Matrimonial gifts in early islamic Egypt

Islamic Law and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-36

  Rapoport, Yossef ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85057014781     PISSN: 09289380     EISSN: 15685195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156851900507553     Document Type: Review

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