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Aṣḥāb al-Kharāj in Egypt in the Abbasid Period: Spotlight on al-Khaṣīb ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, a Well-Documented Ninth-Century Financial director

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…

Greek in Egyptian Eighth-Century Fiscal Documents

An important part of the Abbasid fiscal documents on papyrus are lists, accounts, and registers written in Greek, as well as exercises in which scribes are practicing Greek…

A Father Pays Taxes for His Son: CPR IV 13

We would like to shine a spotlight on a tax receipt from 10th century Egypt which we mentioned in our post on the Paperwork of Taxation: Abbasid Fiscal…

The Paperwork of Taxation: Abbasid Fiscal Documents from Egypt

The administration of taxation in the Abbasid Caliphate generated a substantial amount of paperwork. A fraction of this documentation, in the form of pieces of papyrus and paper…

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