Mohammad Esmaeil Esmaeili Jelodar; Hamid Poordavood; Ahmad Ssalehi Kakhki
Abstract
Iran's seismicity has historically destroyed many settlements and cities, even the historio-geographical texts have noticed. According to these texts, in some cases of extensive ...
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Iran's seismicity has historically destroyed many settlements and cities, even the historio-geographical texts have noticed. According to these texts, in some cases of extensive damage and destruction of the city, reconstruction or continuation of that settlement in the same place was not possible. This is why the survivors of these devastating earthquakes have inevitably built t a new settlement in conjunction with the vital factors that each city is affiliated with. Among the most prominent examples are the Meymeh plain settlements of Isfahan province, including Rabat Agha Kamal, Azan, Meyma, Wazwan, and Ghoshghan Carpet. All of these have been abandoned over time due to devastating earthquakes in early Islamic centuries. Once again, a new settlement has been made in connection with the deployed one. This study investigates the role of the earthquakes in the desertification of this plain's historical settlements, based on field research and library studies. The research's central question is why the significant settlements of the Meymeh Plain at the dawn of Islam were abandoned in the same period, and new establishments were made in connection with them? The central hypothesis is that historical texts and archaeological studies show earthquakes in the third century AH and affected this domine.
