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GRADY,S.G., A Treatise on the Hindoo Law of Inheritance. Madras 1868.

Indologie: GRADY, Standish Grove,

A Treatise on the Hindoo Law of Inheritance, comprising the Doctrines of the various schools, with the Decisions of the High Courts of the several Presidences of India and the Judgements of the privy Council of Appeal. Madras und London, Gantz Brothers, Wildy & Sons, 1868.

8vo. Karte, LXXIV, 493 S. Zeitgenössischer Leinenband. (fachmännisch ausgebessert).

Grady (1815-1891) war u. a. Herausgeber der juristischen Zeitschrift “The Weekly Reporter” in den Jahren 1862 bis 1866 und widmete sich vor allem dem islamischen und hinduistischen Recht des indischen Subkontinents. So besorgte er eine Neuausgabe von Charles Hamiltons Übertragung der “Al-Hidayah” ins Englische (1791), die im Jahre 1870 als zweite Ausgabe erschien. Die “Al-Hidaya” ist eine einflußreiche Arbeit der islamischen Jurisprudenz aus dem 12. Jahrhundert von Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani.

Order Number: 8180AB

Rare Book: EUR 180,-- 


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