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Author Joseph, Sabrina (Sabrina E.)

Title Islamic law on peasant usufruct in Ottoman Syria : 17th to early 19th century / by Sabrina Joseph
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 202 pages)
Series Studies in Islamic law and society
Studies in Islamic law and society.
Contents Acknowledgements; Introduction; Fatawa as a Source of History; Muftis; Tenancy and Sharecropping in the Context of Peasant Studies, Islamic Legal History, and the Scholarship on Sharecropping; Peasant Studies; Islamic Legal History; Literature on Sharecropping; Chapter Breakdown; Chapter One Government, Economy, and the Administration of the Land Tenure System in Ottoman Syria; Government and Economy; Environment and Agriculture; Administration of Lands; State Lands; The?anafi Law on Land Tenure; Authority and the Delegation of Power; Waqf Lands; Characteristics of Waqfs
Distribution of Waqf IncomeSupervision and Oversight of Waqf Properties; Exchange/Sale of Waqf Property; Reasons for Establishing a Waqf; Conclusion; Chapter Two Tenant and Sharecropper Obligations on State and Waqf Lands; The Evolution of Ijara and Muzara?a; Ijara; Muzara?a; Contractual Limitations on Sharecroppers under Muzara?a and Musaqat; Sharecropper/Tenant Obligations to State Officials and Waqf Overseers; State Concerns Regarding Cultivation; The Concerns of Local Jurists Regarding Cultivation; Waqf Lands; The Payment of Taxes; Conclusion
Chapter Three Defining Usufruct Rights and Regulating Fair RentDelineating Possession Rights: Kirdar,?aqq al-qarar, Mashadd maska; Regulation of Fair Rent; Limits on the Waqf Administrator's Power vis à vis Cultivators; The Timar System and Limits on State Authority; Conclusion; Chapter Four Upholding the Integrity of Shari?a vis-à-vis Qanun; Peasant Mobility; Women's Usufruct Rights; Women's Access to Private Property; The Transfer of Usufruct Rights; Jurisdiction over Waqf Lands; Conclusion; Conclusion; Development and Land Tenure; Justice Defined; Local Law and Ottoman State Law
Nineteenth-Century Land ReformThe Law, State, and Society; Bibliography; Index
Summary Drawing on Hanafi legal texts from Ottoman Syria between the 17th and early 19th centuries, this book examines how jurists balanced the rights and obligations of tenants and landlords on state and waqf lands, contributing in the process to the dynamism of the law and the adaptability and longevity of the Ottoman land system
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Landlord and tenant (Islamic law) -- History
Leases (Islamic law) -- History
Usufruct -- Syria -- History
Islam -- Syria -- History
Tenant farmers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Syria -- History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
Islam
Landlord and tenant (Islamic law)
Leases (Islamic law)
Tenant farmers -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Usufruct
Islam
Recht
Kleinbauer
Nießbrauch
SUBJECT Syria -- History -- 1516-1918. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85131703
Subject Syria
Syrien
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9004228675
9789004228672