Seeking justice at the court of the khans of Khiva (19th-early 20th centuries) / by Paolo Sartori, Ulfat Abdurasulov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sartori, Paolo, 1975- author.

Abdurasulov, Ulfatbek, 1977- author.

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; volume 38.

Brill's inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; volume 38

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Khivinskoe khanstvo--History--19th century--Sources.

Justice, Administration of.

Justice, Administration of--Khivinskoe khanstvo--History--20th century--Sources.

Justice, Administration of--Uzbekistan--History--19th century--Sources.

Justice, Administration of--Uzbekistan--History--20th century--Sources.

History.

Uzbekistan.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2020.

Summary:

"This book aims to shed light on the juridical field of the Khanate of Khiva at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The Khanate of Khiva is the term employed in Western historiography to denote the political formation that was put in place by the Qonghrats. The latter was a dynasty of Uzbek origin that ruled roughly between the last quarter of the 18th century and 1920. It ruled over the region known as Khorezm (Ar. Khwārazm), one of the biggest oases of Central Asia, traversed by the Amu Darya and nestled within the territory of what is today Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The main objective of this work is to show that prior to Sovietization the dispensation of justice in Khorezm depended mostly on a group of officials who represented the dynasty in power, but who lacked any specialised legal training. It is important to reflect on this particular aspect of the legal system developed by the Muslim principality that we refer to as the Khanate of Khiva, for conventional wisdom says that the practice of law in pre-modern Muslim societies was usually the business of the ulamā, i.e., the scholars of Islam"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Sartori, Paolo, 1975- Seeking justice at the court of the khans of Khiva (19th - early 20th centuries).

ISBN:

9789004419391

900441939X

OCLC:

1141954748