Law of the Land: Legal Documents from the Eastern Islamicate World

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Law of the Land: Legal Documents from the Eastern Islamicate World

Closed meeting

Oxford, 9 January 2023, 10AM - 7PM

Law of the Land: Legal Documents from the Eastern Islamicate World

9 January 2023 from 10AM - 7PM

The workshop is dedicated to exploring the pre-Mongol legal documents written in the Islamicate East in Persian. Less than a handful of Persian legal documents from this period have been published. By inviting scholars of Islamic law from around the UK, the workshop attempts to incorporate these documents into the broader field of Islamic legal studies. It comprises three separate sessions; each session examines the form and content of a document. The documents cover subjects such as marriage, land management and administration of tax.

The workshop is not open to the public but it is by invitation only.