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Exploring Abbasid Narratives about Taxation: Highlights from the Sixteenth School of Abbasid Studies Conference

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…

Fiscal Revolts in Egypt as Crisis Response: Insights from an IMC Panel at Leeds

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…

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…

« Fiscal Flows and Social Bonds: Exploring the Taxation of Medieval Islamic Egypt » – The Caliphal Finances team at the SMM Conference

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…

Research Visit: Coptic Papyri at Cambridge University Library

Earlier this week, team member Eline Scheerlinck spent three days in the Manuscripts Reading Room of  Cambridge University Library, studying Coptic papyri that are part of the library’s…

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…

Be Our Guest: The Caliphal Finances Team Spent Two Days with Cecilia Palombo

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…

Research Visit: A Deep Dive into Fiscal Documents at the Austrian National Library

In April this year, two of our team members, PhD student Dalia Hussein and postdoctoral researcher Eline Scheerlinck, visited the papyrus collection of the Austrian National Library in…

The Caliphal Finances Team Invites Scholars to Discuss Their Research and Taxation

To share our ongoing work on the project, test hypotheses, learn more about the work of researchers on taxation and the history of the period we are studying,…

Highlights of 2023: Key Moments with the Caliphal Finances Team

In March 2023, part of our team traveled to Egypt to participate in the Ninth international Society for Arabic Papyrology (ISAP) Conference, held at Fayyum University from March…

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