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The Suqs of Basrah: Commercial Organization and Activity in a Medieval Islamic City

The Suqs of Basrah: Commercial Organization and Activity in a Medieval Islamic City MISCELLANEA THE SUQS OF BASRAH: COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITY IN A MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC CITY I. As Lewis Mumford says "without a long running start in history we shall not have the momentum needed, in our own consciousness, to take a sufficiently bold leap into the future" However, this article is stimulated mainly by the present active economic role of Iraqi cities' suqs (markets). Basrah is a very important city in Iraq economically and geographically. Therefore the aim of this article is to examine from the historical point of view the role played by the suqs in medieval Islamic Basrah. It would be well to recall a few facts concerning the early development of Basrah before dwelling on the subject under study. Early Muslim authors depict the original foundation of Basrah as being merely camp. Typical of the policy of early Arab commanders of non-permanent settlements. It can be said that neither the Caliph Umar I nor his commander 'Utba ibn Ghazwan (the actual founder of Basrah) envisaged foundation of a permanent settlement. The site, on the ruins called Khurayba (lit. ruin) lacked any source of water. According to Ibn al-Faqih, in the 9th century, it was 4 farsakh http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient Brill

The Suqs of Basrah: Commercial Organization and Activity in a Medieval Islamic City

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Brill
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© 1981 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0022-4995
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1568-5209
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10.1163/156852081X00130
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MISCELLANEA THE SUQS OF BASRAH: COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITY IN A MEDIEVAL ISLAMIC CITY I. As Lewis Mumford says "without a long running start in history we shall not have the momentum needed, in our own consciousness, to take a sufficiently bold leap into the future" However, this article is stimulated mainly by the present active economic role of Iraqi cities' suqs (markets). Basrah is a very important city in Iraq economically and geographically. Therefore the aim of this article is to examine from the historical point of view the role played by the suqs in medieval Islamic Basrah. It would be well to recall a few facts concerning the early development of Basrah before dwelling on the subject under study. Early Muslim authors depict the original foundation of Basrah as being merely camp. Typical of the policy of early Arab commanders of non-permanent settlements. It can be said that neither the Caliph Umar I nor his commander 'Utba ibn Ghazwan (the actual founder of Basrah) envisaged foundation of a permanent settlement. The site, on the ruins called Khurayba (lit. ruin) lacked any source of water. According to Ibn al-Faqih, in the 9th century, it was 4 farsakh

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Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1981

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