MOSLIM RELIGIOUS LAW AND REGULATION OF PROPRIETARY RELATIONS BASED ON THE STUDY OF XVIII TH CENTURY NOVI PAZAR COURT RECORDS

Abstract

The Novi Pazаr court protocols (sicii), dating from the 18th century, collected end translated by Ahmed Alićić from Sarajevo, represent a very important source for the study of history of the former Novi Pazar Sandžak, the administrative and territorial unit of the Otoman Emplire. Thelr originals and transitians are kept in the "Ras” Mussum in Novi Pazar.

The analysis of these documents may reveal some very interesting data, among others those concerning common larw practiced in the region, and particularly, norms of the Moslem system of religious law (seral) regulating proprietary relations both between individuals and between an individual and the state.

These documents enable us to study the institution of the seriat tributes which have greatly influenced the social relations and movements, but which were, at the same time, also conditioned by them.