The postal system in Iraq in the Seljuk era (530-555 AH / 1135-1160 AD)

Abstract

The Arabs were interested in securing the transportation routes, and it was one of the advantages of their military superiority over their enemies, and the geographical nature played an important role in determining the means of communication and transportation, especially during the periods of the Islamic conquests. The first to set up the post office was Muawiya bin Sufyan Post has made tangible progress during the Umayyad era it is no longer a system that relies on the method of exchanging horses in postal stations only to transmit messages, but rather has become a system that can be used in military and war cases. One of the reasons for the development of postal also in the Abbasid era is that the circumstances required a lot of eyes in collecting information and delivering it to the caliphate and movements inside and outside the country and containing the fight with the Romans, and this research studies the interest in the post, which included admins tardive systems in the Islamic state and highlight the efforts of the Seljuks in the Islamic civilization.