“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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Main Author: Grayson, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2021
In: Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2021, Volume: 64, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 25-54
Further subjects:B bankers
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B Abbasid court
B Baghdad
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