Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo Old Cairo and that beneath the placid

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Islamic Law and Empire in Ottoman Cairo Old Cairo and that beneath the placidJames Baldwin A study of Islamic law and political power in the Ottoman Empire's richest provincial cityWhat did Islamic law mean in the early modern period, a world of great Muslim empires? Often portrayed as the quintessential jurists' law, to a large extent it was developed by scholars outside the purview of the state. However, for the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, justice was the ultimate duty of the monarch, and Islamic law was a tool of