Study the Legal Thoughts of Shah Abdullah Yamgi Badakhshi

Abstract

Shah Abdullah, known as Yamgi Badakhshi, is one of the iconic figures in the history, culture and politics of Afghanistan. Despite his legal and political activities, Yamgi Badakhshi is mostly known as a literary and cultural figure with less attention paid to his legal and political characterises aspects. The main question is: What does the legal thoughts of Yamgi Badakhshi convey? In the present paper, it has been tried to discuss the legal thoughts of Yamgi Badakhshi. The data collection in this research has been literature review and analysis has been carried out by adopting the descriptive-analytical method. The present research concluded that Yamgi Badakhshi has a deep understanding of the nature of Islam Legal System; and, has compared it with the western legal systems in the areas of constitutional, basic, administrative and international relations laws. In addition, he has addressed the criticisms made by western jurists about the Islamic legal system; and, has done so through logical arguments and providing historical evidences. In conclusion, he has extracted from the depth of the legal system of Islam the legal principals and doctrines in the scope of basic, administrative and international relations laws based with their attributes along with the sources.