Ebuʼs-suʻud
Subtitle: the Islamic legal tradition
By: Colin Imber.
Series: Jurists--profiles in legal theory
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Abū al-Saʻūd Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad, 1492 or 3-1574 or 5; Islamic law -- History; Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
Description: This volume provides a biographical and intellectual study of a key figure in the history of Islamic Jurisprudence setting the legal problems in their intellectual, social and historical context. The book is based on original Arabic and Turkish texts which are presented in fluent English translation. Technical terms in Arabic and Turkish are also kept to a minimum, and a comprehensive glossary is provided.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.