Kitāb al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah

İsim	Kitāb al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah
Basım Tarihi:	1881
Konu	Islamic courts--Early works to 1800, Judges--Islamic Empire, Judicial power (Islamic law), Judicial process (Islamic law), Justice, Administration of (Islamic law), Public law (Islamic law)
Tür	Kitap
Dil	Arapça
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Harvard Kütüphanesi
Demirbaş Numarası	LCCN: 76970933, LCCallNum: KBP1572 .M396 1881
Kayıt Numarası	TN_cdi_loca_primary_76970933
Lokasyon	ONLINE ACCESS
Tarih	1881
Notlar	Al-aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah (Rules for governing), by Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (died 1058), is known as the earliest comprehensive work on governing the Islamic state. It combines theoretical reflections on the nature of the state and the qualifications of the caliph and his officials with practical guidance on the application of legal principles for judges. The influence of Al-aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah has varied over the years. In his English translation, scholar Asadullah Yate treats the work as of antiquarian interest, stating that it "affords insights into aspects of the deen (religion) that have all but vanished in the twentieth century of the Christian era." Today, however, with the reappearance of Islamic religiosity, its treatment of statehood and leadership is regarded as of more importance. In straightforward, unadorned prose, al-Mawardi covers qualifications for leadership, requirements for high executive and judicial office, and the determination of primacy among rival caliphs or military regimes. This last subject was in fact the stimulus for him to write the book. Al-Mawardi lived in Baghdad at a time when the Abbasid caliphs were fighting to restore their primacy in confrontation with numerous rivals, among them the Shia Buyid dynasty and their Sunni rivals the Seljuks. A staunch Sunni, al-Mawardi argues for a realistic statecraft based on principles he discerned in the Qurʼan and in the life and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. al-Mawardi appears to have been born in humble circumstances in Basra, southern Iraq. His family sent him to Baghdad for education. He rose to a position of influence at the Abbasid court through his writings on government. For all his importance, he has received little attention from biographers. Some authors make the unsubstantiated claim that his family was Kurdish, while in other cases historians incorrectly place him among a group of Meccan theoreticians who were out of touch with the real circumstances of Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo and thus could not have composed this work. Published in 1881, the edition presented here is from the collections of the Law Library of the Library of Congress. World Digital Library.
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Başlık	Kitāb al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah

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Kitāb al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah

Basım Tarihi 1881

Konu Islamic courts--Early works to 1800, Judges--Islamic Empire, Judicial power (Islamic law), Judicial process (Islamic law), Justice, Administration of (Islamic law), Public law (Islamic law)

Tür Kitap

Dil Arapça

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Harvard Kütüphanesi

Demirbaş Numarası LCCN: 76970933, LCCallNum: KBP1572 .M396 1881

Kayıt Numarası TN_cdi_loca_primary_76970933

Lokasyon ONLINE ACCESS

Tarih 1881

Notlar Al-aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah (Rules for governing), by Abu al-Hasan al-Mawardi (died 1058), is known as the earliest comprehensive work on governing the Islamic state. It combines theoretical reflections on the nature of the state and the qualifications of the caliph and his officials with practical guidance on the application of legal principles for judges. The influence of Al-aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah has varied over the years. In his English translation, scholar Asadullah Yate treats the work as of antiquarian interest, stating that it "affords insights into aspects of the deen (religion) that have all but vanished in the twentieth century of the Christian era." Today, however, with the reappearance of Islamic religiosity, its treatment of statehood and leadership is regarded as of more importance. In straightforward, unadorned prose, al-Mawardi covers qualifications for leadership, requirements for high executive and judicial office, and the determination of primacy among rival caliphs or military regimes. This last subject was in fact the stimulus for him to write the book. Al-Mawardi lived in Baghdad at a time when the Abbasid caliphs were fighting to restore their primacy in confrontation with numerous rivals, among them the Shia Buyid dynasty and their Sunni rivals the Seljuks. A staunch Sunni, al-Mawardi argues for a realistic statecraft based on principles he discerned in the Qurʼan and in the life and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad. al-Mawardi appears to have been born in humble circumstances in Basra, southern Iraq. His family sent him to Baghdad for education. He rose to a position of influence at the Abbasid court through his writings on government. For all his importance, he has received little attention from biographers. Some authors make the unsubstantiated claim that his family was Kurdish, while in other cases historians incorrectly place him among a group of Meccan theoreticians who were out of touch with the real circumstances of Baghdad, Damascus, and Cairo and thus could not have composed this work. Published in 1881, the edition presented here is from the collections of the Law Library of the Library of Congress. World Digital Library.

Kaynak Library of Congress Digital Collections: All Content

Başlık Kitāb al-Aḥkām al-sulṭānīyah