Visions of justice : : Sharia and cultural change in Russian Central Asia / / by Paolo Sartori.
Visions of Justice offers an exploration of legal consciousness among the Muslim communities of Central Asia from the end of the eighteenth century through the fall of the Russian Empire. Paolo Sartori surveys how colonialism affected the way in which Muslims formulated their convictions about entit...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016. |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Handbuch der Orientalistik. Handbook of Uralic studies ;
24. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- 1 The Islamic Juridical Field in Central Asia, circa 1785–1918
- 2 Native Judges into Colonial Scapegoats
- 3 The Bureaucratization of Land Tenure
- 4 Annulling Charitable Endowments
- 5 Fatwas for Muslims, Opinions for Russians
- Epilogue. The Legacy: Opportunities from Colonialism
- Appendix i: Examples of Diplomas of Appointment to the Office of Qāḍī
- Appendix ii: Examples of Sale Deeds of Land in Tashkent, 1856–1883
- Appendix iii: Ṣādiq Jān Ākhūn Jān-ūghlī vs. Muḥyī al-Dīn Khwāja Īshān Qāḍī
- Appendix iv: A Qāḍī ’s Ruling on a Defamation Case
- Glossary of Islamic Terms
- Archival Files Consulted
- Bibliography
- Index.