Document Type
Article
Repository Date
2010
Keywords
Islamic law, muhtasib
Subject Categories
Law | Legal History | Religion Law
Abstract
This Article studies the biographies of several key muhtasibs in Mamluk Cairo and Fustat to understand the types of individuals who held the position and how the individual background, education, status among the populace, relationship to the ruling elite, and the means of obtaining the position of each contributed to how the particular muhtasib functioned in office.
Repository Citation
Stilt, Kristen, "Recognizing the Individual: The Muhtasibs of Early Mamluk Cairo and Fustat" (2010). Faculty Working Papers. 44.
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/facultyworkingpapers/44
