Ebu's-Su`ud: The Islamic Legal Tradition Contributor(s): Imber, Colin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804729271 ISBN-13: 9780804729277 Publisher: Stanford University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: " Colin Imber' s study of the sixteenth-century Ottoman Sheikh al-Islam, Ebu' s-Su' ud, the preeminent jurisconsult of the Ottoman Empire, is an illuminating and timely addition to a sparse, but growing, literature dedicated to this more proximate inheritance of the contemporary Islamic world." -- Comparative Studies in Society & History |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire |
Dewey: 340.590 |
LCCN: 96070278 |
Series: Jurists: Profiles in Legal Theory |
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 6.5" W x 9.52" (1.34 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Islamic - Cultural Region - Middle East - Cultural Region - Turkey |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This biographical and intellectual study of a key figure in the history of Islamic Jurisprudence sets the legal problems in their social and historical context. |