بود. این در حالی است که در مدت زمان دعوت پیامبر اسلام(ص) در مکه چنین موفقیتی در گسترش اسلام و شکلگیری حکومت اسلامی حاصل نشده بود. در باب شناخت علل موفقیت مسلمانان در مدینه تحلیلهای متنوعی از منظر درون دینی و یا جامعه شناختی ارائه گردیده است؛ لیکن در این مطالعات کمتر به اقتضائات توأمان مؤلفههای محیطی و اجتماعی شهر مدینه و اثر آن در گسترش قلمرو حکومت اسلامی پرداخته شده است. در این پژوهش کوشش گردیده با اتکا به مستندات تاریخی از طریق شیوۀ تحلیل استنتاجی؛ مجموعهای از مؤلفههای محیطی و اجتماعی مؤثر در تثبیت و گسترش مرزهای حکومت اسلامی پس از هجرت مسلمانان به مدینه مورد بررسی قرار گیرد. یافتههای تحقیق بیانگر آن است که شهر مدینه در مقایسه با شهر مکه به دلیل دسترسی مناسبتر به منابع آب و خاک دارای بافت چند هستهای و از توزیع متوازن قدرت سیاسی میان طوایف ساکن در آن برخوردار بود و این زمینهمندی موجب تسهیل ورود اندیشۀ اسلامی به این شهر گردید. قابلیت ژئوپلیتیک موقعیت شهر مدینه در ایجاد اختلال در مسیرهای کاروانهای تجاری مکه به شام نیز به صورت مضاعف فعالیت تجاری مکه را تضعیف نمود. ضمن اینکه اتخاذ سیاست مشارکت بادیهنشینان خارج از مدینه در جنگها و بهرهمندی آنها از غنایم موجب تلفیق دو الگوی معیشتی بادیهنشینی و شهرنشینی گردید و توان مناسبی را جهت گسترش قلمرو حکومت نبوی در سالیان واپسین بعثت پیامبر اسلام(ص) فراهم نمود. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| "؛ محیط"؛ حکومت اسلامی"؛؛ "؛ قلمروگستری"؛ هجرت مسلمانان"؛؛ "؛ مدینه" | ||
| عنوان مقاله [English] | ||
| An Analysis of the Environmental and Social Factors Influencing the Territoriality of the Islamic State Following the Migration of the Islamic Prophet and the Muslims to the City of Medina | ||
| نویسندگان [English] | ||
| Ehsan Lashgari Tafreshi1؛ MohammadReza Rezaei2 | ||
| 1Associate professor of political geography, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanity, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran | ||
| 2Associate professor of geography and urban planning, Department of Geography, Faculty of Humanity, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran. | ||
| چکیده [English] | ||
| understanding the causes behind the emergence and territorial expansion of the Prophet’s state in Medina as opposed to Mecca requires an examination of the environmental and social dynamics of Medina, which served as one of the most critical factors contributing to the rise and expansion of the Prophetic polity. In this context, the impact of Medina’s environmental characteristics on the process of consolidation and strengthening of the Prophet’s state can be categorized from two perspectives. On the one hand, the environmental conditions and the livelihood patterns of Yathrib’s inhabitants prior to the Muslim migration had shaped a distinctive model of social relations and produced a unique form of governance and political power structure in the city. On the other hand, Medina’s geopolitical potential vis-à-vis Mecca provided the nascent Prophetic state with additional leverage for the consolidation and expansion of its territorial domain. Accordingly, this study aims to explore the role of Medina’s environmental components and their socio-political implications in facilitating the stabilization and territorial expansion of the Prophet Muhammad’s state. This study initially seeks to define the environmental and social dimensions of state territorial ambition and expansion by drawing upon documentary and library-based sources. Subsequently, through a method of inferential analysis and the formulation of deductive arguments, these dimensions are examined in relation to the environmental characteristics and the Prophet’s model of social policy-making in the city of Medina, in order to investigate and analyze the underlying factors contributing to the consolidation and expansion of the Prophetic state in this urban context. A- Environmental Determinants of Livelihood Patterns and Social Relations among the Inhabitants of Yathrib and Their Implications for the Expansion of the Islamic State Prior to the emergence of Islam, the city of Mecca lacked the environmental requisites for the development of a sustainable agrarian livelihood. Consequently, the predominant economic orientation of its inhabitants was shaped around trade and mercantile activities. This environmental and economic configuration significantly influenced Mecca’s urban morphology, resulting in a centralized and mono-nuclear spatial and social structure. Conversely, due to its environmental conditions particularly its relatively greater access to water and arable land the city of Yathrib was characterized by a predominantly agrarian mode