Bibliograph

Breaching the bronze wall, Franks at Mamluk and Ottoman courts and markets, by Francisco Apellániz

Type

Label

Breaching the bronze wall, Franks at Mamluk and Ottoman courts and markets, by Francisco Apellániz

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Breaching the bronze wall

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1143631459

Responsibility statement

by Francisco Apellániz

Series statement

Mediterranean reconfigurations : intercultural trade, commercial litigation, and legal pluralism,, volume 2, 2494-8772

Sub title

Franks at Mamluk and Ottoman courts and markets

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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