ISLAMIC ECONOMICS A SHORT HISTORY pdf download

Islamic Economics a Short History Ahmed El-Ashker and Rodney Wilson

ISLAMIC ECONOMICS A SHORT HISTORY

Book Contents

• Chapter Four The Dynastic Caliphates: The Umayyads
• and the Reforms (661 A.C.—750 A.C.) . 126
• Introduction . 126
• The Caliphate and the Dynasty . 126
• Islamic Expansion and the Need for Administrative
• Reform . 128
• Administrative and Economic Reforms . 130
• Monetary Reform . 134
• Islamic Urbanisation . 135
• Agriculture . 137
• Trade and Commerce . 139
• Legal Forms of Business . 142
• State Finance . 145
• Chapter Five The Abbasid’s Golden Age: The Florescence
• of Islamic Economics (750 A.C.—1000 A.C.) . 155
• Introduction . 155
• Leading Specialised Work on Islamic Economics . 155
• Main Changes in the Economic Features . 158
• Intellectual Development . 161
• Jurisprudence Schools of Thought . 167
• The First Specialised Books on Islamic Economics . 169
• Abu-Yusuf (113-182 A.H., 731-798 A.C.) . 171
• Kitab al-Kharaj, Treatise in al-Kharaj . 171
• Al-Shaibam (132-189 A.H., 750-804 A.C.):
• From Macro-Economics to Micro-Economics:
• Kitab al-Iktisab, Book of Earnings . 197
• Abu-Ubaid (d. 224 H., 838 A.C.) . 205
• Kitab al-Amwal, Book of Wealth . 205
• The Contribution of Sufism to Islamic Economic
• Thought. 208
• Abdullah al-Harith bin Asad al-Muhasibi,
• (d. 243 A.H., 857 A.C.) . 214
• Kitab Risalat al-Iktisab wa al Wara J , Treatise on Earning
• and Asceticism . 214
• Chapter Six Political Fragmentation and Cultural Diversity
• (1000 A.C.-1400 A.C.) . 222
• Introduction . 222
• Political Fragmentation . 222