Anecdota Oxoniensia. Semitic series.

REVENUES OF EGYPT. '

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This revenue was drawn in the caliphate of Al-Mustansir I and in
the days of Al-Kahhal)2 the cadi.
~ Afterwards, in the time of Al-Aftdal his son, in the caliphate of
Al-Amir, one dinar and a third was 'imposed as a poll-tax.
~ In the vizierate of Rudwa'n ibn Walakhshi ~, in the caliphate of
Al-Haf~ [this tax was raised to] two dinars.
Alexandria, Al-Jiziyah; and Upper Egypt: Al-Iffl~iiyah, Al-Fayyfim, Al-Bahnas~iaAl-Ushmfnain, AIlsy iah, Al-Ikhmimyah, Al-Kis'vah.
The present principal divisions of Egypt, with the number of inhabited centres,
are:-Cairo (i), Alexandria (56), Damietta (5), Rosetta (9), Port Said (28), Suez
(8), Al-'Arilsh (6), K~usair (2), Al-Bu]hairah (i,882), Ash-Sharkliyah (i,868),
Ad-Da1kahliyah (1, 14 7), Al-Gharbiyah (i,81I7), Al-IK~alyfibliyah (71I7), Al-Manfi fyah
(63,A-Asyfitiyah (436), Bani Suwaif (423), Al-Fayyfim. (567), Al-Jizyah (369),
Minyah (734) Isn' (627), Jirjah (870), K~ana^ (898). See Recensemeni de 1'lfrJgyp/e,
ii. pp. x and xi.
The eighth of the Fatimide caliphs; reigned from, A.H. 427= =A. D. 1035 to
A.H. 487=A.D. 1094.
This refers to Jhn al-Kah~ba'l, the I a. i 'l-Ku t or chief cadi in the last
years of Al-1\'Iustansir's reign. It was, however, Badr al-jama'li, the Armenian
slave, who became vizier to Al-Mustansir in A. H. 467= A. D. 1075, who was the
father of Al-Afdal Sha~hanshah mentioned in the next paragraph.
After the death of Badr in A. H. 487I- =A. D. 1094, the soldiery chose his son
Al-Afdal Shahanshah as his successor in the vizierate. When Al-Mustansir died
in the same year, Al-Afdal remained in his post, and continued to act as vizier
during the reign of Al-Musta'1li, and after the accession of Al-Amir (in A. H. 495 =.A. D. i io i), who eventually caused him to he put to death in A. H.519 =A. D.'[1 25.
Treasures of immense value were found in his house. See Al-Mak~rzi, op. cit'.
i. p. r~oi; Ihn Khallikan, op. cit!. i. p. 61 2; Ihn Khaldfin, iv. p. i i f.
Successor in the vizierate of T~j ad-Daulah Bahram the Armenian, whom
he deposed from his office by force in A. H.53i. Ru-wan was an oppressor of
the Christians. In A. H. 533, on account of intrigues against him, RudWan fled to
Syria and returned with an army, hut being attacked by the troops of the caliph,
he fled to Upper Egypt, where he was captured. He was imprisoned at Cairo,
but escaped in A. H. 442, and made a fresh attempt to seize the power of which he
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