The public treasury of the Muslims
Subtitle: monthly budgets of the Mahdist state in the Sudan, 1897
By: edited and translated by Ahmad Ibrahim Abu Shouk and Anders Bjørkelo.
Contributors: Abu Shouk, Ahmad Ibrahim.; Bjørkelo, Anders J.
Series: The Ottoman Empire and its heritage,; v. 5
Publisher: New York; E.J. Brill
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 371
Subjects: Budget -- Sudan -- History -- 19th century.; Finance, Public -- Sudan -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Description: In 1885 Khartoum fell into the hands of the Mahdist movement which put an end to 60 years of Egyptian rule in the Sudan. An independent state was founded along Islamic principles, which also affected fiscal institutions like the Public Treasury. Through the translation and edition of the monthly budgets of nine and a half months in 1897, one can study closely the various items of revenue and expenditure, the currencies in circulation, the system of accountancy, and the organisation of the Treasury.

In addition to an analysis of the revenues, the introduction focuses on the organisation of the Treasury and on the system of accountancy and concludes that the Mahdists relied heavily on early Islamic as well on Ottoman models, which they modified to suit local conditions.
Notes: English and Arabic.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-366) and index.
The monthly budget records were used as a source in Ahmad Abu Shouk's thesis (master's)-- University of Bergen, 1991.