Mongol Household Registration in Persia

Name: Mongol Household Registration in Persia
Start: 1240
End: 1249

Type Event Region West Asia Time 1240–1249

In the 1240s Mongol rulers carried out large-scale household and tax registration in Persia and Mesopotamia via darughachis, laying groundwork for th…

Timeline

1241–1245Karakorum · Mongolian PlateauÖgedei Khan ordered a household census of the empire's vassal regions; in Persia it was carried out by resident darughachis working with Uyghur and Persian officials, registering population, livestock, and arable land for taxation.
1245–1249Isfahan · PersiaRegistration was carried out in cities such as Isfahan and Tabriz and in the countryside, recording people and property by household and fixing tribute quotas. Local elites were forced to cooperate, and some religious figures received tax exemptions, provoking social discontent.

Sources

Jami' al-tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles) — Rashid al-Din
A History of the Islamic World — Michael Brett (2017)