Legal diversity in the age of taqlīd: The four chief Qādīs under the Mamluks

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 210-228

  Rapoport, Yossef ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85054298837     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851903322144952     Document Type: Review

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