Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo
James Baldwin
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Hardback. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
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 ... Read more
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Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781474403092
SKU
V9781474403092
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99-15
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