Qādīs and the political use of the mazālim jurisdiction under the Abbāsids

Qādīs and the political use of the mazālim jurisdiction under the Abbāsids

By Mathieu Tillier

Public violence in Islamic societies: Power, discipline, and the construction of the public sphere, 7th-19th centuries CE, edited by C. Lange, C. and M. Fierro (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009)

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