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Kitab Al Amwal By Abu Jafar Ahmad Ibn Nasr Al Daudiabul Muhsin Muhammad Sharfuddin

KITAB AL AMWAL

This work consists of the Arabic text of Kitab al-Amwal of Abu Ja‘far Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Da’udl al-Malik! al-Asadl, with explanatory notes, English translation, and introduction.

The text has been edited for the first time based on a unique manuscript, preserved in the Escurial Library, Madrid under the title ‘Kitab fihi’l-Amwal’, MS No. 1165.

 The title page of the MS mentions the work as ‘Kitab fihi’l Amwal’ which has been referred to as Kitab al-Amwal by Qadi Ibn Rushd, Qadi ‘Iyad, and ‘Allamah al-‘Uqban! al-Tilimsanl.

 The text deals (from the Malik! point of view) with broad principles of state revenues, military administration, international law of war and peace, and the author’s verdicts (fatawa) on the settlements of lands in al-Ifriqiyyah, al-Maghrib, Spain, and Sicily.

It also deals with the administration of the properties acquired unlawfully and those abandoned with no legal owners.

What is significant is that the work throws light on various kinds of earnings (lawful, disapproved, and prohibited) and suggests methods to treat the problems of begging, solicitation of alms and similar aids (lawful, obligatory, and prohibited), and the means to maintain balance in society between various groups of rich and poor people.