Jaridah

Definition of "Jaridah"

Lit: Newspaper, journal. Tech: A primary book of accounting record prevalent in early Islamic history. It is possible that the term ‘journal’ used by the Italian originator of the present-day book-keeping Niccoli Pacioli or ‘zonal’ as it was called in Venice could be a literal translation of the Arabic word jaridah. It was a specialized journal and there were quite a few of these journals for specific purposes. During the ‘Abbasids period (AD 750–945), 12 specialized accounting books were used. Some of the more famous were: (i) jaridah al-nafaqat or expenditure journal; (ii) jaridah al-mal or funds journal; and (iii) jaridah al-musadarin or journal of confiscated properties.