Program

Research Programs: Translations

Period of Performance

7/1/1980 - 12/31/1981

Funding Totals

$22,000.00 (approved)
$22,000.00 (awarded)


Islamic Public and Administrative Law According to al-Mawardi

FAIN: RL-*1111-80

Darlene R. May
Unaffiliated independent scholar

To support translation of 8-20 of the "Kitab al-ahkam as-sultaniyyah" (The Bookof Governmental Statutes). The Arabic text was written by Abu 'l-Hasan al- Mawardi and is the first comprehensive and systematic treatment of public law in Islam.