Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Assistant Professor in History, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
2 MA. Graduatein in History, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
Abstract
The judiciary has been always considered as one of the important aspects of the administrative systems of the governments, and all rulers need the Court of Justice and judges who can help them to eliminate the causes of corruption and to establish justice. The Qara-Khitai government of Kerman province cannot be considered as an exception. So, it has been tried, in present paper, to study the importance and the position of their judiciary system and the function of judges for Qara-Khitai government in Kerman to show how the Supreme Court worked during their period, and finally to introduce the most famous judges who interpreted and applied laws when Qara-Khitais were ruling in Kerman. In this regard, the main questions are: "How was judiciary organization of Kerman in the era of Qara-Khitai government?", and "Who were the most important judges of this period?" The present study has been conducted through a descriptive-analytic method on the basis of library documents. The results show that the judges held some other different and important responsibilities in addition to the task of judgment during the reign of Qara-Khitai dynasty. The other issue was that along with the Qara-Khitai's judiciary system, there were other judicial systems in Kerman such as Yarghu Court (Divan-e Yarghu) and public prosecutor's office (Divan-e Mazalem), and also, the Qara-Khitai rulers' opinion and, even in some cases, the orders of ruling Mongol Ilkhan could be effective on the final judgments.
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