The Social Life of Farah Abad Complex City in Safavid Period (Formation to Collapse)

Some of the Mazandaran Cities have developed economically, due to the Safavid Kings Economic Policies especially during the Shah Abbas kingship (996-1038 A.H.) Farah Abad of Sari and Ashraf Al-Belad cities are the most important examples of such policy for commercial splendor of given approach in the Eastern part of Mazandaran province. This research attempts to answer this question that, what are the key-factors of the formation, development and collapse of Farah Abad by applying the role and importance of the dominant pattern of the Safavid Urban-planning in Mazandaran, here the case study of Farah Abad. The research methodology is Historical Analysis Approach. Data-gathering method includes library and field studies. The result shows that Farah Abad city had three main evolutionary stages during the sixty years of its own dynamic life (1021-1078 A.H) in which, evolution of Urban Structure has been depended on various politico-economic factors.