IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 633: The Early Islamic World, V: Writing, Administration, and Taxation
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Centre for Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW) / 'Early Islamic World' Research Network, University of Edinburgh |
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Organisers: | Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds Andrew Marsham, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, University of Edinburgh |
Moderator/Chair: | Ann R. Christys, Independent Scholar, Leeds |
Paper 633-a | New Early Arabic Inscriptions from the Hisma: Epigraphy and Prosopography (Language: English) Index terms: Epigraphy, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Onomastics |
Paper 633-b | The Social Background of Administrators under Umayyad Provincial Rule (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Social History |
Paper 633-c | Umayyad Administration in Egypt and beyond (Language: English) Index terms: Administration, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
Abstract | The fifth session of the 'Early Islamic World' Research Network looks at the development of an administrative structure for the earliest Muslim empire, including the extent of its debt to pre-Islamic practices in Rome and Iran and the extent of centralisation in systems of taxation and government. |