The Calligraphic State
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 expand sectionINTRODUCTION

 collapse sectionPART I  AUTHORITY
 expand sectionChapter 1  Genealogies of the Text
 expand sectionChapter 2  The Pen and The Sword
 expand sectionChapter 3  Disenchantment

 collapse sectionPART II  TRANSMISSION
 expand sectionChapter 4  Audition
 expand sectionChapter 5  The New Method
 expand sectionChapter 6  Print Culture

 collapse sectionPART III  INTERPRETATION
 collapse sectionChapter 7  Relations of Interpretation
 •The Mufti of Ibb
 •The Muftiship
 •Muftis and Judges
 •Worldly Interpretation
 •Fatwas Great and Small
 expand sectionChapter 8  Shari'a Society
 expand sectionChapter 9  Judicial Presence
 expand sectionChapter 10  Court Order

 collapse sectionPART IV  INSCRIPTION
 expand sectionChapter 11  Evidence of the Word
 expand sectionChapter 12  Spiral Texts
  CONCLUSION

 expand sectionNotes
  BIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE
  GLOSSARY
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
 expand sectionINDEX
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