Islamic law and empire in Ottoman Cairo / James E. Baldwin.
2017
KBP69.E3 B35 2017 (Mapit)
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Islamic law and empire in Ottoman Cairo / James E. Baldwin.
Imprint
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xii, 232 pages ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
A brief portrait of Cairo under Ottoman rule
Cairo's legal system : institutions and actors
Royal justice : the Dīvān-i Hümāyūn and the Dīwān al-ʻĀlī
Government authority, the interpretation of fiqh, and the production of applied law
The privatization of justice : dispute resolution as a domain of political competition
A culture of disputing : how did Cairenes use the legal system?
Conclusion : Ottoman Cairo's legal system and grand narratives
Appendix : examples of documents used in the study.
Cairo's legal system : institutions and actors
Royal justice : the Dīvān-i Hümāyūn and the Dīwān al-ʻĀlī
Government authority, the interpretation of fiqh, and the production of applied law
The privatization of justice : dispute resolution as a domain of political competition
A culture of disputing : how did Cairenes use the legal system?
Conclusion : Ottoman Cairo's legal system and grand narratives
Appendix : examples of documents used in the study.
Summary
What did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential jurists' law, to a large extent it was developed by scholars outside the purview of the state. However, for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, justice was the ultimate duty of the monarch, and Islamic law was a tool of legitimation and governance. James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law - religious scholarship and royal justice - undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the Ottoman provinces. Through detailed studies of the various formal and informal dispute resolution institutions and practices that formed the fabric of law in Ottoman Cairo, his book contributes to key questions concerning the relationship between the shari'a and political power, the plurality of Islamic legal practice, and the nature of centre-periphery relations in the Ottoman Empire.
Note
What did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential jurists' law, to a large extent it was developed by scholars outside the purview of the state. However, for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, justice was the ultimate duty of the monarch, and Islamic law was a tool of legitimation and governance. James E. Baldwin examines how the interplay of these two conceptions of Islamic law - religious scholarship and royal justice - undergirded legal practice in Cairo, the largest and richest city in the Ottoman provinces. Through detailed studies of the various formal and informal dispute resolution institutions and practices that formed the fabric of law in Ottoman Cairo, his book contributes to key questions concerning the relationship between the shari'a and political power, the plurality of Islamic legal practice, and the nature of centre-periphery relations in the Ottoman Empire.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
Call Number
KBP69.E3 B35 2017
Language
English
ISBN
1474403093 (hardcover)
9781474403092 (hardcover)
9781474419079
1474419070
9781474403092 (hardcover)
9781474419079
1474419070
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