Prostitution and its perception as a social and economic phenomenon in Iran and the Caucasus in the late Middle Ages
Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The connection between the Iranian world and the Caucasus is longstanding and encompasses various areas, including history, culture, language and religion. The objective of this article is to investi-gate the prevalence and taxation of prostitution in late medieval Iran from the inception of the Mongol period (Ilkhanate) to the decline of the Safavids. Prostitution was increasingly perceived as a form of tra-de and was therefore subject to taxation in the same way as other forms of trade. Notwithstanding the efforts of secular authorities to eradicate it and in spite of the fact that in Muslim Iran prostitution was deemed a breach of Islamic law, the practice endured on a notable scale.
Source: Historia i Świat
Authors: Gor MARGARYAN, Anush HARUTYUNYAN
Institution: National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Language: English
Topic: Eurasian Exchange Networks
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4401426527