Reconstructing Archival Practices in Abbasid Baghdad

The Abbasid administration relied extensively on the use of written documents. The central administrative apparatus in Baghdad, with its numerous specialised bureaus, seems to have been one of the main producers of documents and it must have possessed some of the largest archives of its era. However...

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Main Author: van Berkel, Maaike (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2014
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-22
Further subjects:B Abbasid administration narrative sources archival practices writerly culture
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