Introduction

Cambridge University Press eBooks, pp. 3–30

Abstract

The journeys of Islamic legal texts and ideas across the worlds of the Indian Ocean and the Eastern Mediterranean form the fulcrum of this book. With a focus on the Shāfiʿī school of Islamic law, it observes how and why the texts shaped, transformed, influenced and negotiated the legal lives and juridical thoughts of a significant community over a whole millennium, crossing many boundaries of place and time.

Authors 1

1. Mahmood Kooria corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University · Ashoka University

   Affiliation as printed

   Universiteit Leiden and Ashoka University, India