An Introduction to Islamic Law (60 page)

Straits Settlements,
waqf
s and
139

students
96
,
104

study circles
32
,
35
,
36
,
38
,
45
–47

Sublime Porte
94

substantive law
32

succession, Sunni system of
134
,
135
–36

See also
inheritance

Sudan
134
,
136

Sufi orders
49

Suharto regime
161

suitability (
munasaba
)
24
–25

Sulayman the Lawgiver
79

sultanic code
76
–77

Sumatra
159
–60

Sunna
16
,
21

Sunni Islam
31
,
49
,
73
,
74

countries
117
,
141

inheritance law
117

in Iran
108
,
154

jurisprudence
107

Saljuqs and
52

system of succession
134
,
135
–36

Sunnite caliphs
107

Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) (Egypt)
146
–47,
148

Supreme Council

Egypt
103

Ottoman Empire
98

of Judicial Ordinances
97

of the Tanzimat
98

Supreme Courts
145
,
150
,
160

Syria
81
,
122
,
130
,
138

takhayyur
(selection)
117
,
126
,
134
,
135

talfiq
(amalgamation)
117
,
126

tax collection
7
,
8
,
73
,
74

India and
85

Iran and
109

Ottoman Empire and
73
–74,
75
,
77
,
78
,
79
,
82
,
93
,
94
,
98
,
99

tax-farming system, Egypt
103

ta
zir
(discretionary punishments)
155
–56,
157

teachers
12
,
13
,
32
,
33

See also
professors

Ter Haar, Bernard
92

texts
16
–19,
168
–69

textuality

Shari
a as
167

See also
codification

theft, penalty for
23

thematic recurrence, reports and
21

torture
78

traditionists
41

traditions, cumulative law
78

translations
86
–87,
90
,
104

See also
codification

transmission of texts
16
–19

Transoxiana (Muslim principality)
56
,
95

treaties, Persian–British
95

tribal chiefs, Iran
152

tribunals
75
,
97

“triple divorce”
132

trustees,
waqf
and
49

trustworthiness
17
–18

Tunisia
121
,
130
,
131
,
134
,
136

Turcomanchay, Treaty of
95

Turkey
101
,
122
,
137

“Turks”
80
–82

Twelver Imams
109

Twelver (Ja
fari) school
37

Twelver-Shi
i
18

child custody and
134

doctrine, Iran and
153

inheritance and
135
–36

jurisprudence
107
–09

legitimacy of children
131

opinions
117

system of succession
135

ulama
141
–42

of Azhar
143

diffusion of authority
142
–43

Federal Shariat Court (FSC) and
150

in Iran
141
,
152
,
154

in Ottoman Empire
96
,
100

in Pakistan
141
,
148
,
149
,
151

strength of
141

uniformity, age of
80

United Arab Emirates
138

untrustworthiness
16
–17

Urabi revolt
106

usul al-fiqh
(theory of law)
16

usury
23
,
24
,
78