Legal Diversity in the Age of Taqlid: the Four Chief Qadis Under the Mamluks

Sultan Baybars' decision to appoint four Chief Qādīs , one from each of the Sunni schools of law, has long been recognized as a turning point in the history of the madhhabs. To date, historians have explained this decision only in political or ideological terms, paying little attention to its i...

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Main Author: Rapoport, Yossef (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2003
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 210-228
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