qadis
E410796
Qadis were Islamic judges responsible for interpreting and applying Sharia law in courts, overseeing legal disputes, and administering justice in Muslim societies.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Grand Kadi of the State Sharia Court of Appeal | 1 |
| qadis canonical | 1 |
| qazi | 1 |
| qazi (judicial officer) | 1 |
| qazi-ul-quzzat (chief judge) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4055714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: qadis Context triple: [Ottoman Sunni Islamic institutions, hasComponent, qadis]
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A.
qadiasker (military judge)
The qadiasker was a high-ranking Ottoman judicial official who oversaw legal matters for the military and often served as a key advisor on Islamic law within the empire’s administrative hierarchy.
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B.
Sadr Adalat
Sadr Adalat was a principal colonial-era court in British India that handled major civil and criminal cases before being replaced by institutions like the Madras High Court.
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C.
Qadiri
The Qadiri is one of the oldest and most widespread Sufi orders in Islam, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification, remembrance of God, and a lineage traced back to the 12th-century mystic Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.
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D.
Qadi Zada al-Rumi
Qadi Zada al-Rumi was a prominent 15th-century mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic world, known for his influential work at the Samarkand observatory and his role in advancing mathematical astronomy.
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E.
Sharia Courts
Sharia Courts are Islamic law courts in Nigeria that adjudicate personal and civil matters for Muslims in accordance with Sharia principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: qadis Target entity description: Qadis were Islamic judges responsible for interpreting and applying Sharia law in courts, overseeing legal disputes, and administering justice in Muslim societies.
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A.
qadiasker (military judge)
The qadiasker was a high-ranking Ottoman judicial official who oversaw legal matters for the military and often served as a key advisor on Islamic law within the empire’s administrative hierarchy.
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B.
Sadr Adalat
Sadr Adalat was a principal colonial-era court in British India that handled major civil and criminal cases before being replaced by institutions like the Madras High Court.
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C.
Qadiri
The Qadiri is one of the oldest and most widespread Sufi orders in Islam, known for its emphasis on spiritual purification, remembrance of God, and a lineage traced back to the 12th-century mystic Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani.
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D.
Qadi Zada al-Rumi
Qadi Zada al-Rumi was a prominent 15th-century mathematician and astronomer of the Islamic world, known for his influential work at the Samarkand observatory and his role in advancing mathematical astronomy.
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E.
Sharia Courts
Sharia Courts are Islamic law courts in Nigeria that adjudicate personal and civil matters for Muslims in accordance with Sharia principles.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic_judge
ⓘ
judicial_office ⓘ |
| alternativeTransliteration |
kadi
ⓘ
qazi ⓘ |
| applies | fiqh ⓘ |
| appliesLaw | Sharia ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
caliph
ⓘ
emir ⓘ ruler ⓘ sultan ⓘ |
| expectedToExhibit |
impartiality
ⓘ
integrity ⓘ knowledge_of_law ⓘ piety ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Abbasid Caliphate
ⓘ
surface form:
Abbasid_Caliphate
Islamic Caliphates ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic_caliphates
Muslim_societies ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Ottoman_Empire
Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
surface form:
Umayyad_Caliphate
|
| handles |
civil_cases
ⓘ
contract_disputes ⓘ criminal_cases ⓘ family_law_cases ⓘ inheritance_cases ⓘ legal_disputes ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm | qadi ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageOfOffice | Arabic ⓘ |
| interprets | Islamic_law ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Islamic_governance
ⓘ
Islamic_legal_system ⓘ |
| mayIssue |
court_verdicts
ⓘ
legal_judgments ⓘ |
| mayOversee |
divorce_proceedings
ⓘ
guardianship_issues ⓘ implementation_of_punishments ⓘ marriage_contracts ⓘ waqf_administration ⓘ |
| operatesIn | Islamic_courts ⓘ |
| requiresKnowledgeOf |
Hadith literature
ⓘ
surface form:
Hadith
Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic_jurisprudence
Quran ⓘ |
| roleIn | administration_of_justice ⓘ |
| uses |
juristic_opinion
ⓘ
legal_precedent ⓘ |
| worksWith |
court_scribes
ⓘ
defendants ⓘ plaintiffs ⓘ witnesses ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: qadis Description of subject: Qadis were Islamic judges responsible for interpreting and applying Sharia law in courts, overseeing legal disputes, and administering justice in Muslim societies.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.