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Comparing Arabic Legal Documents
(8th to 15th centuries)

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CALD is a powerful research tool for the study and analysis of legal documents in Arabic. It was developed by the ERC-AdG-project Islamic Law Materialized (ILM), directed by Christian Müller from 2009 to 2013 (http://www.ilm-project.net/). As historical source of primary importance, Arabic deeds are however difficult to read and dispersed all over the world...

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Testing the beta version

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Just published in CALD: a ḥafṣide sale contract from the Qayrawān collections (by Moez Dridi)

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Just published: a 7th/13th-century marriage contract from the Bardo Museum/Tunis (by Moez Dridi)

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