The importance of customary council documents in human studies (Social and political history - documents and archives - law) By application to the documents of customary councils in Assiut Governorate

The global developments that occurred in the historical and social event imposed on those working in the documentary field a set of changes, the most important of which was the necessity of paying attention to new types of national heritage, and the urgent need to build a documentary heritage in which forgotten elements of history appear and fill the gaps in written documents preserved in the National Archives.

The study of the documents of the customary councils that we are dealing with comes as an important contribution to building this Egyptian national heritage. Because it represents one of the components of Egyptian cultural representation of the past and present; Where historical sources monitor for us the historical presence of customary litigation, and the respect of successive ruling authorities for the customs and current conditions of the countries, this appears clearly in the historical contexts of Egyptian legislation and laws, as we will show in the introduction to the study, as well as in the study’s monitoring of the origins of the customary document in one of the governorates of Upper Egypt, where it is firmly established. This phenomenon has existed since ancient times in Assiut Governorate. In addition, the study of such types of documents represents a new qualitative addition and a new chapter for the study of Arab documents, and by extension the science of Arab diplomacy.

This study also provides us with very important and specific information about the nature of conflicts and methods for resolving them.