The Expansion of Iran’s International Business Relations in 19th Century and the Formation of Intermediary Marketers in Qajar Dynasty

This study mainly aims at recognizing the effect of the expansion of Iran’s business relations in 19th century, in the form of global international capitalism system and its effect on the formation of intermediary marketers in Qajar Dynasty.  Historical research method is used in this study and travel reports, memories and historical documents have been used in this study to collect information. According to the research findings, expanding business relations with European countries and Russia, gradually and throughout the time and at the end of the first half of 19th century, the marketers of Qajar Dynasty turned into the intermediaries of commodities produced by colonizing countries and exporters of raw materials to them. Despite making effort to form business companies in a modern way, high-order marketers merely fomented the process of Iran’s dependency and turning it into the market of western commodities due to turning to exchange and intermediation and their measures led to the closure of production workshops. As a result, more than the formation of an independent capitalist class, petite bourgeoisie class and few intermediary capitalist class were widely formed at the end of 19th century.