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This book shows how political and administrative forces shaped the way justice was applied in medieval Egypt. It introduces the model that evolved during the 7th to the 12th centuries, which involved four judicial institutions: the cadi; the mazalim (court of complaint); the police/shurta (responsible for criminal justice); and the hisba (Islamised market law) administrated by the muhtasib (market supervisor). Literary and non-literary sources are used to highlight how these institutions worked in real-time situations such as the famine of 1024 5, which posed tremendous challenges to the market supervisors in Cairo. The inner workings of the court of complaint during the 11th 12th-century Fatimid state are revealed through an array of documentary sources. And non-Muslim communities, their courts and their sphere of responsibilities are treated as integral to how justice was dispensed in medieval Islam. Documentary sources offer significant insights into these issues and illuminate the scope and limits of non-Muslim self-rule/judicial autonomy.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. The Cadi: Judge and Administrator
Chapter One. The Cadi's Jurisdiction: Evolution and Consolidation
Chapter Two. Sunnῑ Rulers and Their Cadis
Chapter Three. Ismᾱʻῑlῑ Rulers and the Judicial System
Part Two. Judicial Institutions outside the Pale of Islamic Law
Chapter Four. Criminal Justice and the Police
Chapter Five. The Law of the Market
Chapter Six. The Ruler's Justice: The Maẓᾱlim Institution
Part Three. The Administration of Justice in Non-Muslim Communities
Chapter Seven. Judicial Autonomy: Medieval Realities and Modern Discourse
Chapter Eight. Administration of Justice in a Broader Perspective
