Islamic Law and Custom in the Courts of Ottoman Cairo
Hardback
Publication Date: 04/04/2014
In this new study, the author examines sijills, the official documents of the Ottoman Islamic courts, to understand how sharia law, society, and the early-modern economy of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Ottoman Cairo related to the practice of custom in determining rulings. In the sixteenth century, a new legal and cultural orthodoxy fostered the development of an early-modern Islam that broke new ground, giving rise to a new concept of the citizen and his role. Contrary to the prevailing scholarly view, this work adopts the position that local custom began to diminish and decline as a source of authority. These issues resonate today, several centuries later, in the continuing discussions of individual rights in relation to Islamic law.
- ISBN:
- 9789774166174
- 9789774166174
- Category:
- Middle Eastern history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 04-04-2014
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Country of origin:
- Egypt
- Pages:
- 304
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156x28mm
- Weight:
- 0.72kg
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