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Muhammadan Law in India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Asaf A. A. Fyzee
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The history of Muhammadan Law in India falls naturally into three periods: (A) The period of Muslim domination (1206 A.D.–1857 A.D.); (B) The British period (1661–1951); (C) The Republican period (commencing with the promulgation of the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950). The dates are in such cases somewhat misleading and not mathematically “neat”. They may overlap, as in the British period, or, be ambient, as during the Muslim Sultanate. On the other hand they indicate with some degree of clarity the historical evolution and the time sequence of each system of jurisprudence. It will thus be seen that the Muhammadan law in India is one more instance of law being a function of society, thus being in a continuous state of flux. It is hardly necessary for me to add that the above classification must be read culliert to itc natural limitations.

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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , July 1963 , pp. 401 - 415
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1963

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15 Hamilton, Hedaya, 334a.

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