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The qadi, judge in an Islamic court, is one of the most emblematic figures of medieval Islam. Appointed by rulers to dispense justice between litigants, he more than...

Online : http://books.openedition.org/ifpo/673

Billet publié dans Les carnets de l'Ifpo : http://ifpo.hypotheses.org/5489

This encyclopedia entry is about the relationships between judges and rulers in Medieval Islam. In early Islam, the qadi was no more than a legal official under the...