Sharia and the making of the modern Egyptian : Islamic law and custom in the courts of Ottoman Cairo / Reem A. Meshal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meshal, Reem A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic law.

Egypt--History--1517-1882.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (303 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this book, 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 o

Contents:

""Inside Cover ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface and Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter One""; ""Chapter Two""; ""Chapter Three""; ""Chapter Four""; ""Chapter Five""; ""Chapter Six""; ""Chapter Seven""; ""Conclusions""; ""Notes""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781617975813

1617975818

9781617975509

1617975508

9781617975738

1617975737