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Month: August 2025

A Historian At Work: Al-Maqrīzī and the Egyptian Fiscal Revolts in the Abbasid Period

Two unquestionably essential sources for any researcher interested in the history of Islamic Egypt are al-Kindī’s Kitāb al-Wulāt wa-Quḍāt and al-Maqrīzī’s Khiṭaṭ. al-Kindī and al-Maqrīzī Al-Kindī, or Abū…

Abbasid Fiscal Documents at the 31st International Congress of Papyrologists

The Caliphal Finances Team organised a panel at a major academic event for scholars studying papyri, a conference organised every three years by the Association Internationale de Papyrologues…

Interview with a Researcher: Stefanie Schmidt

This series of interviews shines a spotlight on researchers working on or with the Caliphal Finances project. Each interview showcases the variety of scholarship connected to our research….

Tax History and History through Tax

*** By Alasdair Grant (Universität Hamburg) *** Let’s begin this post by thinking about what sort of role taxation plays in our lives today. Firstly, tax is something…

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