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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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