Osvrt na rad i osoblje šerijatskog suda u Gračanici 1878.-1914.
Review of the work and staff of the Sharia court in Gračanica 1878-1914

Summary/Abstract: One of the 49 sharia courts, that the Austro-Hungarian government found after the occupation in 1878, on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the sharia court in Gracanica. Although the work of sharia courts continued after the occupation there was a change in their jurisdiction. Therefore, the Sharia courts became competent and exclusively for certain legal issues of the Muslim population, which was legally regulated in 1883. The Gracanica Sharia Court thus had jurisdiction over 12,622 Muslim residents in the district. All of them solved the problems related to marriage and family before the Sharia court in Gracanica. Considering the number of inhabitants, it is important to point out that the Gracanica Sharia Court was well equipped with both furniture and the necessary administrative documents and professional literature. The analysis of the archival material about the Gracanica Sharia court on the scope of litigation and discussions also speaks of changes in the structure of the population and customs. Thus, we have a big jump in the number of divorces in the first years of the 20th century compared to the first years after the occupation. Also, in the first years after the occupation, the shifts of the kadi in the Gracanica Sharia Court were not so frequent, but that changed over time. The analysis of the documents indicates that in the years when the shifts of caddies were frequent, the backlog in jobs was higher. As for the staff, the material reveals that in the sharia court in Gracanica two kadis were usually present, occasionally one, and the staff consisted at least of a clerk or an assistant.

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