Arabische Juristische Urkunden Aus Der Papyrussammlung Der sterreichischen Nationalbibliothek

This study presents 45 Arabic legal contracts covering a wide range of subjects such as marriage, sale, labour, tenancy, loans and payments. The original documents, none of which have been published before, originate from Egypt and have been written on papyrus, paper and parchment. The earliest dates from the late 8th century A.D. whereas the latest is from the year 1482. The formulae used in these contracts give us valuable information about the development of Islamic law from the early Middle Ages until well into the Mamluk era. This publication marks a further step in the ongoing exploration of the collection of Arabic documents from the Papyrussammlung Erzherzog Rainer in the Austrian National Library.