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<DIV><FONT size=2>Dear list member a short article on the material evidence
of the Umayyad conquest of Hispania and the formation of
al-Andalus.</FONT></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Philippe SENAC
& Tawfiq IBRAHIM</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri><B><I>Notes sur des sceux de la conquete omeyyadde
</I></B><I>(premier moitie du VIII siecle)</I></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri><B><I><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>Notes on
the seals of Umayyad conquest </SPAN></I></B><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US>(first part of the VIII th
century)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal align=justify><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>The
paper publishes and comments on a small number of lead seals of remarkable
historical importance found in 2005 in Ruscino near Perpignan (Narbonne). The
lead seals, inscribed in Arabic early Kufi script, shed new light on the
activities of the Arab led armies in the Gallic lands (France) at the beginning
of the 8<SUP>th</SUP> century and give evidence of the redistribution of booty
gained in their rapid raids in Gaul. A further comparison is made with the much
more diverse material discovered in Umayyad<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Hispania/ al-Andalus, these last mention
names of governors, peace pacts with city names, poll taxes, <I>djizya</I>,
allotments, redistribution, etc..</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri></FONT></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal align=justify><SPAN
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri>Attached or see at : <A
href="https://www.academia.edu/35823747/Notes_sur_des_sceux_de_la_conqu%C3%AAte_omeyyadde_premier_moitie_du_VIII_siecle_Notes_on_the_seals_of_Umayyad_conquest_first_part_of_the_VIII_th_century">https://www.academia.edu/35823747/Notes_sur_des_sceux_de_la_conqu%C3%AAte_omeyyadde_premier_moitie_du_VIII_siecle_Notes_on_the_seals_of_Umayyad_conquest_first_part_of_the_VIII_th_century</A>_</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></BODY></HTML>