Vrhovne pokrajinske kadije u Bosni (prva polovina 17. stoljeća)
The supreme provincial qadis in Bosnia (first half of the 17th century)

Summary/Abstract: The supreme provincial qadi (mullah) was the highest judicial representative of the Sublime Porte in an eyalet. Qadis in the rank of mullahs were appointed to duties in large cities or centres of eyalets. His powers did not only refer to judicial and administrative matters, but also to military and economic issues, which is why, next to beylerbey, he represented the most important and influential high-ranking Ottoman official in the administrative apparatus of an eyalet. Recognizing the importance of this segment of the Ottoman government, we tried to establish the names of the supreme Bosnian qadis (mullahs) and other relevant information about them, such as their expertise, experience, skills and details from judicial practice. Equally important was specifying the duration of the mandate of the mullahs as an indicator of the dynamics of the work of the central Ottoman administration. For this purpose, the contents of various individual and collective documents were analysed, and the collected data were interpreted in the appropriate context. The results of this work should contribute to a better understanding of the functioning of the judiciary in the Bosnian Eyalet in the first half of the 17th century, especially if you bear in mind that all the court protocols (sijjils) from the mentioned period perished in 1697 after the military campaign of Eugene of Savoy, who on that occasion looted and burned Sarajevo.

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