Umayyad Glass Fals Weight Issued in Egypt and Found in Barsinia /Jordan

Abstract

This paper intends to present an Umayyad glass weight, found in Barsinia, Jordan, and probably made in Egypt during the 8th century AD, supposedly by the office of weights and measures (dar al-'iyar). This glass weight mentioned the name of Usama, who was well known, from historical sources, as the finance director of Egypt (96-9 H./ AD. 714-17) and interim governor also (102 H./ A.D. 720-1). It also aims at shedding light on this glass weight by clarifying the Arabic words that appeared on the glass weight. The paper attempts to link this information to each other in such a manner that the tax policy adopted by Usama ibn Zaid will be displayed.