Armenians in the Ottoman legal system (16th–18th centuries)

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" Armenians in the Ottoman legal system (16th–18th centuries) "
Aida Alice Setrakian

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	54561
Doc. No	:	TL24515
Call number	:	‭MR32558‬
Main Entry	:	Aida Alice Setrakian
Title & Author	:	Armenians in the Ottoman legal system (16th–18th centuries)\ Aida Alice Setrakian
College	:	McGill University (Canada)
Date	:	2007
Degree	:	M.A.
student score	:	2007
Page No	:	76
Abstract	:	This thesis examines the participation of Armenians in the shari'a courts of the Ottoman Empire from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Scholars have traditionally thought that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire resolved their disputes within their own communities' legal systems. However, new studies of Ottoman court records reveal that Armenians in the Ottoman Empire frequently used the shari'a courts to resolve a wide variety of disputes. There are several possible reasons to account for this frequent shari'a court use by a community that theoretically had its own courts. The first is that the Armenian millet's legal structures were perhaps exaggerated or misunderstood by previous scholars. The second is that Islamic law was not as unfavourable to dhimmīs as presumed and that the shari'a courts were adequate for their needs. Finally, the way the courts applied Islamic law was sometimes advantageous to certain dhimmīs.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Middle Eastern history; Law; 0398:Law; 0333:Middle Eastern history
Added Entry	:	McGill University (Canada)