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And the ambitions of British policy 95 And its land tax in his reign reached four million dinars (2,400,000 EGP), at a rate of 8 qirsh per feddan. And from Al-Maqrizi, it is understood that its area in the reign of Al-Ma'mun And its land tax was 4,270,000 dinars (2,504,000 EGP) It was 3,004,732 feddans At a rate of 85 qirsh per feddan And it was surveyed for the third time by Ibn Al-Mudabbir, the tax collector during the caliphate of Al-Mu'tazz Billah And he found four and twenty million feddans suitable for cultivation, as mentioned by Al-Maqrizi. And its land tax reached eight hundred thousand dinars (480,000 EGP) at a rate of two qirsh per feddan. And the land tax during the reign of Ahmad ibn Tulun, as mentioned by Ibn Waseef Shah, reached 4,200,000 dinars (2,580,000 EGP). It was a time of prosperity. And in the reign of Al-Ikhshid ibn Muhammad Tughj, the land tax, as mentioned by Al-Maqrizi, reached two million dinars amounting to (1,200,000 EGP). And during the caliphate of Al-Musta'izz Billah, its land tax in the year 358 AH, as mentioned by Ibn Waseef Shah, was 1,200,000 dinars (720,000 EGP). And in the year 359 AH, as mentioned by Ibn Hawqal, it was 3,300,000 dinars (1,920,000 EGP). And similarly in the year 360 AH, as mentioned by Abu Al-Mahasin. And it reached, during the caliphate of Al-Mustansir Billah, as mentioned by Abu Saleh, 3,121,000 dinars (1,872,000 EGP). And during the reign of Salah al-Din, the land tax of Egypt reached the districts of Manfalut and Qift in the year 585 AH, as mentioned by Al-Qadi Al-Fadl, 4,653,029 dinars (1,817 EGP). And its land was surveyed for the fourth time during the reign of Al-Mansur Hussam al-Din Lajin, and it was 5,733,723 feddans. Its land tax reached 10,816,584 dinars (6,489,950 EGP). At a rate of 126 qirsh per feddan. And it was surveyed for the fifth time during the reign of Al-Nasir Muhammad ibn Qalawun in the year 715 AH (1315 AD). It reached 5,133,723 feddans and its land tax was 9,428,289 dinars (56,567,963 EGP). At a rate of 109 qirsh per feddan. This is the last survey we have recorded in this era.