Kadiluk

A kadiluk (Ottoman Turkish: قاضیـلق, kadıluk, Turkish: kadılık) was the jurisdiction of a kadi, an Islamic judge in the Ottoman Empire. A kadiluk typically consisted of a major city and its surrounding villages, although some kadis occupied other positions within the imperial administration.

Kadis oversaw the administration of imperial justice, which was crucial for maintaining order and local control over the sipahis who were granted fiefs (timar) during the early Ottoman expansion.[citation needed]

Kazas

Within the imperial administration, kadiluks also initially functioned as the kazas, the main subdivisions of the sanjaks, with the kadi overseeing his district's taxation and military conscription. 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.

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Citations

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  2. ↑ Hickok, Michael Robert (1997). Ottoman military administration in eighteenth-century Bosnia. Brill. p. 54. ISBN 978-90-04-10689-5.
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  5. ↑ Ginio, Eyal. "Neither Muslims nor Zimmis: The Gypsies (Roma) in the Ottoman State" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2010. "These records mirror the diversity of the kadi's responsibilities in the Ottoman city"

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