Title: Islamic law on peasant usufruct in Ottoman Syria
Description: 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.
Subjects: Usufruct, Tenant farmers, Leases (Islamic law), Landlord and tenant (Islamic law), Islam, Legal status, laws, History, Landlord and tenant, Leases, Islam, asia, Islamic law, Syria, history, Farm tenancy, History.KBP880, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Real Estate / General
Places: Syria
Time periods: 1516-1918