Kadiluk

A kadiluk, in some cases equivalent to a kaza, was a local administrative subdivision of the Ottoman empire, which was the territory of a kadı, or judge.[1]

There could be several kadiluks in a sanjak. The kadı's duties extended beyond those of a modern judge; in addition to law enforcement, kadiluks were involved in matters such as taxation and conscription.[2][3]

Although every kaza had a kadı, not every kadı was in charge of a kaza; a kadı's position moved, over time, with demographic and political changes.[4] In the Tanzimat reforms of 1864, kadiluks were decoupled from kazas.[1]

See also

• Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
• Sanjak
• Agaluk
• Qadaa
• Qadiyat

References

1. Malcolm, Noel (1994). Bosnia: A Short History. Macmillan. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-330-41244-5.
2. Malcolm, Noel (1998). Kosovo: A Short History. Macmillan. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-0-330-41224-7.
3. 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"
4. Hickok, Michael Robert (1997). Ottoman military administration in eighteenth-century Bosnia. Brill. p. 54. ISBN 978-90-04-10689-5.