Title Seeking justice at the court of the khans of Khiva (19th-early 20th centuries) / Paolo Sartori, Ulfat Abdurasulov

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 455 pages) : illustrations Series Brill's Inner Asian Library ; volume 38 Brill's Inner Asian library ; v. 38. Contents Introduction -- 1. Rescripts (texts in Chaghatay) -- 2. Reports (texts in Chaghatay) -- 3. Notifications (texts in Chaghatay) -- 4. Qāżīs' reports Summary "This book aims to shed light on the juridical field of the Khanate of Khiva at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The Khanate of Khiva is the term employed in Western historiography to denote the political formation that was put in place by the Qonghrats. The latter was a dynasty of Uzbek origin that ruled roughly between the last quarter of the 18th century and 1920. It ruled over the region known as Khorezm (Ar. Khwārazm), one of the biggest oases of Central Asia, traversed by the Amu Darya and nestled within the territory of what is today Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan. The main objective of this work is to show that prior to Sovietization the dispensation of justice in Khorezm depended mostly on a group of officials who represented the dynasty in power, but who lacked any specialised legal training. It is important to reflect on this particular aspect of the legal system developed by the Muslim principality that we refer to as the Khanate of Khiva, for conventional wisdom says that the practice of law in pre-modern Muslim societies was usually the business of the ulamā, i.e., the scholars of Islam"-- Provided by publisher Analysis Regional & national history Asian history Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 12, 2020) Subject Justice, Administration of -- Khivinskoe khanstvo -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Justice, Administration of -- Khivinskoe khanstvo -- History -- 20th century -- Sources Justice, Administration of -- Uzbekistan -- History -- 19th century -- Sources Justice, Administration of -- Uzbekistan -- History -- 20th century -- Sources HISTORY -- Middle East -- General. Justice, Administration of Uzbekistan Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book Author Abdurasulov, Ulfatabek, 1977- author. LC no. 2020007966 ISBN 9004427902 9789004427907

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