Indecent Clothing and Violence in the Street
This article studies an Arabic papyrus (P.Cam.Michaelides B1342) from third/ninth-century Egypt. The document records an unusual reference to a socially unacceptable deed resulting in a violent street fight between two men. The document is one of the few testimonies to commanding the right and forbi...
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| Natura: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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Annales islamologiques
2017
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | This article studies an Arabic papyrus (P.Cam.Michaelides B1342) from third/ninth-century Egypt. The document records an unusual reference to a socially unacceptable deed resulting in a violent street fight between two men. The document is one of the few testimonies to commanding the right and forbidding the wrong (al-amr bi-l-maʿrūf wa-l-nahy ʿan al-munkar) in everyday life. |
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