James E. Baldwin

Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of Islamic law and political power in the Ottoman EmpireâEUR(TM)s richest provincial cityWhat did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential juristsâEUR(TM) 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 âEUR" religious scholarship and royal justice âEUR" 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 shariâEUR~a and political power, the plurality of Islamic legal practice, and the nature of centre-periphery relations in the Ottoman Empire.Key features

Offers a new interpretation of the relationship between Islamic law and political power

Presents law as the key nexus connecting Egypt with the imperial capital Istanbul during the period of Ottoman decentralization

Studies judicial institutions such as the governorâEUR(TM)s Diwan and the imperial council that have received little attention in previous scholarship

Integrates the study of legal records with an analysis of how legal practice was represented in contemporary chronicles

Provides transcriptions and translations of a range of Ottoman legal documents

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781474419079
• Artikelnr.: 50402453

Autorenporträt

James E. Baldwin is Lecturer in Empires of the Early Modern Muslim World at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Inhaltsangabe

Abbreviations
Abbreviations
Note on transliteration and dates
Introduction
1. A Brief Portrait of Cairo under Ottoman Rule
2. Cairo's Legal System: Institutions and Actors
3. Royal Justice: The Divan-i Hümayun and the Diwan al-¿Ali
4. Government Authority, the Interpretation of Fiqh, and the Production of
Applied Law
5. The Privatization of Justice: Dispute Resolution as a Domain of
Political Competition
6. 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 this Study
Notes
Map: Cairo in the Eighteenth Century
Glossary
Sources and Works Cited
Index