Ahmed produces a riveting, unexpected history...that is not aligned with standard narratives that we are more familiar with. By capturing the richness and urgency of the development of Islamic law in Afghanistan, Ahmed provides us with a poignant story of a dynamic Muslim-majority country not yet overwhelmed by colonial interests, on the eve of it being overrun by a surfeit of neocolonial jurisdictions.--Nurfadzilah Yahaya "Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East"If Afghanistan's place in this wider legal canvas of Islamicate Eurasia was once poorly represented, we have Ahmed to thank for filling in the contours, and with such empirical and theoretical panache. No longer can Afghanistan be seen as merely the passive receptacle of Islamic legal ideas elaborated elsewhere and transplanted to the country, nor does it fit the mold of Kemalist Turkey and Pahlavi Iran. Now we are forced to think of the country as productive of new Islamic legal realities, which, though drawing inspiration from models originating in British India and the Ottoman Empire, achieved something unique.--Michael O'Sullivan "Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East"Uses the drafting of the 1923 Afghanistan Constitution--the first for a Muslim majority nation [after World War I]--to not only offer an intellectual and legal history of the country, but also to provide valuable insights into the interactions within the Muslim world at the turn of the 19th century, when the West was gearing up for global wars.--K. K. Shahid "Pakistan Today" (10/24/2018 12:00:00 AM)This book provides a significant insight...into the role of Muslims from other nations in Afghanistan. It is an antidote to the many books we have that tell us what Westerner workers have done for Afghanistan.--Farrukh Husain "Afghan Eye"Very few historians of modern Islam move beyond, as Ahmed does, the artificially constructed regions of area studies. In synthesizing sources not normally put together--Ottoman Turkish documents on Afghanistan alongside British ones, and Afghan treatises on Islamic law that receive little attention at all--Afghanistan Rising illustrates the fruitfulness of transregional historiography.--Amir A. Toft "Law and History Review"Ahmed argues that at the turn of the 20th Century, Afghanistan attempted to create a modern, constitutional state within the Islamic law tradition. Very few Americans know about this historical episode, or why the attempt to modernize the country ultimately failed. This book looks to be a useful resource for scholars and policymakers.--Mark Movsesian "Law and Religion Forum" (8/29/2017 12:00:00 AM)Ahmed has given us a rich, detailed, and engaging account of how developments in and between the Ottoman Empire and British India are necessary--though not sufficient--to understand developments in Afghanistan's legal history. Afghanistan Rising is a book that should be engaged not only by scholars of Afghan or Ottoman history, but by anyone interested in the intricacies of Islamic law and the modern state.--Marya Hannun "H-Net Reviews" (9/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)Ahmed presents a very compelling, accessible, and beautifully written argument in his book. Drawing on Turkish, Afghan, and British archival sources, as well as material in Persian, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, and Urdu, he is highly successful in recovering modern Afghan history from its relegation to the periphery of the Muslim world.--Simon Wolfgang Fuchs "Die Welt des Islams" (2/1/2019 12:00:00 AM)The author's exhaustive research uses British, Indian, Afghan, and Turkish sources. This important book is very well resourced and well written. Its research and conclusions should lead to the rethinking of the historical role of Afghanistan.--G. M. Farr "Choice" (5/1/2018 12:00:00 AM)This remarkable piece of research is based on archival materials in six different languages in six different countries...Among the themes that run through the work are: the
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