Note of the Editor: This valuable study by the pioneer Iraqi economist Professor Mohammed Salman Hasan was published as contribution to the book titled “Studies in the Economic History of the Middle East from the Islam to present day” Edited by M. A. Coock, published by Oxford University Press in 1970 To download the study as PDF press here
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Read MoreDownload PDF Mohammed Salman Hasan was born in Baghdad in 1928, an Iraqi intellectual who from an early age did not accept the existing social order. Despite the poverty of his family, he worked diligently to improve his condition and equip himself with a modern vision. Although his financial means were meagre that did not stop him from persevering; he started by t
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