Islamic Mallorca (290-627 AH / 903-1229 CE): A Study of Its Economic and Scientific Conditions

Abstract

The study aims to highlight the economic and scientific conditions of the island of Mallorca during the period of Islamic rule (290-627 AH / 903-1229 CE) by relying on historical and geographical sources and analyzing its natural and human components. It addresses the realities of economic activity in agriculture, trade, and finance, as well as scientific movements and the sciences that spread on the island. The study adopts historical and descriptive methods and concludes that Mallorca witnessed scientific prosperity, as evidenced by the emergence of scholars in the transmitted and rational sciences. It also experienced flourishing economic activity based on pastoralism and internal and external trade, which granted it an important position within the Islamic Mediterranean sphere.