The Conduct of Landowners and Government Officials in the Persian Famine of 1917–1919 and Its Consequences

Iranians have frequently faced famine and food crises throughout history. There were many factors affecting the Persian Famine of 1917- 1919, which can be generally divided into natural and human (internal and external) factors. The intentions of conduct of the landowners and government officials are of great importance to consider among the internal human factors, which played a key role in the mentioned food crisis during 1917- 1919 (mostly, shortage of bread and grain according to the historical records). These strata had a significant impact on the famine and other socioeconomic problems. Adopting an analytical-descriptive methodological approach,the goal of this research is to explain one of the effective factors in the public food (grain) crisis and its consequences. Using a descriptive-analytical method, this research aims to determine the effects of the perfermance of the owners and the authorities in the food crisis in 1917-1918. Moreover, it seeks to investigte the concequences of their performance.