The immigration of Bastaki businessmen to Dubai and formation of Bastaki Quarter

Bastakie is a neighborhood in the east of Dubai; it was established after Iranian businessmen`s immigration to there in about 1890. This neighborhood is located along a canal with the length of 300m and the width of 100m. Bastakie, because of its windbreaks, carved wooden doors, and spectacular plasterwork, has been one of the most popular tourist attractions and also a place for visiting formal guests in Dubai. Nowadays, this place has changed to a vocation spot in Dubai. Bastakie has been constructed by Bastaki architects to be a settlement for businessmen of Bastakie and the areas around there. Its features made it to be considered as a part of history and culture of Dubai and Emirate. Emirate government has paid special attention to this historic neighborhood and started renovating it in the recent years. This historic work has been registered in UNESCO in 2000. The presentsurvey aims at revealing the reasons for businessmen`s immigration to Badtakie and investigating their influence on the formation and prosperity of business with a scientific perspective, referring to valid Persian and Arabic source. The article is done taking advantage of a scientific-historic method and field-study and bibliographical techniques. It is assumed that the immigration if Iranian businessmen to Bastakie is not only for having economic power but also for raising fund and economic profit.