of livelihood. This spatial-ecological pattern led to the formation of the city's socio-spatial fabric within a framework of independent and distinct neighborhoods. This pattern of urban fabric resulted in the spatial dispersion of tribes and inhabitants across a wider geographical area, which, in turn, prevented the hierarchical centralization of political power within the urban system of Medina and facilitated the acceptance of new ideas. B- Environmental and Socio-Social Components in the Development of Centralized Governance in the Prophetic State of Medina Following the migration of Muslims to Medina, the Prophet of Islam initially sought to establish a confederation under the Islamic government comprising Arab and Jewish tribes through the Constitution of Medina, taking into account the heterogeneous demographic composition of the city. However, over time, due to the emerging economic correspondence and compatibility between the Muhajirun and the Ansar in Medina, the governance model of the Prophet’s government gradually evolved toward centralization and moved away from its initial federative structure. C- The Geopolitical Position of Medina vis-à-vis Mecca and Its Impact on the Territorial Expansion of the Islamic State The commercial interactions of Meccan merchants with communities beyond the Arabian Peninsula were primarily limited to trade with caravans from Yemen, Greater Syria, and Abyssinia. In addition, the religious significance of the Ka‘ba as a major pilgrimage sanctuary for numerous tribes and inhabitants of the Peninsula led to the annual arrival of large numbers of pilgrimage caravans in Mecca. In this context, the commercial and religious artery of the large Syrian trade caravans to Mecca was heavily dependent on passage through the sphere of Medina’s influence. Given Medina’s strategic position as a transit hub, military measures aimed at curtailing Syrian trade to Mecca were initiated by the Muslims. Accordingly, the seizure and confiscation of caravans and goods belonging to the polytheists of Mecca were sanctioned to expand the territory of the Islamic state. Geopolitical policies, manifested in the appropriation of Meccan merchants’ assets and the Prophet’s astute exploitation of Medina’s geostrategic potential, played a crucial role in consolidating the Prophetic state. D- Environmental and Socio-Social Determinants of Bedouin Tribal Participation in the Territorial Expansion of the Islamic State in Medina The political structure of the Islamic state was not aligned with the social behavior of the Bedouin tribes; moreover, the nature of Islamic teachings was inherently urban-oriented from the outset. Accordingly, the integration of the Bedouin social community required deliberate social policymaking and the development of novel conceptual frameworks capable of channeling their considerable martial prowess in service of the Islamic state. In this context, given the Quraysh polytheists’ dependence on trade routes passing through the sphere of influence of Medina for commercial exchange with the Levant and Mesopotamia, the appropriation of Quraysh trade caravans by Muslims came to be deemed permissible. This practice gradually facilitated the incorporation of Bedouin tribes into the Islamic community, enabling them to play a pivotal role in consolidating and expanding the territorial borders of the Islamic state. The synthesis of two inherently contradictory modes of subsistence nomadism and urbanism played a significant role in the territorial expansion of Islam in Medina. The Prophetic state successfully mobilized the military strength of the desert-dwelling tribes to advance the expansion of the Islamic territory. The establishment of an Islamic state in Mecca did not materialize prior to the migration of Muslims to Medina. Notably, the Prophet had never traveled to Yathrib for the purpose of directly inviting its inhabitants to Islamic teachings. Nevertheless, the groundwork for the acceptance of Islam by the people of Yathrib was indirectly laid only during the eleventh to thirteenth years after the advent of Islam. Following the migration of the Islamic Prophet and the Muslim community, the environmental and human characteristics of the city of Medina provided the necessary conditions for the establishment and expansion of the Islamic state. In other words, | ||
| کلیدواژهها [English] | ||
| "؛ Environment"؛ Prophet’s State"؛ Territoriality"؛ Migration of Muslims"؛, "؛ Medina" | ||
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