The Importance and Economic Functions of Qom-Qasr-e Shirin Road in the Qajar Period

The importance of Qom-Qasr-e Shirin road goes back to the years before Qajar. However, it became more significant during the Qajar period, as a result of improvement of the relations between Iran and the Ottoman Empire. The Qom-Qasr-e Shirin road was a path for exchanging agricultural products with Europe. The present paper aims to study the political and economic effects of this road. It was a descriptive-analytical research, and the related sources were reviewed to collect the data. It was concluded that Qom- Qasr-e Shirin road was the most important domestic road of Iran continued to the west Iranian borders. Due to its diverse functions, the road has had comprehensive effects on the political as well as economic lives of the cities, habitations, and houses along the path.