Mamluk Economics
by Aḥmad ibn ʻAlī Maqrīzī, Adel Allouche
1994184 pages
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Maqrizi (d. 1442 AD) blames the monetary policy of the ruling Circassian Mamlucks for the contemporary impoverishment of Egypt. He sets out a proposal for reform, and buttresses it with examinations of the causes of the problems, the population, and prices. His ideas were not adopted at the time but…
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