The Loom and Village Census of 837

The "Fragments of Gold" records for 837 AH a count of the weavers in Alexandria and of the villages of Egypt, and compares it with what had been before. ¹

The weavers in Alexandria were counted, and there were eight hundred looms in it, while at the end of the eighth century there had been fourteen thousand looms. The army registry counted the villages of Egypt, southern and northern, as two thousand one hundred and seventy. At the beginning of the Fatimid state there had been ten thousand villages. ¹

The figures are given on the source's own authority. An additional source is needed.