Rural economy and tribal society in islamic Egypt : a study of al-Nābulusī's villages of the Fayyum

1. Verfasser: Rapoport, Yossef, 1968- , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Turnhout : Brepols, [2018].
Umfang/Format: xxix, 285 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Medieval countryside ; 19
Schlagworte:
iDAI.gazetteer: Ägypten
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction
  • Al-Nābulusī and the Villages of the Fayyum
  • The Fayyum, from the Ptolemies to the Ayyubids
  • Land, water, and people in Ayyubid Fayyum
  • Subsistence and tribute
  • Sugar, orchards, and markets
  • Landholding and the regime of Iqṭā{u02BF}
  • Village and tribe
  • Christians and Muslims
  • The tribal conversion of the Fayyum
  • Conclusion.