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Month: October 2024

Stichoi, or the “Other” Taxes

In my search for Coptic and Greek fiscal documents from Abbasid Egypt, I (Eline Scheerlinck) came across a curious ninth-century document from the monastery of Apa Apollo in…

Depiction of an Ordinary Practice? When Al-Layth b. Faḍl Brings Egyptian Revenues Personally to Hārūn al-Rashīd

“It is often assumed that the Abbasid fiscal system was centralized and that a large portion of regional revenues were sent to the capital.” This hypothesis is explored…

Multilingual Papyri at the University of Aberdeen – a Dive into the Archives

The primary source material for the Caliphal Finances project consists of fiscal documents, excavated in Egypt and mostly written on papyrus and paper. Both Principal Investigator Marie Legendre…

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Tracking Movement and Taxation in Early Islamic Egypt: Insights from Umayyad and Abbasid Papyri

In this post, postdocs Noëmie Lucas and Eline Scheerlinck join forces and explore the relationship between travel and taxation in Abbasid fiscal documents, focusing on 3 tax receipts…

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