Manufacturing -- The development of techniques in the medieval Muslim world / G. Wiet, V. Elisséeff, and Ph. Wolff -- The main industries of the Mediterranean area as reflected in the records of the Cairo Geniza / S.D. Goitein -- An introduction to the study of Muslim ceramics / Jean Sauvaget -- A new interpretation of the economic history of medieval Egypt: the role of the textile industry, 254-567/868-1171 / Gladys Frantz-Murphy -- Labour -- The crafts among the Arabs / Ignaz Goldziher -- Base trades in Islam / Robert Brunschvig -- The economic conditions of the Mawālī in early Islamic times / Jamal Judah -- Craftsman and groups of craftsmen in the first centuries of Islam / Barbara Finster -- The working people of the Mediterranean area during the high middle ages / S.D. Goitein -- Agricultural and irrigation labourers in social and economic life of 'Irāq during the Umayyad and 'Abbāsid Caliphates / Muhammad 'Abdul Jabbar -- The 'Serfs' of Islamic society under the 'Abbāsid Regime / Muhammad 'Abdul Jabbar Beg -- Law and economy in Ifrīqiya (Tunisia) in the third Islamic century: agriculture and the role of slaves in the country's economy / Mohamed Talbi -- Labor partnerships in early Islamic law / Abraham L. Udovitch