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qadi
Under faskh a marriage may be annulled or terminated by the qadi judge.
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Later relations with Barquq returned to normal, and he was once again named the Maliki qadi.
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In the capital they were joined by the qadi, the French consul, and the Austrian vice-consul.
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At the time of his death he was qadi of the western side of Baghdad.
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He appointed as qadi a Tunisian Maliki jurist, instead of an Hanafi preferred by the Ottomans.
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An additional qadi was noted as a necessity in order to settle minor disputes between immigrant merchants.
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Because of this attitude he was reluctant to be a qadi even though he was well qualified to be one.
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Thus, the qadi was chosen from amongst those who had mastered the sciences of jurisprudence and law.
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The jurisdiction of the qadi extended only to Muslims, while non-Muslim populations retained their own legal institutions.
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- An Islamic judge
- A qadi (Arabic: u0642u0627u0636u064Au200Eu200E; also cadi, kadi or qu0101u1E0Du012B) is the magistrate or judge of the Shariu02BFa court, who also exercised extra-judicial functions, such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minors, and supervision and auditing of public works. The word "qadi" comes from a verb meaning to "judge" or to "decide".
- A judge in Shari'a law, to whose judgement there is no appeal
- A Muslim term for a judge who is competent in Shari'ah law.
- The chief judicial official of the aljama and generally its most powerful officer; see pp.74ss
- (Ar.) judge; in early and medieval Islam, the qadi was appointed by the political ruler to administer Islamic law on behalf of the state.
- A judge who judges according to the Shari'ah.
