IRAK BÜVEYHÎ EMÎRİ MUİZZÜDDEVLE DÖNEMİNDE (334-356/945-967) ADLÎ TEŞKİLAT
Judicial Organization During the Reign (334-356/945-967) of Muizz al-Dawla, Buyid (Buwayhid) Amir of Iraq

Summary/Abstract: In 334 (945) the Buwayhids had taken management of almost all state institutions in their own hands after the conquest of Baghdad. The authority of the Abbasid Caliph whose position was reduced to a symbolic status as paid official in state administration was including only juridicial powers and managing the religious institutions such as the mosque and masjid and the institution of Niqaba al-Abbasiyin that controlled the court cases related to members of the Abbasid family. However, his jurisdiction was also subjected to intervention in the first years of the Buwayhids’ ruling in Iraq. The article deals with the founder of the Iraqi Branch of the Buyid dynasty, amir Muizz al-Dawla’s intervention in jurisdiction of the Abbasid caliph and its influence on public opinion; the events occurred after this intervention; and as well as, the functioning of the Qadi (or Kazi) Institution and the duties of qadis (judges). Furthermore, the article covers the information about the functioning of Hisbah institution of that time.

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