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Month: November 2024

Lecture Series – IMES Seminar Spring 2025 – ‘Taxes, taxes, taxes. All the rest is bulls*it in my opinion’

The Caliphal Finances project is organising a lecture series hosted by our own department of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies (IMES) at the University of Edinburgh, starting in…

New Material on the Early ‘Tulunid’ Fiscal Administrator Muḥammad b. Hilāl

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Matthew Gordon and Eugénie Rébillard for an informal gathering to discuss the agents of fiscal administration and the Egyptian economy…

Be Our Guest: Matthew Gordon and Eugénie Rébillard Visit the Caliphal Finances Project

On 13th and 14th November, the Caliphal Finances team had the immense pleasure of hosting Matthew Gordon, Emeritus Professor of Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and Eugénie Rébillard, researcher…

Call for Contributions is Closed! Handbook of Fiscal History in the Early Islamic World (7th-10th century)

*** The call for contributions is now closed. If you have any questions please write to caliphalfinances@ed.ac.uk. *** Exciting news! The Caliphal Finances project is inviting authors to contribute…

Uncovering Fiscal Hierarchies in Ninth-Century Egypt: Insights from Papyrus Analysis

Next week, the Caliphal Finances team will welcome Matthew Gordon and Eugénie Rébillard to discuss their respective research and share the Caliphal Finances team’s recent work, focusing in…

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