The historian Ibn Isfandiyar gives a vivid description of the prosperity of Tabaristan at this time, which was a major centre for textile production (including silk), and which traded with the Turks of Central Asia, probably via the Caspian Sea.
Historikeren Ibn Isfandiyar giver en levende beskrivelse af velstanden i Tabaristan på dette tidspunkt, som var et vigtigt center for tekstilproduktion (herunder silke), og handlede med tyrkerne i Centralasien, sandsynligvis via det Kaspiske Hav.