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This is a comparative study dealing with the maritime practices which prevailed in the Byzantine and Islamic worlds around the Mediterranean from 7-10 centuries C.E. and consists of seven chapters. The first chapter describes the physical and legal significance of the ship, computation of capacity, and the importance of naming commercial vessels. Chapter Two examines issues of ownership and possession of a vessel, the employment conditions of the crew, and the passengers’ status on board ship. Carriage of cargo by sea and forms of contracts, liability of the lessor, shipping fees, and breach of contract are covered in Chapter Three. Jettison, average, and contribution are treated in Chapter Four. Chapter Five treats the laws of collision and the rules governing the salvage of jetsam, are surveyed in Chapter Six. The final chapter explains the legal differences between Byzantine and Islamic mercantile law and outlines the principles of the sea loan, chreokoinonia, and qirad.
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ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAWS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (ca. 800-1050)
THE
MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLES, ECONOMIES AND CULTURES, 400-1500 EDITORS
Hugh Kennedy (St. Andrews) Paul Magdalino (St. Andrews) David Abulafia (Cambridge) Benjamin Arbel (Tel Aviv) Mark Meyerson (Toronto) Larry J. Simon (Western Michigan University)
VOLUME 64
ADMIRALTY AND MARITIME LAWS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (ca. 800-1050) The Kit§b Akriyat al-Sufun vis-à-vis the Nomos Rhodion Nautikos BY
HASSAN S. KHALILIEH
BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON 2006
Cover illustration: Folio 42r. of Kit§b akriyat al-sufun con sign. RBME Árabe 155 (2°). © Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Khalilieh, Hassan Salih, 1965Admiralty and maritime laws in the Mediterranean Sea (ca. 800-1050) : the Kitab Akriyat al-Sufun vis-a-vis the Nomos Rhodion Nautikos / by Hassan S. Khalilieh. p. cm. — (The medieval Mediterranean, ISSN 0928-5520 ; v. 64) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-90-04-15253-3 ISBN-10: 90-04-15253-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Maritime law—History—To 1500. 2. Maritime law (Islamic law) 3. Maritime law (Roman law) 4. Maritime law—Greece—Rhodes. 5. Law, Medieval. 6. Kitab Akriyat al-Sufun wa-al-Niza’bayna Ahliha. 7. Rhodian sea-law. I. Khalilieh, Hassan Salih, 1965- Islamic maritime law. II. Title. III. Series. K1160.K453 2006 343.09’60902—dc22 2006044032
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To the memory of 'Abd Al-Ra˙màn Abù Zayd Ibn Mu˙ammad Ibn Khaldùn Anthropologist, statesman, jurist, historian, scholar, and humanist Rama∂àn 1st, 732 to Rama∂àn 26th, 808 A.H. May 26th, 1332 to March 17th, 1406 C.E.
CONTENTS
Preface ........................................................................................ Glossary of non-English Terms ................................................
xi xv
Introduction Mediterranean Admiralty and Maritime Laws in Historical Perspective ..........................................................