Delegation of Judicial Power in Abbasid Egypt

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Chapter Establishing Local Elite Authority in Egypt Through Arbitration and Mediation

To integrate the regions of the early Islamic Empire from Central Asia to North Africa, transregional and regional elites of various backgrounds were essential. The papers analyze elite groups, their structures and networks, within selected regions across geographical, religious and social boundaries. While each region seems to be different, certain common patterns of governance and interaction made the largest empire of Late Antiquity work

Making the Private Public: A Delivery of Palestinian oil in third/ninth-century Egypt

A short document written on papyrus records an order for the delivery of Palestinian oil in third/ninth-century CE Egypt. It reveals interesting information concerning transregional trade relations, commercial infrastructures and the logistics of product distribution, as well as document-validation practices and the legal status and authority of documents, especially those of a semi-public nature. The text will be compared to similar orders of payment and delivery, and read for evidence of local patterns of patronage and systems of care in mediaeval Egypt

Jennifer A. Cromwell: Recording Village Life

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Review of Ruffini, G.R. (2018) Life in an Egyptian village in late antiquity: Aphrodito before and after the Islamic conquest

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Loyal and knowledgeable supporters: integrating egyptian elites in early Islamic Egypt

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Arabic medical-magical manuscripts: a living tradition

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Religion et fiscalité en Egypte médiévale (600-900 ap. J.-C.)

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Closing Ranks: Discipline and Loyalty in the Umayyad Army

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An Early Umayyad Papyrus Invitation for the Ḥajj

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