University of Tehran, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies Iranian Journal for the History of Islamic Civilization 2228-7906 49 2 2017 02 19 The Confiscation of the Property of the Officials in Islamic Iran (up to the End of Safavid Period) The Confiscation of the Property of the Officials in Islamic Iran (up to the End of Safavid Period) 219 238 67572 10.22059/jhic.2018.249979.653862 FA Mehdi Qorbani Hesari ph.d Student of History & Civilization of Islamic Nations, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Qanbarali Roudgar Assistant Professor, Department of Professional training, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran. Ebrahim Mousapour Besheli Department of Social History, Encyclopedia Islamica Foundation, Tehran, Iran Hadi Alemzadeh Department of History & Civilization of Islamic Nations, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Journal Article 2018 01 23 The confiscation of delinquent official's properties as an administrative punishment started from the beginning of Islamic era and certainly, Umar's reign. Regardless of such function, this practice became one way of acquiring income for Muslim rulers. In this survey, besides investigating the conceptual changes of confiscation, the practical domain of the term has been inquired in Iran at the Islamic period up to the end of Safavid era. From the concerned data about confiscations exerted in Islamic Iran, the authors try to present the history of official's confiscation, and show that confiscation has usually been considered as a complementary programmable income source. The confiscation of delinquent official's properties as an administrative punishment started from the beginning of Islamic era and certainly, Umar's reign. Regardless of such function, this practice became one way of acquiring income for Muslim rulers. In this survey, besides investigating the conceptual changes of confiscation, the practical domain of the term has been inquired in Iran at the Islamic period up to the end of Safavid era. From the concerned data about confiscations exerted in Islamic Iran, the authors try to present the history of official's confiscation, and show that confiscation has usually been considered as a complementary programmable income source. https://jhic.ut.ac.ir/article_67572_ab52b8393d76377a7bfe9c5c5679a52d.pdf