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'Mariam Sheibani's intellectual biography of Ibn 'Abd al-Salam is a welcome contribution to our understanding of Islamic legal history in the crucial period when the institutions of Islamic law were stabilizing in the Ayyubid-Mamluk period in Egypt and the Levant. Given Ibn 'Abd al-Salam's outsized influence – both as theologian and Shafi'i jurist— this study will be indispensable for anyone interested in developments in Islamic law in Egypt and the Levant in the 6th-8th/12th – 14th centuries.' Mohammad Fadel, University of Toronto 'This rich and absorbing study brilliantly interweaves the life and socio-political context of the Shafi'i jurist Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām with a multi-faceted exploration of his intellectual legacy. Sheibani demonstrates Ibn ʿAbd al-Salām's pivotal role in the development of an Islamic legal philosophy premised on the rational coherence of the law.' Marion H. Katz, New York University

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Mariam Sheibani is an assistant professor of Islamic thought at Brandeis University, where her research focuses on Islamic intellectual and social history. Her work has been published in Islamic Law and Society, Journal of the American Oriental Society, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, and Religions.

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