College of Arts

On Tuesday, May 6, 2025, the Department of History at the College of Arts held a defense session for a doctoral dissertation entitled “Public Expenditures in Al-Andalus from the Taifa Period to the Fall of the Kingdom of Granada (422–897 AH / 1031–1492 CE),” presented by researcher Nazhan Mohammed Hassan Al-Jubouri.

The session was attended by the Dean of the College, Professor Dr. Hatim Fahd Al-Taie, and the Head of the Department, Professor Dr. Mahmoud Saleh Saeed, along with a number of faculty members.

The dissertation shed light on public expenditures in the Andalusian state throughout its successive stages, analyzing financial spending mechanisms and their impact on the economic and social life of the time. It also reviewed the measures adopted by Andalusian governments to organize and distribute resources within an integrated financial system.

The examining committee consisted of:

Professor Dr. Bashar Akram Jameel – University of Mosul / College of Arts – Chair

Professor Dr. Barzan Maysar Hamed – University of Mosul / College of Education for Human Sciences – Member

Professor Dr. Adnan Mahmoud Abdul-Ghani Al-Shawi – University of Tikrit / College of Education for Human Sciences – Member

Assistant Professor Dr. Ghada Qahtan Hassan – University of Mosul / College of Arts – Member

Assistant Professor Dr. Saleh Ahmed Saleh – University of Mosul / College of Arts – Member

Professor Dr. Aida Mohammed Ubaid – University of Mosul / College of Arts – Member and Supervisor