Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Chapter 31 Introduction to Part V
- Chapter 32 ‘The Discretion of the İmâm’
- Chapter 33 On Criminal Law
- Chapter 34 Custody Disputes and the Best Interests of the Child, from al-Murshid fī l-Qaḍāʾ al-Sharʿī (2008) by Qāḍī Iyad Zahalka
- Chapter 35 Ibn Khunayn (b. 1376/1956) on Adjudication and Judicial Organisation, from al-Kāshif fī Sharḥ Niẓām al-Murāfaʿāt al-Sharʿiyya al-Saʿūdī
- Chapter 36 Temporary Marriage in Iranian Family Law
- Chapter 37 On Scriptuaries and Pagans as Slave-Concubines
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Chapter 32 - ‘The Discretion of the İmâm’
Ârif Efendi (d. 1274/1858) and the Preface to his Translation of Dede Cöngi’s Siyâsetnâme
from Part V - Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
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Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Chapter 31 Introduction to Part V
- Chapter 32 ‘The Discretion of the İmâm’
- Chapter 33 On Criminal Law
- Chapter 34 Custody Disputes and the Best Interests of the Child, from al-Murshid fī l-Qaḍāʾ al-Sharʿī (2008) by Qāḍī Iyad Zahalka
- Chapter 35 Ibn Khunayn (b. 1376/1956) on Adjudication and Judicial Organisation, from al-Kāshif fī Sharḥ Niẓām al-Murāfaʿāt al-Sharʿiyya al-Saʿūdī
- Chapter 36 Temporary Marriage in Iranian Family Law
- Chapter 37 On Scriptuaries and Pagans as Slave-Concubines
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
This chapter concerns the preface to an 1844 (Ottoman) Turkish translation of al-Siyāsa al-Sharʿiyya by Kemalüddin İbrahim b. Bahşi b. Dede Cöngi (d. 975/1567). The translator, Meşrebzâde Mehmed Ârif Efendi (d. 1274/1858), examines the use and application of the technical Arabic term siyāsa in its Muslim legal and political contexts. The translated work reflects the need to legitimate sultanic intervention in law in the wake of the addition of the Holy Cities of Mecca and Medina to the Ottoman Empire in 1517; it aims to conceptualise Ottoman criminal law in religio-legal terms, in an attempt to bolster the religious credibility of the Ottoman state. Its translation in the 19th century reflects changes in administration that led to the redefinition of the broad powers and discretionary (taʿzīr) authority given to administrators in the field of politics, as well as the mission descriptions of governors and judges.
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- Islamic Law in ContextA Primary Source Reader, pp. 338 - 348Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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