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Fellow Seminar
26 January 2017
Dr. Zafar Najmiddinov will present his research proposal on the topic: "Contribution of Central Asian Hanafite Jurists in the Development of Islamic Legal Sciences in the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans" on 26 January 2017 (Thursday) at 16:30h at CAS Conference Hall.
Abstract:
The Mongol invasion caused changes in the development of society. Local Muslims faced a new religious system and customs that substantially differed from the ones they had used before. The Mongols also had an influence on the ethnic situation.
After the Mongol princes adopted Islam and became leaders of local states, they promoted the local version of the Hanafite legal school that had assimilated nomadic elements and in some cases differed from its original Middle Eastern form.
In my opinion, most previous studies on Central Asian history have been based on medieval historical works and have all but ignored Hanafi legal works, in particular fiqh and fatwa collections. Indeed, fatwa collections include valuable historical material, as fiqh and fatwas developed alongside with the society.
Fatwa collections are not the only juridical works that include historical materials. For my research I will also use about fifteen Hanafi works that were written in Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans.
My post-doctoral dissertation project is consisted of four chapters:
Chapter 1. Here I will try to prove that the Hanafite legal works could serve as valuable historiographical sources. The relevant data can be divided in to several categories: local holidays, To do so I choose chapters on the "Permission and Prohibition" (al-ḥaẓr wa-l-ibāḥa), "Disliked Deeds" (al-karāhīya) and "The Daily Life" (as-siyar) which could be found in all Hafanite fiqh book.
The second chapter is devoted to the contribution of Transoxanian jurists in the merging and development of the legal literature in the Delhi Sultanate. This peculiarity is clearly shown in al-Fatāwā at-tatārkhānīya, which was compiled by ʽAlim bin al-ʽAla al-Indarpati (d. 1381/786AH) in the reign of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq (i.e. 1351-1389).
The third part of my research project deals with the influence of the Hanafite jurists of Eastern Islamic lands (Transoxania, northern Afghanistan) on the early authors legal scholars in the Ottoman Empire. To do so, I rely on selective fatwa collections like Fatāwā Çivizade and Minqārī-zade.
The last chapter is devoted the early Islamic legal scholars of the Balkans. Bosnia produced several jurists who compiled their legal works. Central Asian influence is clearly seen in these books.
After the Mongol princes adopted Islam and became leaders of local states, they promoted the local version of the Hanafite legal school that had assimilated nomadic elements and in some cases differed from its original Middle Eastern form.
In my opinion, most previous studies on Central Asian history have been based on medieval historical works and have all but ignored Hanafi legal works, in particular fiqh and fatwa collections. Indeed, fatwa collections include valuable historical material, as fiqh and fatwas developed alongside with the society.
Fatwa collections are not the only juridical works that include historical materials. For my research I will also use about fifteen Hanafi works that were written in Central Asia, the Ottoman Empire and the Balkans.
My post-doctoral dissertation project is consisted of four chapters:
Chapter 1. Here I will try to prove that the Hanafite legal works could serve as valuable historiographical sources. The relevant data can be divided in to several categories: local holidays, To do so I choose chapters on the "Permission and Prohibition" (al-ḥaẓr wa-l-ibāḥa), "Disliked Deeds" (al-karāhīya) and "The Daily Life" (as-siyar) which could be found in all Hafanite fiqh book.
The second chapter is devoted to the contribution of Transoxanian jurists in the merging and development of the legal literature in the Delhi Sultanate. This peculiarity is clearly shown in al-Fatāwā at-tatārkhānīya, which was compiled by ʽAlim bin al-ʽAla al-Indarpati (d. 1381/786AH) in the reign of Sultan Feroz Shah Tughlaq (i.e. 1351-1389).
The third part of my research project deals with the influence of the Hanafite jurists of Eastern Islamic lands (Transoxania, northern Afghanistan) on the early authors legal scholars in the Ottoman Empire. To do so, I rely on selective fatwa collections like Fatāwā Çivizade and Minqārī-zade.
The last chapter is devoted the early Islamic legal scholars of the Balkans. Bosnia produced several jurists who compiled their legal works. Central Asian influence is clearly seen in these books.