Missives from the Frontier (130-152/747-769): Al-Awzāʿī and the Abbasids

This article examines and proposes a chronology for the extant correspondence of the Syrian legal scholar al-Awzāʿī (d. 157/773-4), arguing that the majority of the letters belong to the Abbasid phase of the scholar’s career. The letters are then used to highlight the network in which al-Awzāʿī oper...

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Main Author: Mikati, Rana (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-32
Further subjects:B Al-Awzāʿī
B frontiers
B Islamic Law
B al-Manṣūr
B Beirut
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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