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  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; General Editor's Preface; Introduction; Manufacturing; 1. The Development of Techniques in the Medieval Muslim World; 2. Thee Main Industries of the Mediterranean Area as Reflected in the Records of the Cairo Geniza; 3. An Introduction to the Study of Muslim Ceramics; 4. A New Interpretation of the Economic History of Medieval Egypt: the Role of the Textile Industry, 254-567/868-1171; Labour; 5 The Crafts among the Arabs; 6. Base Trades in Islam; 7. The Economic Conditions of the Mawālī in Early Islamic Times.
  • 8 Craftsmen and Groups of Craftsmen in the First Centuries of Islam9. The Working People of the Mediterranean Area during the High Middle Ages; 10. Agricultural and Irrigation Labourers in Social and Economic Life of 'Irāq during the Umayyad and 'Abbāsid Caliphates; 11. The 'Serfs' of Islamic Society under the 'Abbāsid Regime; 12. Law and Economy in Ifrīqiya (Tunisia) in the Third Islamic Century: Agriculture and the Role of Slaves in the Country's Economy; 13. Labor Partnerships in Early Islamic Law; Index.