Visions of justice : Sharia and cultural change in Russian Central Asia / by Paolo Sartori. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017
Content
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration and Nomenclature
Abbreviations
List of Maps and Illustrations
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 The Islamic Juridical Field in Central Asia, ca. 1785–1918
CHAPTER 2 Native Judges into Colonial Scapegoats
CHAPTER 3 The Bureaucratization of Land Tenure
CHAPTER 4 Annulling Charitable Endowments
CHAPTER 5 Fatwas for Muslims, Opinions for Russians
Appendix I Examples of Diplomas of Appointment to the Office of Qāḍī
Appendix II Examples of Sale Deeds of Land in Tashkent, 1856–1883
Appendix III Ṣādiq Jān Ākhūn Jān-ūghlī vs. Muḥyī al-Dīn Khwāja Īshān Qāḍī
Appendix IV A Qāḍī ’s Ruling on a Defamation Case
Glossary of Islamic Terms
Archival Files Consulted
Bibliography
Index