Molla Bistan, qadi 'askar of Rumeli and Anatolia

الملا بستان قاضي عسكر الروملي والأناضول

c. March 1570 CE · Ramadan 977 AH

Molla Bistan — one of the few to hold the qadi-'askar office of both Rumeli and Anatolia (~11 months, the two posts then four qadis); teacher of Sa'd al-Din; died in Ramadan's last ten days 977, buried at Edirne 1.

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Roles
Jurist
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Gunpowder Empires
Region
Anatolia
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Summary

Mulla Bistan; the Kawakib says he is among those honoured with the judgeship of both armies, the Rumelian and the Anatolian — when a qadi of the army died, one of the Ru'usayn assembly was moved into his place by royal oath; he held the qada' of both armies — four judgeships in about eleven months — and differed there on the question of the attribute and the ta'min in jahr prayer, then died in the last ten of Ramadan and was buried at Edirne. 1

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Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 386
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