The present book investigates three short late Mamluk treatises about land properties (waqf) in the Palestinian city of Hebron, which the prophet Muhammad granted to Tamim al-Dari. The treatise entitled ?aw? al-sari li-ma?rifat ?abar Tamim al-Dari by al-Maqrizi (d. 845/1442) is the core of the book. It is edited here for the first time on the sole basis of the copy corrected by the author. A facsimile of the manuscript is also provided at the end of the book. In order to illuminate the discourse on property rights and donation that prevailed in the Mamluk period and al-Maqrizi's position, two additional treatises dealing with the same issue are included. The first is al-?awab al-?alil ?an ?ukm balad al-?alil by Ibn ?a?ar al-?Asqalani (d. 852/1448). The second is al-Fa?l al-?amim fi iq?a? Tamim by al-Suyu?i (911/1505). The three texts are fully translated and annotated and preceded by a thorough introduction.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
"These editions are clear and straightforward. Prof. Frenkel has done his excellent work here as he has with the translations, which read well and are accurate. These works, along with the detailed introduction, are a great boon not only for al-Maqrizi studies, but also for the social, cultural and economic history of the Mamluk Sultanate, the history of Palestine and the region of Hebron, questions of land tenure, legal studies, and early Islamic tradition and its later reception and ramifications. Prof. Frenkel's efforts here are impressive, and we should all be grateful with the result."
Reuven Amitai in sehepunkte 16 (2016), Nr. 7/8.
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Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
History of the Mamluk sultanate; History of land-tenure and Islamic Jurisprudence; History of Palestine.
Produkt-Hinweis
Fadenheftung
Gewebe-Einband
Maße
Höhe: 241 mm
Breite: 159 mm
Dicke: 30 mm
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ISBN-13
978-90-04-22849-8 (9789004228498)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Yehoshua Frenkel, Ph.D The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, teaches Medieval Islamic History at the University of Haifa. His main research interest is social and legal history.
