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In seiner posthum veröffentlichten Dissertation untersucht Lutz Wiederhold (1963-2012) ein wichtiges Werk zu den Grundlagen der Jurisprudenz des mamlukenzeitlichen Rechtsgelehrten az-Zarkasi (st. 1392). Grundlagen der Jurisprudenz des mamlukenzeitlichen Rechtsgelehrten az-Zarkasi When engaging in the study of the Mamluk period (1250 1517), one will certainly find that neither the theoretical foundations nor the de facto implementation of the law system have been researched extensively. In this book, parts of the Qawa id al-fiqh ( Fundamentals of Jurisprudence ) by Muhammad b. Bahadur az-Zarka i (died 1392) will be made accessible. The reader is also provided with information on the jurisprudential and the social backround of the text. Under specific headings, az-Zarka i subsumed case studies and abstract rules which were suitable to further explain the content of the selected term. He then again arranged the key words in alphabetical order. A direct connection between the Qaw id and legal practices could not be confirmed. According to the author himself, the alphabetical order of the work should help to facilitate working with the book during studies but had not been chosen with regard to fast availability of legal rules or precedents in an actual trial.
Dr. Lutz Wiederhold (1963-2012) befasste sich als deutscher Arabist und Islamwissenschaftler vor allem mit der islamischen Rechtstheorie im spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Ägypten. Von 1995 bis zu seinem Tode wirkte Wiederhold als Bibliothekar an der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt und baute dort ab 1998 in leitender Funktion das Sondersammelgebiet »Vorderer Orient einschließlich Nordafrika« auf.
Stephan Conermann, PhD, is the Speaker of the Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Bonn. His research interests include slaveries, narrative strategies in historiographic texts, transition periods, reconciliation processes, global history, and rule and power. His work is focused on the Mamluk and Delhi Sultanates, the Mughal and Ottoman Empires, and the Crossroads Area "Transottomanica."
