Bankers and Politics: The Network of Shi'i Moneychangers in Eighth-Ninth Century Kufa and their Role in the Shi'i Community.

The article studies the network of moneychangers in the Shi'i community of Kufa during the eighth-ninth centuries. It argues that apart from exchanging currencies, some of these moneychangers acted as financial agents for the imams, collecting funds from their following, receiving donations on their...

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Published in:	Journal of Persianate Studies Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 1 - 22
Main Author:	Asatryan, Mushegh
Format:	Article
Published:	Brill Academic Publishers Jan2014
Subjects:	Bankers Banking industry > Political activity Imams (Shiites) Collecting of accounts Biographical dictionaries
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost