The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a and political leadership in Tunisia's Age of Reform -1800-1864

The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a and political

leadership in Tunisia's Age of Reform -1800-1864

Haven, Elisabeth Cornelia van der

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Haven, E. C. van der. (2006, October 26). The Bey, the mufti and the scattered pearls : Shari'a

and political leadership in Tunisia's Age of Reform -1800-1864. Retrieved from

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The Bey, the Mufti and the Scattered Pearls. Sharīa and Political Leadership

in

Tunisia´s Age of Reform

III

The Bey, the Mufti and the Scattered Pearls

Sharīa and Political Leadership

in

Tunisia’s Age of Reform

1800-1864

PROEFSCHRIFT

ter verkrijging van

de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van de Rector Magnificus Dr. D.D. Breimer,

hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde,

volgens besluit van het College van Promoties te verdedigen op donderdag 26 oktober 2006

klokke 13.45 uur

door

ELISABETH CORNELIA VAN DER HAVEN Geboren te ´s-Gravenhage

in 1939

IV Promotiecommissie

Promotor: Prof. dr. P.S. van Koningsveld Tweede promotor: Prof. dr. N.H. Abu Zayd Co-promotor: Dr. A.H. de Groot

V

If there appear to be clear signs of justice

– wherever and whenever –

then, for that reason one knows

it is the law of God