The Remuneration of a Court Companion in Theory and Practice: A Case Study
This study follows the financial adventures of Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī (d. 335/947) as he served at the court of three Abbasid caliphs in various capacities over thirty-eight years. In his Kitāb al-Awrāq, chronicles covering this period, al-Ṣūlī frequently refers to payments he himself or his colleagues ha...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 85-107 |
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Court culture
gift giving
nadīm
patronage
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