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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…
“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…
Recently, our postdoctoral researcher, Noëmie Lucas, spent a few days in Paris for research, visiting the BULAC library and meeting with colleagues. Every researcher knows how isolating research…
This blog post pursues the exploration of one fiscal-related narrative. After having investigated the making of this khabar (Part 1), I will focus on its interpretation within the…
As part of my research on Abbasid fiscal history and historiography, I examine fiscal-related narratives to understand how they inform us about fiscal practices and its history. This…
We would like to shine a light on one financial director (ṣāḥib al-kharāj) of Egypt during the Abbasid period who is known to us from various sources. An…
The sixteenth Conference of the School of Abbasid Studies (SAS) took place in Venice from July 9th to 13th. I (Noëmie Lucas) was among the participants. I presented…
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…
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…
From May 26 to 28, the Caliphal Finances team had the pleasure of hosting Cecilia Palombo, Assistant Professor of Early Islamic History at the University of Chicago. Jun…
