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On Tuesday, the 30th of September, I attended the first seminar of the 2025/2026 LAMPS Seminar Series, entitled “Coins and Consequences: The Impact of Monetised Taxation on Medieval…
This week, we introduce a new category called “Tax Files.” In these posts, we will share documents we are working on or have found particularly useful in our…
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….
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…
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….
From the 24th to the 27th of June, the French Research Consortium “Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies” hold his sixth Congress at the University of Strasbourg. In this…
As part of my investigation into the heads of the fiscal administration in Abbasid Egypt, I (Postdoc Noëmie Lucas) am trying to establish a complete list of the…
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….
***This post was written by Dr Dalia Hussein, a member of the Caliphal Finances team.*** The study of lands, agriculture and irrigation goes hand in hand with that…
In this blog post, we offer some reading recommendations selected from our Related Content section. Have a look and enjoy! Papyrus Stories: Everyday Stories from the Ancient Past…
