A kaza ( Ottoman Turkish : قضا , "judgment" or "jurisdiction") was an administrative division of the Ottoman Empire . It is also discussed in English under the names district , subdistrict , and juridical district . Kazas continued to be used by some of the empire's successor states. At present, they are used by Iraq , Lebanon , Jordan , and in Arabic discussion of Israel . In these contexts, they are also known by the Arabic name qada , qadā , or qadaa ( Arabic : قضاء , qaḍāʾ ).
5-559: [REDACTED] Look up kaza or qada in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Qada may refer to: Qada (Islamic term) , judgement or fulfillment of neglected duties Qadan culture of Northeastern Africa (15,000 BCE to 11,000 BCE) The Arabic form of the Turkish administrative division Kaza See also [ edit ] Kaza (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-608: A sanjakbey . Each kaza was in turn made up of one or more nahiyes ("districts") under müdürs and mütesellims and several karyes ("villages") under muhtars . With the first round of Tanzimat reforms in 1839, the administrative duties of each district's kadi were transferred to a kaymakam ("governor") appointed by the Ministry of the Interior and a treasurer, with the kadis restricted to solely religious and judicial roles. Kazas were further emended and distinguished from
15-509: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages kaza In the Ottoman Empire, a kaza was originally equivalent to the kadiluk , the district subject to the legal and administrative jurisdiction of a kadi or judge of Islamic law . This usually corresponded to a major city of the empire with its surrounding villages. A small number of kazas made up each sanjak ("banner") under
20-881: The kadiluks under the 1864 Provincial Reform Law, implemented over the following decade as part of efforts by the Porte to establish uniform and rational administration across the empire. The 1871 revisions removed the kazas' responsibility for direct supervision of their villages, placing them all under nearby nahiyes instead. The subdistricts of Mandatory Palestine were known as nafa ( נָפָה ) in Hebrew but as kaza, qada, etc. in Arabic. The same terms continue to be used in present-day Israel and Palestine . Syria used kazas, qadas, etc. as its second-level administrative division after independence but later renamed them mintaqahs . The Republic of Turkey continued to use kazas until
25-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Qada . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Qada&oldid=1233148864 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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