Banks and banking, modern - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Banks and banking, modern - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Kuran, Timur

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060907
Doc. NO	:	ALei1304
Main Entry	:	Kuran, Timur
Title & Author	:	Banks and banking, modern - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Kuran, Timur
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(2,806 words)
Abstract	:	Banks arrived in the Muslim world in the nineteenth century, as a key initiative in the modernisation campaigns launched by Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. Although Muslim-governed societies had always benefited from credit markets, it was not until then that they were served by durable intermediaries authorised to accept deposits, make loans, transfer money, and provide various other financial services. Until the early nineteenth century credit suppliers were individuals or short-lived partnerships. Although the most successful moneylenders also made short-term loans to states, credit went mostly to
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei1304.pdf