: Islamic Law and Custom in the Courts of Ottoman Cairo
First Statement of Responsibility
\ Reem A. Meshal.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cairo; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
: The American University in Cairo Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
, 2014
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xi, 290 p.
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Bibliography
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Index
CONTENTS NOTE
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The Empire in Theory -- Custom in Shari'a and in the Siyasati Ilahi (Celestial Siyasa) -- The Construction of Orthodoxy : Renewal (Tajdid) & Renunciation (Takfir) -- "This Sijill is a Hujja!" Mass Producing Documents in Ottoman-Cairo -- The Documented Life -- The Rights of God (Huquq Allah) : "A Moral Transgression, not a Crime" -- The Rights of Man (Huquq al-Adamiyyin).