The quantitative Estimate of Spoils of war During The Age of the Rashidin (Upright) Caliphs, and Some of Its Consequences

In the thirty years, following the prophet's demise until the end of Ali's rule, the Muslims gained through their conquests, a great amount of spoils, both in cash and other wise. The rise in the volume of cash in Medina could, in the short term, seriously affect the general price index in the city; nevertheless, because of the prevalence of trade in the form of barter, the free flow of trade between Arabia and other regions, the melting of dirhams and dinars and their transformation into bullions and orramental