الأسعار في بلاد الشام في الفترة الأيوبية (570-658 ه 1174-1260 م)‎

Abstract EN

This research aims to study the prices in the Bilad Al-Sham during the Ayyubid Era (570_658 A.H\ 1174_1260 A.D), the factors affecting them, the procedures that were taken by the government to stop the state of manipulation and vacillation.

the study concluded that the Bilad al-sham's prices were the highest of all the neighboring regions; they also differ from city to city, according to the different circumstances, scales and coins between them.

the study showed that the Bilad al-sham's prices were at a inflation repeatedly due to natural causes; such as droughts and the spread of plagues and disease infested rats and locusts, not to mention earthquakes, and of course political factors, such as wars ,as in the Frankish wars, the disputes in the Ayyubid house, and the Mongolian raids, along with the political views of certain ruling family members, all these factors aided in the inflation of prices.

the Ayyubid government tried to put an end to this inflation of prices by reconsidering certain sections, and paying more attention to both the agricultural sector and the commercial sector, and setting the coin weight, and put a firm grip on the market, especially preventing monopoly, setting the scales to a standard, and transferring the food commodities from Egypt to the Bilad Al-Sham.