Dār al-ʿadl (premodern)

by Rabbat, Nasser

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Dār al-ʿadl means “house of justice” in Arabic. In about 558/1163, Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd b. Zankī (r. 541–69/1147–74) ordered the construction in his capital, Damascus, of a special building for public hearings of grievances ( qaḍāʾ al-maẓālim , or al-naẓar fī l-maẓālim ) and named it the Dār al-ʿAdl or Dār Kashf al-Maẓālim (House for the Review of Grievances). This was the first use of the term dār al-ʿadl . In total, seven Houses of Justice were constructed in Damascus, Aleppo, and

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Dār al-ʿadl means “house of justice” in Arabic. In about 558/1163, Nūr al-Dīn Maḥmūd b. Zankī (r. 541–69/1147–74) ordered the construction in his capital, Damascus, of a special building for public hearings of grievances ( qaḍāʾ al-maẓālim , or al-naẓar fī l-maẓālim ) and named it the Dār al-ʿAdl or Dār Kashf al-Maẓālim (House for the Review of Grievances). This was the first use of the term dār al-ʿadl . In total, seven Houses of Justice were constructed in Damascus, Aleppo, and

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei1848

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eng Islam

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Rabbat, Nasser

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