Fatimid state courts

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Fatimid state courts were judicial institutions of the Fatimid Caliphate that administered law and resolved disputes according to Isma'ili Shi'a legal principles.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court system ⓘ
judicial institution ⓘ
administeredBy Fatimid caliph ⓘ
chief qadi ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
appliedIn Egypt ⓘ
Hijaz ⓘ
linked to: Hejaz

Ifriqiya ⓘ
linked to: North Africa

Syria ⓘ
appliedLegalTradition Islamic law ⓘ
Isma'ili Shi'a law ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Fatimid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid Caliphate
basedOn Hadith ⓘ
Isma'ili legal doctrine ⓘ
Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran

fatimid imam-caliph decrees ⓘ
distinctFrom Sunni Abbasid courts ⓘ
employedOfficial court scribe ⓘ
notary ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
witness ⓘ
endedWith fall of the Fatimid Caliphate in 1171 ⓘ
followedSchoolOfThought Isma'ili jurisprudence ⓘ
hadJurisdictionOver Muslim subjects of the Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
non-Muslim dhimmi communities in certain matters ⓘ
influenced later Isma'ili legal traditions ⓘ
influencedBy earlier Islamic judicial practice ⓘ
legalAuthorityDerivedFrom caliphal sovereignty ⓘ
religious authority of the imam ⓘ
locationOfHeadCourt Cairo ⓘ
al-Qahira palace complex ⓘ
partOf Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
religiousOrientation Isma'ilism ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia

Shi'a Islam ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam
resolved civil disputes ⓘ
commercial disputes ⓘ
criminal cases ⓘ
family law cases ⓘ
inheritance disputes ⓘ
waqf disputes ⓘ
subordinateTo Fatimid imam-caliph ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid caliph
timePeriod 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
usedLanguage Arabic ⓘ
usedProcedure document authentication ⓘ
oaths ⓘ
oral testimony ⓘ
written petitions ⓘ

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Isma'ili jurisprudence → appliedIn → Fatimid state courts ⓘ
Fatimid art → patron → Fatimid court elites ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid state courts
Abbasid administration → influenced → Fatimid administration ⓘ
linked to: Fatimid state courts