Caliphal Involvement in Water Provision in the Cities of the Early Abbasid Period
Water management was crucial to the functioning of large early Islamic cities like Baghdad and Basra. In Abbasid-period sources, the caliph appears in multiple roles related to water management. This study investigates when and how caliphs became involved in water management during the early Abbasid...
| Subtitles: | Managing and Understanding Water in the Abbasid Caliphate |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2025
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| In: |
Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2025, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-35 |
| Further subjects: | B
Samarra
B water management B Darb Zubayda B Baghdad B Basra B Caliph |
| Online Access: |
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| Summary: | Water management was crucial to the functioning of large early Islamic cities like Baghdad and Basra. In Abbasid-period sources, the caliph appears in multiple roles related to water management. This study investigates when and how caliphs became involved in water management during the early Abbasid period and examines these instances in light of the normative ideas communicated in taxation and governing manuals, among other sources. It also explores various factors that may have influenced caliphal decision-making with regard to water management. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-2371 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Abbasid Studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22142371-00802028 |
