Consequences of the spread of animal diseases: Livestock mortality investigation in Iran in the 1300s

Deadly and infectious diseases can be considered important challenges of pre-modern Iranian society; Such as the lack of proper health infrastructure and the inefficiency of traditional medicine paved the way for the spread of deadly diseases, and inflicted terrible financial and human losses on the Iranian people. These diseases were not limited to humans, but sometimes included animal and livestock diseases, such as one of the most common outbreaks of plague and anthrax among domestic livestock, especially cattle, which occurred during the first years of the 14th century. This article, based on the descriptive-analytical research method and with emphasis on analyzing the data of journals and documents of archival centers, has studied the consequences and results of this phenomenon and it has been dealt with from three social, economic, and political dimensions. Findings indicate that livelihood difficulties for rural areas, threats to public health and the health of people in the community, serious damage to the country's agricultural economy, loss of government tax revenue, damage to the livestock economy, damage to the commercial economy and the export of livestock inputs, Pressure on the government by the National Assembly, serious challenges and disagreements between members of parliament, the provision of support packages to the affected people by the government, and finally the government's efforts to create and expand modern medical and health infrastructure from There were consequences of cattle mortality in Iran at that time.