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Caliphal Finances

The Finances of the Caliphate: Abbasid Fiscal Practice in Islamic Late Antiquity

Month: July 2024

Fiscal Revolts in Egypt as Crisis Response: Insights from an IMC Panel at Leeds

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On 15 July 2024

In Conference, News, Recent Events

On Monday, July 1st, Noëmie Lucas participated in the  2024 International Medieval Congress (IMC) held in Leeds, presenting her research on fiscal revolts in a double panel organized by the SCORE team. She also chaired the second panel, contributing to a highly productive afternoon of presentations and discussions on revolts and rebellions in the Islamic world and their connection to crises.

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A Father Pays Taxes for His Son: CPR IV 13

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On 10 July 2024

In Spotlight

We would like to shine a spotlight on a tax receipt from 10th century Egypt which we mentioned in our post on the Paperwork of Taxation: Abbasid Fiscal Documents from Egypt, but which has not received much scholarly attention. It documents, in a combination of 3 languages, a father paying taxes for his son.

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« Fiscal Flows and Social Bonds: Exploring the Taxation of Medieval Islamic Egypt » – The Caliphal Finances team at the SMM Conference

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On 2 July 2024

In News, Recent Events

The University of Edinburgh hosted the 8th International Conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean (SMM) from June 24 to 27, 2024. The conference theme was “Being Human: Rhythms, Actions, Interactions in the Medieval Mediterranean.”

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