Kirdar (improvements on endowed or state land)

كِرْدار

Kirdar is a Persian word, called in Khwarazm the right of tenure. It refers to what is built or planted on land held in endowment on lease, and to lands the ruler has taken for the public treasury and given out for sharecropping. Tenants of such land may sell what they built, planted or filled with earth, once the kirdar is known, because what they made is theirs and they hold the right of tenure in the land. ¹

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Era: The Prophetic Era
Region: Global / Diaspora
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Summary

Kirdar is a Persian word, called in Khwarazm the right of tenure. It names what is built or planted on land held in endowment on lease, and lands the ruler has taken for the public treasury and given out for sharecropping on half the yield ¹.

Sale

Tenants of such endowed or similar land may sell what they built, planted or filled with earth, once the kirdar is known, because what they made is theirs and they hold the right of tenure in the land ¹. Pre-emption in it is treated in the entry on fixtures ¹.

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Sources

al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.13241

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islam.museum contributors. “Kirdar (improvements on endowed or state land)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/kirdar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.

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