The Islamic Law of Pearling: Ritual Obligation and Economic Practice in the Arabian Gulf, ca. 1910–1940

In the first half of the twentieth century, the legal landscape of the Arabian sheikhdoms was pluralistic and fragmented. The legal actors who settled disputes included local rulers, qāḍīs, pearl merchants, tribal shaykhs, and British officials. Drawing on fatwas and correspondence between religious...

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Main Author: Caeiro, Alexandre (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2022, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-494
Further subjects:B Salafism
B Debt
B pearl trade
B diving courts
B sharī‘a
B Ramadan
B Usury
B Capitalism
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