Legal Thought of Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti

This book offers a new theoretical perspective on the thought of the great fifteenth-century Egyptian polymath, Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 1505). In spite of the enormous popularity that al-Suyuti''s works continue to enjoy amongst scholars and students in the Muslim world, he remains underappreciated by western academia.This project contributes to the fields of Mamluk Studies, Islamic Studies, a...