collective ownership, 375

collectivization, 374–375

commenda contracts. see mudharabah

commerce. see trade

commodity Ribā. see Ribā al-Buyū'

competition, 60

in Islamic banking, 337, 403–404, 405

maritime, 14

in spice trade, 299

state, 276

Confusion, Age of Ignorance and. see Jahiliyyah

conquered land

as economic resource, 80, 110

ownership of, 59, 103, 104, 118, 137–138

Umar I and, 104–106, 137–138

consensus of opinion. see ijma'

Constantinople, 128, 286

Constantius, Emperor, 13

constitution, 311–314

consumer behaviour. see also basic commodities; consumption

al-Shaibānī on, 199–200

theory of, 65–66, 375–379

wants and needs concept, 377–378

consumption. see also consumer behaviour

and asceticism, 212

association with earnings, 198–200

concept of moderation, 40, 108

effect on economic development, 277

al-Ghazālī on, 122, 250–251, 377–378

Ibn Khaldūn on, 276–278

Islamic approach to, 6, 8, 65–73, 90

levels of, 41–42, 250–251, 377–378

al-Rāghib al-Aŝfahānī on, 239–240

social function of, 376–377

Contemporary Zakāh (Abū-Saud, M.), 359–360

contracts, 265–266, 268

conversion, 150–151, 161

cooperation. see also economic cooperation

in industry, 203, 242

Shah Wali-Allah on, 310

in trade, 141

courage, 9–10, 25

cowardice, 9–10

crop sharing. see muqāsamah

Crown Estate. see Sawāfi land

Crusades, 128, 224, 299–301

currency dealers, 22, 134

currency union, 383, 384–386

current assets, 254–256

custom duties. see ushūr

custom union, 385

 

Dam of Ma'rib, 11, 15, 16, 17

Dar al-Hikmah, 232

debts, 77, 78, 79, 141, 144

decentralization, 311

deduction, 216

deflation, 213, 244

deities, 13, 20

Department of Trade, 261

destiny, concept of, 39

dhalalah, 292, 315

dhaman, 410

discrimination, 74

divine guidance, 65

Dīwān, 116, 130–133, 410

Dīwān al-Mustaghallat, 410

Dīwān-al-asl, 132, 410

Dīwān-al-barīd, 131, 410

Dīwān-al-Jund, 410

Dīwān-al-khātim, 131, 132, 410

Dīwān-al-maa', 139

Dīwān-al-rasa'il, 131–132, 410

Dīwān-al-zimam, 132–133, 410

Dīwān-al-zimmah. see Dīwān-al-zimam

doctrine of necessity, 233, 236

Donia, Shawqy Ahmed, 390–392

drinking, 32, 50, 101

duyun, 416

 

earnings

as destined by God, 218

al-Ghazālī on, 251–252

Ibn Khaldūn on, 280

al-Muĥāsibī on, 212, 216–220

al-Shaibānī on, 198–200

economic cooperation, 381–386, 395

economic development

al-Rāghib al-Aŝfahānī on, 241

Bāqir-al-Sadr on, 393–394

under caliph Ali ibn Abi-Taleb, 124–125

Ibn Khaldūn on, 277–278

from Islamic perspective, 388–389

Keynes on, 278

Khurshid Ahmad on, 389–390

maximization and, 44, 370

as objective of production, 61

objectives of, 64

Shawqy Ahmed Donia on, 390–392

during Umayyad caliphate, 105–106

Economic Development in an Islamic Framework (Ahmad), 389–390

economic efficiency, 41–43, 61, 242

economic freedom, 399

economic injustice, 271–272

economic integration

al-Ghazālī on, 249–250

Ibn Khaldūn on, 275–276

Ja'afer al-Dīmashqī on, 256

al-Rāghib al-Aŝfahānī on, 242–243

economic literature. see Islamic economic literature

economic resources

abuse of, 37, 60, 61

allocation of, 60, 369–371

utilisation of, 61

economic theory

Islamic, 6, 8, 371–375

Western altruistic, 64

Western socio-, 378–379

Western versus Islamic, 45, 63, 378–379

Edomites, 15

education. see also schools; universities

as basic human need, 240

Christian schools, 293

al-Ghazālī on, 247–248

Ibn Khaldūn on, 283

as means for specialisation, 205

al-Rāghib al-Aŝfahānī on, 242

efficiency, economic, 41–43, 61, 242

Egypt,

army revolt, 301, 321

British occupation, 301, 318, 323

development of agriculture, 139

during Fatimid caliphate, 224, 225

High Council for Fostering Art and Literature, 352–353

High Institute for Arabic Studies, 352

during Ikhshīdi dynasty, 229, 231

Islamic banking in, 335–336, 366–367

during Mumlūks dynasty, 284, 286, 319–320

market tax revolt, 153

reformers from, 319–324

during reign of Muĥammad Ali, 293–295

and secularisation, 326–327

and trade routes, 140

during Tulūnīd dynasty, 228

emigrants, 85, 86, 94

endurance, 5–6, 24

English language, 332, 339

entrepreneurship, 47, 62, 80–83, 91, 149

environment, as factor of production, 63

equality, 28, 43

equilibrium, 373–374

equity capital, 64, 332

equity participation, 333

ethics, 373–375, 396, 405

Ethics and Economics: an Islamic Synthesis (Naqvi), 373

exchange value, 204

extension (isrāf), 41–42, 70, 412

external auditing, 133

extravagance, 40, 42, 68, 70, 108, 199, 250

 

Excerpt of the index made by Pierke Bosschieter for:

Islamic Economics: a Short History, Ahmed El-Ashker & Rodney Wilson, Brill Academic Publishers, 2006.

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