figh-boeken (fiqh books) (English: “Islamic jurisprudence books”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Encyclopedic fiqh books dating from Atjeh’s golden age (1550-1650), produced by scholars from Egypt, Syrië, Arabië who settled in Atjeh.

Translation

Islamic jurisprudence books

Description

Encyclopedic fiqh books dating from Atjeh’s golden age (1550-1650), produced by scholars from Egypt, Syrië, Arabië who settled in Atjeh. (Dutch spelling: figh-boeken; modern: fiqh.)

Significance

The term figh-boeken (fiqh books) is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.

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Source

Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 28.