ISLAHI, ABDUL AZIM - In: Journal of Islamic Economic Studies 21-2 (2013), pp. 71-94
The present paper attempts to study the economic and financial crises of 15th century Egypt, which was ruled by Mamluk dynasty. Two social thinkers of the time – al-Maqrizi at the beginning of the century and al-Asadi at the middle – addressed the situation. To the former, deterioration of...