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Molla Muhyi al-Din

المولى محيي الدين محمد

Molla Muhyi al-Din Muhammad, a scholar of Mehmed II's reign; when the viziers' intercession failed for the page who had struck Edirne's qadi, they begged him to make the sultan's peace. He argued: 'the deputy, by rising from the bench in anger, fell from the rank of judge — so at the moment of the blow he was no qadi, and the law's dishonour does not warrant killing.' The sultan fell silent 1.

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Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Anatolia
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Summary

Molla Muhyi al-Din Muhammad, a scholar of Mehmed II's reign 1.

The argument that saved the page

When the viziers' intercession failed for the page who had struck Edirne's qadi, they begged Muhyi al-Din to make the sultan's peace. He argued: "the deputy, by rising from the bench in anger, fell from the rank of judge — so at the moment of the blow he was no qadi, and the law's dishonour does not warrant killing." The sultan fell silent 1.

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 147
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