Vows as Contract in Ottoman Public Life (17th-18th centuries)
Abstract Starting sometime in the seventeenth century, vows (nezir, Ar. nadhr) began to be used in the central lands of the Ottoman Empire as a means to seal contracts of a public nature. Although these vows were similar to the more common and older forms of customary compacts that also pertained to...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2011
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2011, Volume: 18, Issue: 1, Pages: 85-115 |
Further subjects: | B
LEGAL CENTRALIZATION
B CUSTOM B CONTRACT B Oaths B Ottoman Empire B Vows |
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