DISSEMBLING DESCENT, OR HOW THE BARBER LOST HIS TURBAN: IDENTITY AND EVIDENCE IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ZAYDĪ YEMEN

Abstract Court cases involving imposture or impersonation offer unique insights into the workings of legal systems and their underlying ideas about personal identity and the social order. This study, based on manuscript and published sources, examines a case of imposture in eighteenth-century Yemen....

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Main Author: Haykel, Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2002
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2002, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-230
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