Learning from the document: Part 2

By Zahir Bhalloo* In this third and final essay, I provide a commentary on one of the Persian fatwā papers from the NLI Afghan Genizah collection (for the text, translation … Continue reading Learning from the document: Part 2

Learning from the document: Part 1

By Zahir Bhalloo In this second essay, I will examine one Persian fatwā paper from the National Library of Israel (NLI) Afghan Genizah collection. It measures 19.3 x 13.8 cm, … Continue reading Learning from the document: Part 1

New Light on Persian Fatwā Writing from Medieval Islamic Khurāsān

By Zahir Bhalloo Documents that record the legal opinion, called in Arabic fatwā (pl. fatāwā), of Muslim jurists or muftīs have a long history of over a thousand years in … Continue reading New Light on Persian Fatwā Writing from Medieval Islamic Khurāsān