“Unable to Dismiss Them”: Re-assessing the Jewish “Court Bankers” of Abbasid Baghdad, 908–932
Abstract Economic historians describe the emergence of Jewish court bankers presiding over a central state bank in Abbasid Baghdad as significant for the global history of finance. This paper, however, re-evaluates these figures in light of new insights about court cultures and institutions in the m...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2021, Volume: 64, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 25-54 |
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bankers
B Jews B Abbasid court B Baghdad |
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