About the Information About Forest and Forest Products in the Islamic World in Medieval Sources

Abstract

With the emergence of humanity, the first human learned to make all kinds of tools and equipment he needed with the goods he obtained from these sources, especially from the forests and the sources that contain nutrients around him, to sustain his life. Thus, the first use of forests and the resources obtained from forest products by humans and the first way of living in forest areas emerged. However, forests in particular were in the position of resources that were used freely and irregularly in the beginning. In time, it has become necessary to determine the ownership status of forests in order to regulate the use of forests by administrative formations created by people and to protect forests. In the course of time, these political or administrative mechanisms have put an end to the concept of common ownership that allows everyone to benefit from forests as they wish. Established states, emirates, or whatever the name is, political mechanisms whose function is to manage societies have even had to include forest areas within the state land structure by the state. However, the increase and spread of settlement units called rural or village, which are called out of city centres, and the pressure of the population on the forests in such places has caused frictions between the villagers and the mechanisms that own the forests.In this study, the Information about Forest and Forest Products in the Islamic World according to the Medieval Sources is presented based on the information within the appropriate sample obtained from the sources of the period by using the qualitative research method. When we look at this information obtained through information and document analysis, it is seen that there are data that support and form the basis for the developments and changes in the relevant field today about forest and forest products in the world of the period. It is another finding that we have products in which forest and forest products are effective in many fields, from architecture to art, from shipping to kitchen tools, from heating to commerce.