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Shaping a Muslim state: the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official

Shaping a Muslim state: the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official
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ISBN 019967390X (hbk.)
9780199673902 (hbk.)
Author Sijpesteijn, Petra
Title Shaping a Muslim state : the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official / [by] Petra Sijpesteijn
Publisher Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013
Physical desc. xxvii, 524, [40] p. of plates ; ill. (b&w) ; 23 cm.
Series Oxford studies in Byzantium
Note CBL illustrations: plate [34], illustrations 41, 42: Arabic Papyrus 8.
Ref. CBL: p. 6,9.
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references (p. [453]-503) and index
Contents Pt. 1: Discussion. The Egyptian context: geography and history -- One land -- The Nile -- Irrigation and water distribution -- Flora and fauna -- The Fayyum -- The pre-Islamic political and administrative structure: Political and administrative structure; The economy; Arabia and Egypt -- Arab Egypt: the first fifty years -- The Arab conquest of Egypt -- Continuous vigilance -- Controlling Egypt's might -- Post-conquest Muslim rule and government -- Arab settlement in the Egyptian countryside -- The administrative structure -- The fifty-year about-turn -- Conclusion -- The second fifty years: consolidation and reform -- The administrative context -- Dramatis personae: The amir; Najid b. Muslim; 'Abd Allah b. As'ad; Jarid b. As'ad; Local power: village headmen, estate-holders, and other local powerbrokers; Muslim taxpayers -- Taxes and taxation: The system; Sadaqa and zakat -- Conclusion: a changing model or changing the model? -- Beyond words -- The power of writing -- Technical aspects of the letters -- Layout, orthography, and epistolary formulae -- A community of literati? -- The added value of the written word -- Public writing: government communication and state consolidation -- Conclusion -- Pt. 2: The texts. Note on the orthography and grammar of the papyri -- Concerning a letter from the amir -- Request for taxes from 'Abd Allah's district -- Request for deliveries in kind -- Collecting taxes in kind -- Order from the amir concerning the delivery of grapes -- Concerning a forwarded letter -- Returning a fugitive and mules -- Instructions to collect sadaqa and zakat -- Announcing a delivery -- Letter related to administrative matters -- Fragment of a letter from Najid b. Muslim -- Concerning some urgent business -- Standing guarantor -- Deliveries of oil from some villages -- Organization of the delivery of oil -- Concerning an irrigation canal -- Assigning water to Narmuda -- Letter requesting several deliveries -- Request to deliver some produce -- Request to buy fifteen dinars worth of wheat -- Concerning an injustice and the payment of taxes -- About the collection of jizya -- Organizing the tax collection -- Concerning a loan -- Request for a deposit -- Concerning the repayment of a debt -- An order for veils -- Purchase of radish oil -- Purchase of different commodities -- Letter related to tax collection -- Petition for a fugitive -- Sheep trade with Alexandria -- Beginning of a letter to 'Abd Allah b. As'ad -- Letter from 'Abd Allah b. As'ad -- Restoring tax-collecting rights -- Reporting on the completion of a tax collection -- Letter from Najid b. Muslim to Sahl b. Habib -- Letter to one of Najid's scribes -- Letter from one of Najid's scribes.
Language Note In English; text of papyri in Arabic with English translation.
Person as subject ʻAbd Allāh ibn Asʻad -- active 7th century -- Correspondence
Nājid ibn Muslim -- active 7th century -- Correspondence
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Ar Pap 8
Paleography, Arabic
Manuscripts, Arabic Papyri
Egypt -- History -- 640-1250 -- Sources
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