Customary and Shari'ah Law in Arabian Society
Variorum (Verlag)
978-0-86078-299-5 (ISBN)
R. B. Serjeant, formerly University of Cambridge, UK
Contents: Preface; The Da’if and the Mustad’af and the status accorded to them in the Qur’an; The Caliph ’Umar’s letters to Abu Musa al-Ash’ari and Mu’awiya; The interplay between tribal affinities and religious (Zaydi) authority in the Yemen; The ’Awdhillah Confederation with some reference to al-Hamdani; Dawlah, tribal shaykhs, the Mansab of the Waliyyah Sa’idah, qasamah, in the Fadli sultanate, South Arabian Federation; Yafi’, Zaydis, Al Bu Bakr b. Salim and others: tribes and Sayyids; The Ma’n ’Gypsies’ of the East Aden Protectorate; A Judeo-Arab housedeed from Habban (with notes on the former Jewish communities of the Wahidi Sultanate); Famine death without loss of honour in ancient Arabia and Yemeni Arhab; The ’White Dune’ at Abyan: an ancient place of pilgrimage in Southern Arabia; Forms of plea: a Safi’i manual from al-Sihr; Two tribal law cases (documents), Wahidi Sultanate, South-west Arabia; Recent marriage legislation from al-Mukalla, with notes on marriage customs; Sex, birth, circumcision, some notes from South-west Arabia; Maritime customary law off the Arabian coasts; Omani naval activities off the Southern Arabian coast in the late 11th/17th centuries, from Yemeni chronicles; Notes on the ’Frankish Chancre’ (syphilis) in Yemen, Egypt and Persia; Notes on some aspects of Arab business practices in Aden; Index.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 27.10.1991 |
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Reihe/Serie | Variorum Collected Studies |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 150 x 224 mm |
Gewicht | 725 g |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht ► Kirchenrecht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
ISBN-10 | 0-86078-299-9 / 0860782999 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-86078-299-5 / 9780860782995 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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