Appointment of Qadis and Their Deputies and Interns

According to Documents by Chief Military Judges and Their Bailiffs

Abstract

On the basis of documents held at Gazi Husrev-bey’s Library in Sarajevo, this paper examines certified letters and buyuruldiya (instructions) as well as written notices by kazaskers’ (military judge) muhzirs (bailiff) regarding allocation of major kadilik as a form of promotion for judges who were to be assigned a higher rank. The documents also refer to the assignment of kadilik to naibs (candidate deputy judge) to build experience as interns and perform judicial services for a limited period of time. A detailed analysis is provided of a letter by the judge in the Naselicak kadilik in Pasha-sanjak to the chief judge in Saraybosna, regarding requirements for naib commissions and a waiting list for the service in order to build experience at judicial appointments across the Bosnian Eyalet, with the Anatolian muhzir-kapucehaya as the principal mediator. This list of interim appointments also includes a network of other mediators for apointment of deputy judges, as well as issues related to remuneration for judges and deputy judges normally intended for senior judicial officials responsible for the appointments. The paper also covers written notifications by bailiffs to the territorially competent judges regarding appointments of new candidates, normally not covered by diplomatic textbooks