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Abbasid Fiscal Documents at the 31st International Congress of Papyrologists – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/08/18/abbasid-fiscal-documents-at-the-31st-international-congress-of-papyrologists/

Photo by Loreleï Vanderheyden. The panel focused on the fiscal administration of Early Islamic Egypt, emphasising the Abbasid period. ... amīr and the pagarch in Early Islamic Egypt and to put forth her own hypothesis.

Be Our Guest: The Caliphal Finances Team Spent Two Days with Cecilia Palombo – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/06/10/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. ... The workshop was an invaluable opportunity for deepening our understanding of early

Seminar Series: “People and their Environments in the First Millennium CE” – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/12/01/seminar-series-people-and-their-environments-in-the-first-millennium-ce/

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Be Our Guest: Matthew Gordon and Eugénie Rébillard Visit the Caliphal Finances Project – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/11/15/be-our-guest-matthew-gordon-and-eugenie-rebillard-visit-the-caliphal-finances-project/

mechanisms in early Islamic Egypt.

Accounting Practices in the Multilingual Administration of the Abbasid Era – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/04/05/accounting-practices-in-the-multilingual-administration-of-the-abbasid-era/

Eline discussed the continued use of Greek in the fiscal administration of Egypt following the Islamic conquest in the mid-seventh century.

The Caliphal Finances and SCORE’s Team Organised a Workshop at the University of Edinburgh with the Balzan Seminar in September 2023 – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/06/03/the-caliphal-finances-and-scores-teams-organised-a-first-workshop-at-the-university-of-edinburgh-in-september-2022/

Princeton University, Antoine Borrut from the University of Maryland, and‘Social Contexts of Rebellion in the Early Islamic Period’, is a DFG research group based in Hamburg and led by ... During those two days, we explored oppositions to tax

Coins and Consequences: A LAMPS Seminar by Georgi Obatnin – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2025/10/06/coming-soon-coins-and-consequences-a-lamps-seminar-by-georgi-obatnin/

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New Material on the Early ‘Tulunid’ Fiscal Administrator Muḥammad b. Hilāl – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/11/21/new-material-on-the-early-tulunid-fiscal-administrator-mu%e1%b8%a5ammad-b-hilal/

Banner image: Panel, Tulunid period, Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities (Medelhavsmuseet), NM 0090/1935 @Discover Islamic Art (MWNF)

The Caliphal Finances Team Invites Scholars to Discuss Their Research and Taxation – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/06/10/the-caliphal-finances-team-invite-scholars-to-discuss-their-research-and-taxation/

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Uncovering Fiscal Hierarchies in Ninth-Century Egypt: Insights from Papyrus Analysis – Welcome to the Caliphal Finances Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfinances/2024/11/05/uncovering-fiscal-hierarchies-in-ninth-century-egypt-insights-from-papyrus-analysis/

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