Search Results - "Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient"

Early Medieval Central Asian Population Estimates by de la Vaissière, Étienne

“…Census data from 8th-century Eastern Central Asian oases, combined with the measurements of the oases and data from archives discovered there, allow us to…”
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May my nose and ears be cut off: Practical and "supra-practical" Aspects of Mutilation in the Egyptian New Kingdom by Loktionov, Alexandre Alexandrovich

“…This paper investigates mutilation of the nose and ears in New Kingdom Egypt (c. 1550-1070bce). The topic is first contextualised within cross-cultural…”
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Babylonian Populations, Servility, and Cuneiform Records by Tenney, Jonathan S

“…To date, servility and servile systems in Babylonia have been explored with the traditional lexical approach of Assyriology. If one examines servility as an…”
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The Use of Charity as a Means of Political Legitimation in Umayyad al-Andalus by Debasa, Ana María Carballeira

“…The principal aim of this study is to examine the use of charity as a factor of political legitimation by the ruling elite of al-Andalus in the Umayyad period…”
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"They Enjoy Syrup and Ghee at Tables of Silver and Gold": Infant Loss in Ancient Mesopotamia by Valk, Jonathan

“…The present study draws on interdisciplinary research to establish an interpretative framework for an analysis of the material and textual evidence concerning…”
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Royal Imagery on Kushan Coins: Local Tradition and Arsacid Influences by Sinisi, Fabrizio

“…This article deals with the development of Kushan royal imagery as known from coins in the period between the 1st and the 3rd centuries ad, i.e. from the…”
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Connectivity and Communication in the Achaemenid Empire by Colburn, Henry P.

“…Abstract The vast territorial extent of the Achaemenid Empire is often assumed to have impeded connectivity and communication within the empire. This paper…”
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Bedouin Petitions from Late Ottoman Palestine: Evaluating the Effects of Sedentarization by Ben-Bassat, Yuval

“…This article examines petitions sent to Istanbul at the end of the nineteenth century by Bedouin groups from the kazas (subdistricts) of Jaffa and Gaza, on…”
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The Ur-Text of Jadidism: Abū Naṣr Qūrṣāwī's Irshād and the Historiography of Muslim Modernism in Russia by Spannaus, Nathan

“…The conventional historiography of Jadidism begins with Abū l-Naṣr Qūrṣāwī's (1776-1812) rejection of taqlīd and embrace of ijtihād, which was furthered by…”
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Camels and Colonial Armies: The Logistics of Warfare in Central Asia in the Early 19th Century by Morrison, Alexander

“…This article explores the use of camels for baggage transport by European colonial armies in the nineteenth century. It focuses in particular on two episodes:…”
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The ʿAmārāt, their Sheikh, and the Colonial State: Patronage and Politics in a Partitioned Middle East by Fletcher, Robert S.G.

“…How did the era of colonial divide-and-rule in the Arab East—the creation of the new mandates of Great Britain and France—appear to the Bedouin communities who…”
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The Disruptive Presence of the Namban-jin in Early Modern Japan by Curvelo, Alexandra

“…Abstract When the Portuguese arrived in Japan around 1543, it was the first time in the history of the archipelago that Western foreigners had entered the…”
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A Photograph of Four Orientalists (Bombay, 1885): Knowledge Production, Religious Identities, and the Negotiation of Invisible Conflicts by Vicente, Filipa Lowndes

“…Abstract By analyzing the history of a photograph taken in a Bombay photo studio in 1885, this article explores notions of the production of knowledge on India…”
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Catalog of Demotic Texts in the Brooklyn Museum by Hughes, George R, Devauchelle, D

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The Sinhalese Contribution to Estate Labour in Ceylon, 1881–1891 by Wenzlhuemer, Roland

“…It has become a firmly established belief among economic and labour historians that Sri Lanka's plantation industry rested almost exclusively on imported Tamil…”
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Limits of the Almighty: Mehmed II's 'Land Reform' Revisited by Özel, Oktay

“…This paper reviews the reform attempt that took place in the Ottoman Empire during the last years of Mehmed II (1451-81), which is generally referred to as a…”
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Ashin Das Gupta, Historian by Marshall, P.J.

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A Note On the Rise of Surat in The Sixteenth Century by Subrahmanyam, Sanjay

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In Memory of Ashin Das Gupta (1932-1998) by Washbrook, D.A.

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The Economics of Ritual at Late Old Babylonian Kish by Yoffee, Norman

“…A small archive of economic documents from the city of Kish in the late Old Babylonian period records amounts of money owed to the "supervisor of kezertu…”
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