Partnership - Islamic Law

Islamic Law

The Qirad and Mudarabas institutions in Islamic law and economic jurisprudence were the precursors to the modern limited partnership. These were developed in the medieval Islamic world, when Islamic economics flourished and when early trading companies, big businesses, contracts, bills of exchange and long-distance international trade were established.

In medieval Italy, a business organization known as the commenda appeared in the 10th century. As an institution, the commenda is very identical to the qirad but whether the qirad transformed into the commenda, or the two institutions evolved independently cannot be stated with certainty.

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