Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages)

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Islamic international law category classical Islamic legal concept juridical status of territory

Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) is a classical Islamic legal term for a non-Muslim territory that maintains its status through a formal covenant or treaty of peace with the Muslim polity.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic international law category ⓘ classical Islamic legal concept ⓘ juridical status of territory ⓘ
appliesTo	non-Muslim majority territories ⓘ polities that have concluded a peace treaty with a Muslim state ⓘ
dependsOn	continued good faith performance of treaty obligations ⓘ
hasConceptualOpposite	abode with no covenant or peace treaty (Dār al-Ḥarb) ⓘ
hasCondition	non-aggression between the Muslim polity and the treaty territory ⓘ observance of treaty terms by both parties ⓘ protection of envoys and merchants ⓘ protection of life and property of Muslims in the treaty territory ⓘ
hasConsequence	recognition of certain rights for subjects of each side in the other’s territory ⓘ regulation of travel and trade between the territories ⓘ suspension of active hostilities between the parties ⓘ
hasDoctrinalDebateOn	whether modern nation-states with peace treaties fall under this category ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext	early and medieval Muslim relations with neighboring empires and polities ⓘ
hasKeyElement	existence of a binding covenant (ʿahd) or treaty ⓘ peaceful relations with the Muslim polity ⓘ recognition of non-Muslim political authority ⓘ security guarantees for Muslims and non-Muslims covered by the treaty ⓘ
hasLanguageOfTerm	Arabic ⓘ
hasLegalBasisIn	classical fiqh discussions of siyar (Islamic law of war and peace) ⓘ treaty practices of the Prophet Muhammad with non-Muslim tribes and polities ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning	abode of covenant ⓘ
hasNormativeGoal	maintenance of peaceful coexistence ⓘ protection of covenants and promises (ḥifẓ al-ʿuhūd) ⓘ
hasSourceLanguageTerm	دار العهد ⓘ
hasTemporalAspect	status continues as long as the treaty remains in force ⓘ
hasVariantUsage	sometimes treated as a subcategory of non-Muslim abodes under treaty ⓘ sometimes treated as synonymous with Dār al-Ṣulḥ ⓘ
isCharacterizedBy	legal security (amān) for those covered by the covenant ⓘ mutual obligations defined by treaty ⓘ
isConditionedBy	classical doctrines of pacta sunt servanda in Islamic law ⓘ
isContrastedWith	Dār al-Islām NERFINISHED ⓘ Dār al-Ḥarb NERFINISHED ⓘ
isDefinedAs	non-Muslim territory under a formal covenant or treaty of peace with a Muslim polity ⓘ
isDiscussedWithin	Shii legal literature ⓘ Sunni legal schools ⓘ
isPartOf	classical tripartite or multipartite division of the world in Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
isRelatedConcept	Dār al-Amān NERFINISHED ⓘ Dār al-Ṣulḥ NERFINISHED ⓘ
isUsedBy	some classical Muslim jurists ⓘ
mayBeTerminatedBy	expiry of the agreed treaty period ⓘ material breach of the covenant ⓘ
requires	explicit or implicit covenant recognized by Muslim authorities ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dar al-Sulh → hasAlternativeName → Dar al-Ahd (in some juristic usages) ⓘ