Economic Aspects of the Fatimid State through the Book Al-Muntaqa Min Akhbar Misr by Ibn Maysar

Abstract

Islamic society witnessed a series of economic transformations, and if we want to write historical events based on purposeful foundations and rules, we have to understand that the Arab Islamic countries, and throughout the Islamic eras, led to development through the availability of many reasons, including political and economic, and in order to understand the depth of the development of the state’s economic activity, we must understand Its financial system, and this important historical phenomenon is what prompted me to give a clear vision of the economic system of Egypt in the Fatimid era ,Through one of the most important historical sources that dealt with the Fatimid era, represented by the book Al-Muntaqa min Akhbar Misr by Ibn Maysar, since the beginning of the Fatimid rule, Egypt had multiple financial resources and an exemplary organization from its youthful beginning until the integration of its economic structure, as the financial systems began to expand and branch out to the point that they included a number A large number of collections It was placed under the supervision of the owner (Nazr al-Diwan), who had general supervision over all financial offices. As a result of the bifurcation of these financial systems, many new offices appeared to expand the work of other financial offices. The financial system of Egypt in this era passed through gradual stages until it was integrated.