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[US & CA version]. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 290 pages .) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-286) and index. |
| Contents |
The Empire in Theory -- Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa) -- The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir) -- "This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo -- The Documented Life -- The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime" -- The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin). |
| Summary |
In this 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 16th and 17th century Ottoman Cairo related to the practice of custom in determining rulings. In the 16th century, a new legal and culutral orthodoxy fostered the development of an early-modern Islam that broke new ground, giving rise of 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Law -- Egypt -- Islamic influences -- History.
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Law. |
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Egypt. |
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History. |
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Islamic law -- Social aspects -- Egypt -- History.
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Islamic law. |
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Social aspects. |
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Customary law -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
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Customary law. |
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Egypt -- Cairo. |
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Islamic courts -- Egypt -- Cairo -- History.
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Egypt -- History -- 1517-1882.
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| Chronological Term |
1517-1882 |
| Subject |
LAW -- Essays. |
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LAW -- General Practice. |
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LAW -- Jurisprudence. |
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LAW -- Paralegals & Paralegalism. |
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LAW -- Practical Guides. |
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Islamic courts. |
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LAW -- Reference. |
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Law -- Islamic influences. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Added Author |
UPSO eCollections (University Press Scholarship Online).
MaRLi UPSO 2014.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9789774166174 9774166175 (DLC) 2014378830 |
| ISBN |
9781617975509 (electronic book) |
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1617975508 (electronic book) |
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9781617975813 (electronic book) |
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1617975818 (electronic book) |
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9789774166174 |
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9774166175 |
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