Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Ammar al-Burjumi () (died 866) was a

chief judge A chief judge (also known as presiding judge, president judge or principal judge) is the highest-ranking or most senior member of a lower court or circuit court with more than one judge. According to the Federal judiciary of the United States, th ...

(''qadi al-qudat'') of the

Abbasid Caliphate The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...

. Described as a member of a family originally from Kufa, he served as judge of

Wasit Wasit ( ar, وَاسِط, Wāsiṭ, syr, ‎ܘܐܣܛ) is an ancient city in Wasit Governorate, south east of Kut in eastern Iraq. History The city was built by al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf in c. 702 CE on the west bank of the Tigris across from the hist ...

before being appointed to the Kufan judiciary in 849/50 as replacement to the

Mihna The Mihna ( ar, محنة خلق القرآن, ''Miḥnat k͟halaq al-Qurʾān'' "ordeal egardingthe createdness of the Qur'an") refers to the period of religious persecution instituted by the 'Abbasid Caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 CE in which reli ...

-era ''qadi'' Ghassan ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi. In 863 or 864 he was elevated to the chief judgeship by the Caliph al-Musta'in, and held that position until his death in 866.; .

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* * * * * {{The History of al-Tabari Chief qadis of the Abbasid Caliphate 866 deaths 9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate People from Kufa

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