Arabic Administration in Norman Sicily: The Royal Diwan

Half-title......Page 3
Dedication......Page 6
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Contents......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
Tables......Page 14
Abbreviations......Page 16
Note on measurements......Page 20
Introduction......Page 21
‘Privileges … which, incidentally, have always been misinterpreted …’......Page 31
The evolution of Islamic fiscal administration: a selective account......Page 33
The fiscal administration of Ifriqiya......Page 38
The fiscal administration of Muslim Sicily......Page 42
The military conquest and the terms of the settlement......Page 51
The division of the spoils: the land......Page 59
The division of the spoils: the population......Page 62
The Palermo jarida of 1095 (Diwani 2)......Page 66
The Catania jaridas of 1095 (Diwani 3–4)......Page 71
The Triocala jarıda of 1097–8 (Diwani 6)......Page 78
The functions of the earliest Norman jara'id......Page 79
The comital administration......Page 83
The Arabic documents of Adelaide and Roger II (Diwani 7–8), 1109 and 1111......Page 94
The problem of continuity under Roger II (1105–30)......Page 98
Al-Maqrizi’s biography of George of Antioch......Page 100
The Cefalù deperdita (Diwani 10–11)......Page 111
Two Greek-Arabic documents for Lipari-Patti, 1133–4 (Diwani 12–13)......Page 114
The bilingual donation to Adelina the wet-nurse, 1136 (Diwani 14)......Page 121
The bilingual confirmation and jarida to San Giorgio di Triocala, 1141 (Diwani 15–18)......Page 122
The bilingual privilege to Santa Maria di Gala, 1142 (Diwani 19)......Page 128
George of Antioch’s bilingual endowment charter for Santa Maria dell’Ammiraglio, 1143 (Diwani 20)......Page 129
Conclusion......Page 131
De resignandis privilegiis......Page 135
Diwani 21: the renewal of the Catania jarida of 1095 (Diwani 3)......Page 139
Diwani 22: the renewal of the Aci Castello jarida of 1095 (Diwani 4)......Page 140
Diwani 23: the renewal of the Greek-Arabic privilege to Adelina the royal wet-nurse (Diwani 14)......Page 141
Diwani 24: the renewal of a jarida issued to Cefalù twelve years earlier (Diwani 10)......Page 143
Diwani 25: the renewal of the jarida issued to Roger Forestal in 1093–5 (Diwani 5)......Page 147
External features......Page 149
The narratio......Page 150
The dispositio......Page 154
The adf'iya......Page 158
The shurut......Page 159
The utility of the name-lists......Page 160
Conclusion......Page 163
The jara'id al-rijal......Page 164
The Muslim villeins of Norman Sicily......Page 165
The foundation and endowment of Santa Maria di Monreale......Page 171
The Monreale jarida of 1178 (Diwani 43)......Page 173
The Monreale jarida of 1183 (Diwani 45)......Page 185
Gàrcia and Ottumarrano (Diwani 41)......Page 190
The dafatir al-hudud......Page 192
The Monreale estate-register of May 1182 (Diwani 44)......Page 206
Conclusions......Page 212
The foundation of the diwan al-tahqiq......Page 213
The duties and organisation of the diwan al-tahqiq and the diwan alma'mur, 1154–94......Page 218
The diwan al-fawa'id......Page 224
The duana baronum......Page 226
The use of Arabic......Page 227
Ibn Jubayr and the eunuchs......Page 232
Philip of al-Mahdiya......Page 235
Martin......Page 239
Barrun, Peter, Ahmad......Page 242
Richard......Page 248
Abu I-Qasim ibn Hammud......Page 254
A miscellany of servants......Page 263
Conclusion......Page 267
CHAPTER 10 The Norman diwan and Fatimid Egypt......Page 277
Norman Sicily and Fatimid Egypt......Page 278
The Arabic titles of the Norman rulers of Sicily......Page 288
Al-diwan al-ma'mur and the diwan al-tahqiq al-ma'mur......Page 294
The Arabic scripts of the royal diwan......Page 295
The royal 'alama......Page 297
The hasbala, and other authentication marks......Page 299
Conclusion......Page 300
CHAPTER 11 Royal diwan and royal image......Page 304
Seclusion and display......Page 306
Christian rule through Muslim leaders......Page 309
Islamic justice and the royal diwan......Page 312
‘Sacred letters’......Page 317
COUNT ROGER I......Page 321
COUNT ROGER II......Page 322
KING ROGER......Page 323
WILLIAM I......Page 329
WILLIAM II AND MARGARET......Page 331
WILLIAM II......Page 332
FREDERICK II......Page 334
APPENDIX 2 Provisional catalogue of private documents......Page 335
APPENDIX 3 Abu Tillis –‘Old Wheat-sack’......Page 346
List of References......Page 349
Index......Page 378