Authors

• MohammadKarim YousefJamali ¹
• Mohammad Taghi Imanpour ²
• Ali Akbar Shahabadi ³

¹ Associate Professor of History, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch

² Associate Professor, Department of History, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

³ PhD student in Ancient Iranian History, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad Branch

Abstract

With the coming to power of Darius the Great and the further development of the empire that needed to revise its administrative structure, Darius decided, in addition to reforming the country's tax and economic system, to re-establish the satrapy system formed during the reign of Cyrus the Great and Cambyses II. Organize. Thus, at the end of his reign, the number of satraps increased from 23 to 31.
The status of the Achaemenid bureaucracy and Darius' reforms have long been studied by scholars of ancient Iranian history, but little has been said about the role and position of satraps in the Achaemenid Empire. In this article, how the satrapy institution was formed, the role and position of satraps in the Achaemenid period, features and types of satraps in the Achaemenid imperial administrative organization, with an analytical-descriptive study approach and relying on the resources left from this period and with Examine the use of historical research methods.

Keywords

• Satrap
• Satrapy
• Administrative Organization
• Achaemenid Empire