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Islamic law in action: authority, discretion, and everyday experiences in Mamluk Egypt

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0199602433 (hbk.)
ISBN	9780199602438 (hbk.)
Author	Stilt, Kristen
Title	Islamic law in action : authority, discretion, and everyday experiences in Mamluk Egypt / [by] Kristen Stilt
Publisher	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011
Physical desc.	[xv], 238 p. ; maps ; 25 cm.
Note	Notes
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-229) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The Mamluk sultanage and Islamic legal history -- Introducing the Muhtasib -- Muslim devotional and pious practices -- Serious crimes or minor offences? -- Managing Christians and Jews -- Market regulation and consumer protection -- The markets for essential bread -- Currency and taxes -- Keeping the peace.
Subject	Islamic law -- Egypt -- To 1500
	Law -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
	Muḥtasib -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
	Trade regulation (Islamic law) -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
	Trade regulation -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
	Mamelukes -- History
	Egypt -- History -- 1250-1517
	Cairo (Egypt) -- History
	Cairo (Egypt) -- Social life and customs
	Fusṭāṭ (Cairo, Egypt) -- History
	Fusṭāṭ (Cairo, Egypt) -- Social life and customs

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