Author
Aykan, Yavuz.
Publication Date
2016
Publication Place
Leiden -
Brill
Subject
Justice, Administration of > Turkey > Diyarbakır > History > 18th century. | Diyarbakır (Turkey) > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. | Diyarbakır Province (Turkey) > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918. | Turkey > History > Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Type
Book
Language
English
Digital
No
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
1 online resource.
Library
American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE
Library Asset ID
Unknown
Record ID
40223
Library Location
ARCE Library
Date
2016
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. | In his Rendering Justice to Amid, Yavuz Aykan analyzes the legal life of the city of Amid, capital of the Ottoman province of Diyarbakir, in the 18th century. Based on the minutes of the courts of the towns of Amid, Harput and Mardin, it highlights the centrality of the qadi, the provincial governor (vali) and the mufti in the operational field of the law. Tracing the genealogy of texts used by the provincial mufti, Aykan also studies the circulation of various legal interpretations from Greater Syria to Transoxiana and the Golden Horde, and their integration into Ottoman legal practice. This book thus offers a renewed and historicized approach to the actors and hierarchies of legal systems in this provincial framework. In Rendering Justice to Amid, Yavuz Aykan analyzes the legal life of the city of Amid, the capital of Ottoman Diyarbekir province in the 18th century. Making use of court records from the cities of Amid, Harput and Mardin, he explores the centrality of the qadi, the provincial governor, and the provincial mufti to law enforcement. By tracing the genealogies of legal texts used by the mufti for fatwa production, Aykan maps out the broader transformations of various judicial interpretations in their journey from Greater Syria to Transoxiana and the Golden Horde, and finally into Ottoman legal praxis. As such, this book offers a far more historicized approach to the multiple actors and hierarchies of legal systems operating in this provincial setting.
Sample Text
In his Rendering Justice to Amid, Yavuz Aykan analyzes the legal life of the city of Amid, capital of the Ottoman province of Diyarbakir, in the 18th century. Based on the minutes of the courts of the towns of Amid, Harput and Mardin, it highlights the centrality of the qadi, the provincial governor (vali) and the mufti in the operational field of the law. Tracing the genealogy of texts used by the provincial mufti, Aykan also studies the circulation of various legal interpretations from Greater Syria to Transoxiana and the Golden Horde, and their integration into Ottoman legal practice. This book thus offers a renewed and historicized approach to the actors and hierarchies of legal systems in this provincial framework. In Rendering Justice to Amid, Yavuz Aykan analyzes the legal life of the city of Amid, the capital of Ottoman Diyarbekir province in the 18th century. Making use of court records from the cities of Amid, Harput and Mardin, he explores the centrality of the qadi, the provincial governor, and the provincial mufti to law enforcement. By tracing the genealogies of legal texts used by the mufti for fatwa production, Aykan maps out the broader transformations of various judicial interpretations in their journey from Greater Syria to Transoxiana and the Golden Horde, and finally into Ottoman legal praxis. As such, this book offers a far more historicized approach to the multiple actors and hierarchies of legal systems operating in this provincial setting.
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The Ottoman Empire and its Heritage60.Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.
