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<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>The article argues that al-abarī’s <jats:italic>History of the Prophets and the Kings</jats:italic> provides a free rider-analysis of the decline of Abbasid state power. Al-abarī’s historical analysis considers state policy on land tax, and religion as a legal norm related to the social contract between the head of state and the landlords. It is concluded that al-abarī saw the <jats:italic>misāa</jats:italic> tax system and ‘rule of law’ as the principal conditions for imperial rule, and that al-abarī’s <jats:italic>History</jats:italic> already provides an answer to modern historians’ questions as to why the Abbasid state crumbled, and what role religion played in the political economy.</jats:p> </jats:sec>
Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2011
Keywords: misāa; Abbasid; history; al-abarī; free rider problem
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