Best of 2022-2023 & Roundtables in Review: Medieval Islamic Legal Documents: Sources and Methods

In September, we look back at some of our most read essays published in the past year as well as the roundtables we convened in the past that attracted a … Continue reading Best of 2022-2023 & Roundtables in Review: Medieval Islamic Legal Documents: Sources and Methods

Thank you, Marina Rustow, Amel Bensalim, and Athina Pfeiffer!

Thank you, Marina Rustow and Ph.D. students, Amel Bensalim and Athina Pfeiffer, for joining us as guest blog editors in January. In case you missed their blog posts, here they … Continue reading Thank you, Marina Rustow, Amel Bensalim, and Athina Pfeiffer!

Documents of Sale as Living Objects

By Athina Pfeiffer Professor Marina Rustow's note: "Having been asked twice now to contribute to the ILB, I’ve been making my way into the corpus of Islamic notarial documents preserved … Continue reading Documents of Sale as Living Objects