Petitions from the Ayyūbid period
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2825422 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Stern (0000-0001-5275-6959), S M Stern (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1964 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-32 |
| Publication date | 1964-02-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0041-977X • E-ISSN: 1474-0699 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0041977x00100278 |
| OpenAlex | W2029868710 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 5 |
During all periods of Islamic history, subjects with a grievance were free to address petitions to the ruler, one of whose traditional functions was to remedy injustice personally (al-naẓar fi'l-maẓālim). From Egypt we have a series of extant petitions from the Middle Ages. The practice of the Fāṭimids has been described in the detailed commentary accompanying my edition of three petitions from the time of that dynasty; the information which can be derived from the documents is there completed by accounts in literary sources. Here I publish all those petitions from the Ayyūbid period which are known to me. In another study I hope to perform the task carried out for the Fāṭimid period for the Mamlūk period also, comparing the detailed statements of the historians with the extant documents. For the Ayyūbid period there are no detailed descriptions of the procedure followed in submitting petitions, and the little which is known will be set out in the course of our discussion
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| Citations per year | 0.37 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1964 - 2025 (62) |
| Highly cited | No |