Thank you, Zahir Bhalloo, for joining us as guest blog editor in October. In case you missed his essays, here they are: New Light on Persian Fatwā Writing from Medieval … Continue reading Thank you, Zahir Bhalloo!
Thank you, Zahir Bhalloo!
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
Welcome to our October Guest Blogger: Zahir Bhalloo
Zahir Bhalloo completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford on the practice of Islamic law in early modern Iran in 2013. Since then he has carried out post-doctoral research … Continue reading Welcome to our October Guest Blogger: Zahir Bhalloo