Islamic Law and Society in Iran

Download or read book Islamic Law and Society in Iran written by Nobuaki Kondo and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book on the relationship between Islamic law and the Iranian society during the nineteenth century. The author explores the legal aspects of urban society in Iran and provides the social context in which political process occurred and examines how authorities applied law in society, how people utilized the law, and how the law regulated society. Based on rich archival sources including court records and private deeds from Qajar Tehran, this book explores how Islamic law functioned in Iranian society.