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Water Rights Ownership In Sultanate Of Oman: A Case Study On The Aflāj Institution In Northern Oman

dc.contributor.authorAli, Al-marshoudi Ahmed Salim Khalfan
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-23T08:26:10Z
dc.date.available2025-04-23T08:26:10Z
dc.date.issued2024-03
dc.description.abstractUsing the ancient aflāj (singular falāj) system in Sultanate of Oman as a case study, this thesis investigates the Islamic water rights ownership and institution. This was conducted by analyzing the relationship of the physical water extraction variation among the three aflāj types in Oman and the development of water right types and the Islamic equitable principles/institutions. In literature many principles concerning water management and administration have been discussed. The most used one, in most Islamic studies, is how to manage water (as a natural gift) in relation with what Allah almighty given natural resource (also known as ecosystem) and human interaction. However, the focus of this thesis to fulfil the gap in our knowledge in how to provide a legal recognition of water rights ownership and institution. In fact, a guiding tool using Oakerson operational rule/institution which is considered as soft constrain for two main reasons: 1) decision making made operative only through human knowledge, choice, and action 2) rules found in decision making exist entirely in ream language (whether written or unwritten). It is these written and unwritten rules that have been applied in describing aflāj historical institutional (which researcher called Islamic equitable principles) and confirms with revealed information found within aflāj communities in Oman. In addition, Islamic equitable principles have been used to avoid confusion with another Islamic term known as uşūl al-fiĝh or jurisprudences.
dc.identifier.urihttps://erepo.usm.my/handle/123456789/21458
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectWater Rights Ownership
dc.subjectWater Rights Ownership In Sultanate Of Oman
dc.subjectA Case Study On The Aflāj Institution In Northern Oman
dc.subjectA Case Study
dc.subjectAflāj Institution
dc.subjectAli
dc.subjectAl-marshoudi Ahmed Salim Khalfan
dc.subjectPusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan
dc.titleWater Rights Ownership In Sultanate Of Oman: A Case Study On The Aflāj Institution In Northern Oman
dc.typeResource Types::text::thesis::doctoral thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversiti Sains Malaysia
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