The Purpose and Practice of Divorce in Sasanian and Post-Sasanian Texts

Many scholarly works aim to identify and explain the continued survival of pre-Islamic social phenomena and institutions deep into the Islamic age. To understand the historical roots of Iranian social issues more profoundly and accurately, it seems necessary to examine the social structure and insti...

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VerfasserInnen: Doust, Amin Shayeste (VerfasserIn) ; Cereti, Carlo Giovanni (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2021
In: Journal of Persianate studies
Jahr: 2021, Band: 14, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 57-80
weitere Schlagwörter:B Divorce
B legal texts
B Sasanian Empire
B early Islamic society
B pre-Islamic Iran
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Zusammenfassung:Many scholarly works aim to identify and explain the continued survival of pre-Islamic social phenomena and institutions deep into the Islamic age. To understand the historical roots of Iranian social issues more profoundly and accurately, it seems necessary to examine the social structure and institutions of the Sasanian era. Such a study enables us to trace their subsequent development and identify the ways in which they transformed. This paper attempts to clarify the purpose and practice of divorce in late Antique Iran, by reconstructing the rationale for and procedure of divorce in Sasanian society based on extant legal cases using a socio-historical approach. It also tries to show the different types of divorce in Sasanian and post-Sasanian sources, emphasizing the controversy and contradictions among Zoroastrian jurisconsults and legal texts to identify different legally-sanctioned perspectives regarding divorce.
ISSN:1874-7167
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Persianate studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18747167-bja10017