Breaching the bronze wall : Franks at Mamluk and Ottoman courts and markets
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Breaching the bronze wall : Franks at Mamluk and Ottoman courts and markets
by Francisco Apellániz
（Mediterranean reconfigurations : intercultural trade, commercial litigation, and legal pluralism / series editors, Wolfgang Kaiser, Guillaume Calafat, v. 2）
Brill, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [299]-322) and index
Summary: "Breaching the Bronze Wall deals with the idea that the word of honorable Muslims constituted proof and with the concept that written documents and the word of non-Muslims were inferior. Foreign merchants in cities like Istanbul, Damascus or Alexandria could barely prove any claim, as neither their contracts nor their words were of any value if countered by Muslims. Francisco Apellániz explores how both groups labored to overcome these 'biases against non-Muslims' in the courts and markets of Mamluk Egypt and Syria of the 14th and 15th centuries, and how the Ottoman conquest (1517) imposed a new, orthodox view on the problem. The book dives into the Middle Eastern archive and the Ottoman Dīvān, and scrutinizes the intricacies of sharia and the handling of these intracacies by consuls, dragomans, qaḍīs and other legal actors"-- Provided by publisher
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Description
Breaching the Bronze Wall deals with the idea that the words of honorable Muslims constitutes proof and that written documents and the words of non-Muslims are of inferior value. Thus, foreign merchants in cities such as Istanbul, Damascus or Alexandria could barely prove any claim, as neither their contracts nor their words were of any value if countered by Muslims. Francisco Apellaniz explores how both groups labored to overcome the 'biases against non-Muslims' in Mamluk Egypt's and Syria's courts and markets (14th-15th c.) and how the Ottoman conquest (1517) imposed a new, orthodox view on the problem. The book slips into the Middle Eastern archive and the Ottoman Divan, and scrutinizes shari'a's intricacies and their handling by consuls, dragomans, qadis and other legal actors.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Structure of the Book
2 Producing, Handling and Archiving Evidence in Mediterranean Societies
2.1 The 'Archival Divide'
2.2 Islamic Notions and Doctrines on Proof and Evidence
2.3 Notaries in the Cross-Confessional Middle Ages
2.4 The Case of the Outremer Notaries
2.5 New Attitudes towards the Written
3 'Men Like the Franks': Dealing with Diversity in Medieval Norms and Courts
3.1 An Introduction to Siyasa
3.2 The Crusader Marketplace
3.3 The actor sequitur forum rei Principle
3.4 Empowering One Consul over the Others
3.5 An Iberian Epilogue
3.6 Siyasa Justice in Theory and Practice
3.7 Conflict Resolution in and out of the Courtroom
3.8 Merchants at the Islamic Courts: a Lender of Last Resort?
3.9 Mixed Cases at the Qadi Court
3.10 Mixed Cases before Siyasa Courts
3.11 Siyasa among the Franks
4 Ottoman Legal Attitudes towards Diversity
4.0 The 'Witness System': a Bronze Wall?
4.1 The Legal Grounds of the Ottoman Witness System
4.2 The Ban on Muslim Witnesses
4.3 Dhimmi Claims on Communal Exclusivity: the Carazari Clause
4.4 False Witnessing
4.5 Proving Enslavement
4.6 Legal Truth and the Governance of Frontier Zones
4.7 The Aleppo Ferman
4.8 A Death in Damascus
5 Conclusions
Bibliography
Index
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