Abstract:

In this article were examined the inheritance problems of women in the 18th Century Konya Court Records. The subject of the inheritance of women has been examined under titles of hiba, sulh and tehārüc, mahr, ketm and ihfa, wasiyya, guardianship, and deceased collution. In the context of Shari‘a inheritance law in the Ottoman legal system, information is given about the inheritance of women. In this study, the inheritance issues of women were examined in the light of the documents in the registers of the relevant period. In this study, the ratio of the grants made to boys to the grants made to girls, women’s frequent renunciation of their rights in the inheritance through teharuc and sulh, the heirs who want their relatives’ mahr from inherited property, women who want the right to mahr from the death of their husbands, or women who prove the amount of their mahr and try to show that they are not from the inherited property, examples are presented. Throughout history, there is information about the inheritance rights of women in both legal systems and religions. Whether these rights are implemented in a practical sense is related to the level of development of the society and whether the law has gained functionality or not.

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