Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Chapter 38 Introduction to Part VI
- Chapter 39 Reform of Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan
- Chapter 40 ‘Permission to Teach’ the Law
- Chapter 41 Controversial and Uncontroversial Biographies in Rayḥānat al-Adab of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Mudarris (d. 1373/1954)
- Chapter 42 Battle of the Qāḍīs
- Chapter 43 Aḥlām al-Naṣr and the Islamic State’s Justification for Execution by Burning
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Chapter 39 - Reform of Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan
‘Tamthīl’ (Anonymous)
from Part VI - Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 November 2024
Book contents
- Islamic Law in Context
- Islamic Law in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Part I Islamic Legal Theory (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part II Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh) and Related Genres
- Part III Legal Opinions (Fatwās)
- Part IV Court Judgments and Other Court Documentation
- Part V Judicial Manuals and Reference Books
- Part VI Alternative Sources for Islamic Legal Studies
- Chapter 38 Introduction to Part VI
- Chapter 39 Reform of Islamic Law in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan
- Chapter 40 ‘Permission to Teach’ the Law
- Chapter 41 Controversial and Uncontroversial Biographies in Rayḥānat al-Adab of Mīrzā Muḥammad ʿAlī Mudarris (d. 1373/1954)
- Chapter 42 Battle of the Qāḍīs
- Chapter 43 Aḥlām al-Naṣr and the Islamic State’s Justification for Execution by Burning
- Name Index
- Subject Index
- References
Summary
This chapter discusses an anonymous article titled ‘Tamthīl,’ which appeared in Afghanistan’s first newspaper, Shams al-Nahār (‘The Morning Sun’) in the late 19th century. The article was commissioned by the Afghan ruler Amīr Shayr ʿAlī Khān (r. 1863-65, 1868-78) and was likely written by Qāḍī ʿAbd al-Qādir Khān, the Amīr’s private secretary. It seems to have been based on a speech delivered by the Qāḍī to members of the Afghan military, arguing for the need for Westernising military reforms, but was in any case written for a broader audience. The article borrows many arguments from Khayr al-Dīn al-Tūnisī’s Arabic work Aqwam al-Masālik fī Maʿrifat Aḥwāl al-Mamālik (The surest means to knowing the conditions of kingdoms) published in 1867.
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- Islamic Law in ContextA Primary Source Reader, pp. 402 - 411Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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