Landowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and Interplays

Landowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and InterplaysStudies in the History and Culture of the Middle East 36Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MUJPIVQ7/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.NoëmieLucasLandowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and Interplayshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/MUJPIVQ7https://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/MUJPIVQ7https://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/MUJPIVQ7Hannah-LenaHagemannStefanHeidemannTransregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire: The Early Islamic Empire at Work Volume 1BerlinWalter de Gruyter202069-98Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East 36This paper aims to identify types of landowners in Lower Iraq, where land was a social, political and economic issue, especially during the 8th century. The focus on landholders determines the characterisation of the imperial as well as regional Lower Iraqi elite. It takes into consideration Jewish and Christian landowners (for example, ecclesiastical landed elites in the Nestorian community), Persian landowners (for example, the dahāqīn who settled in the region before the Islamic conquest) and the landed Islamic elites (who are related to the conquering group). With this typology, I shed light not only on the diversity of landed elites in Lower Iraq but also on the subgroup of Islamic landowners. Defining landowner groups is a prerequisite to the study of the interplay between local and imperial elites over the course of the 8th century. This period is regarded as that of the rise of Islamic elites. Researchers agree these elites were no longer specifically bound to military functions, a development with consequences for other landed groups. Subsequent interplays took place in the context of inter- and intra-group relationships. This paper seeks to offer a typology of these interactions in order to understand the relationships and power ratios at stake. Lucas, Noëmie. “Landowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and Interplays.” In Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire: The Early Islamic Empire at Work Volume 1, edited by Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Stefan Heidemann, 69–98. Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East 36. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2020. Noëmie Lucas, Landowners in Lower Iraq during the 8th Century: Types and Interplays, in Transregional and Regional Elites – Connecting the Early Islamic Empire: The Early Islamic Empire at Work Volume 1, ed. Hannah-Lena Hagemann and Stefan Heidemann, Studies in the History and Culture of the Middle East 36 (Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2020), 69–98.Muslim-Christian relationsNestoriansVII-XVIII CEVIII CEagricultureeconomicselitessociety