Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Ammar al-Burjumi () (died 866) was a
chief judge
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(''qadi al-qudat'') of the
Abbasid Caliphate
The Abbasid Caliphate or Abbasid Empire (; ) was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (566–653 CE), from whom the dynasty takes ...
.
Described as a member of a family originally from
Kufa
Kufa ( ), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates, Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000.
Along with Samarra, Karbala, Kadhimiya ...
, he served as judge of
Wasit
Wasit (, ) was an early Islamic city in Iraq. It was founded in the 8th century by the Umayyad viceroy of Iraq, al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, to serve as the region's seat and as the garrison of the Syrian troops who enforced Umayyad rule there. It was ...
before being appointed to the Kufan judiciary in 849/50 as replacement to the
Mihna
The Mihna () was a period of religious persecution instituted by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 in which Sunni scholars were punished, imprisoned, or even killed unless they conformed to Mu'tazilite doctrine. The policy lasted for eighteen y ...
-era ''qadi''
Ghassan ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi. In 863 or 864 he was elevated to the chief judgeship by the Caliph
al-Musta'in
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Mustaʿīn bi-ʾllāh (; 836 – 17 October 866), better known by his regnal title al-Mustaʿīn (836 – 17 October 866) was the Abbasid caliph from 862 to 866, during the "Anarchy at ...
, and held that position until his death in 866.
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See also
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Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far al-Hashimi
Abu Abdallah Ja'far ibn Abd al-Wahid ibn Ja'far ibn Sulayman ibn Ali al-Hashimi () (died 871/2?) was a Qadi#History, Chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, from 854 to 863/4.
He was a minor member of the Abbasid dynasty, being a descendant of Sul ...
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Yahya ibn Aktham
Abu Muhammad Yahya ibn Aktham (, died 857) was a ninth century Arab Islamic jurist. He twice served as the chief judge of the Abbasid Caliphate, from ca. 825 to 833 and 851 to 854.
Career
Yahya was born in Marw in Khurasan and was a member of ...
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Ibn Qutaybah
Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muslim ibn Qutayba al-Dīnawarī al-Marwazī better known simply as Ibn Qutaybah (; c. 828 – 13 November 889 CE/213 – 15 Rajab 276 AH) was an Islamic scholar of Persian people, Persian descent. He served as a q ...
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Chief qadis of the Abbasid Caliphate
866 deaths
9th-century people from the Abbasid Caliphate
People from Kufa