Note on Transliteration; Part I The Wealth of Egypt and the Revenues of the Imperial Treasury of Egypt.; I. Fixed Charges on Individuals ; Part II The Expenditures of the Imperial Treasury of Egypt ; I. Salaries ; Conditions for Possession and Amount of Wages. Distribution of Salaries, Wages,...

Defining a framework for the economic history of early-modern Egypt -- Artisan entrepreneurs: capitalist practices in a precapitalist environment -- A period of unprecedented social mobility for nonelites -- The Jalfis: oil pressers and emirs -- Competition between different forms of capitalism...