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A kadiluk ( Ottoman Turkish: قاضیـلق, kadıluk) was the jurisdiction of a kadi, [1] an Islamic judge under the Ottoman Empire. They typically consisted of a major city and its surrounding villages, although some kadis occupied other positions within the imperial administration. [2]
Kadis oversaw administration of imperial justice, which was particularly important for maintaining order and local control over the sipahis granted fiefs ( timar) during the early Ottoman expansion.[ citation needed]
Within the imperial administration, kadiluks also initially functioned as the kazas, the main subdivisions of the sanjaks, [3] with the kadi overseeing his district's taxation and military conscription. [4] [5] These functions were eventually handed over to a separate official called the kaymakam, and the empire's kazas were fully distinguished from its kadiluks in 1864 as part of the Tanzimat reforms. [3]
State organisation of the Ottoman Empire |
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|
Classic period |
Constitutional period |
A kadiluk ( Ottoman Turkish: قاضیـلق, kadıluk) was the jurisdiction of a kadi, [1] an Islamic judge under the Ottoman Empire. They typically consisted of a major city and its surrounding villages, although some kadis occupied other positions within the imperial administration. [2]
Kadis oversaw administration of imperial justice, which was particularly important for maintaining order and local control over the sipahis granted fiefs ( timar) during the early Ottoman expansion.[ citation needed]
Within the imperial administration, kadiluks also initially functioned as the kazas, the main subdivisions of the sanjaks, [3] with the kadi overseeing his district's taxation and military conscription. [4] [5] These functions were eventually handed over to a separate official called the kaymakam, and the empire's kazas were fully distinguished from its kadiluks in 1864 as part of the Tanzimat reforms. [3]