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

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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Meshal, Reem A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cairo, Egypt ; New York, New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2014.
Edition:[International version].
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