Local Competition in Bayhaq: Political Roots (3-7 AH)

In the early Islamic centuries, Bayhaq region was a dependent of Nīshāpūr. In the first Islamic century when the Khurasan- Iraq- road replaced by Nīshāpūr-Bayhaq- Ray- Iraq highway, Bayhaq gained increasing commercial and military importance. So that, her safeguard became a priority for governors of Khurasan. Since then Bayhaq experience d both local uprisings and competitions as well. Present study intends to examine causes of this instability. The findings suggest that policy of governors of Khurasan in changing the seat of the Bayhaq region was a main cause of local competition and conflict.