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The Preconditions to Becoming a Judge (Yarġuči) in Mongol Iran

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

ISTVÁN VÁSÁRY
ISTVÁN VÁSÁRY*
Affiliation:
Loránd Eőtős University, Budapestvasaryi@gmail.com
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Abstract

Despite the existence of some general overviews, the institution of the Mongol tribunals has not been studied in a satisfactory way. A great deal of details are unclear and the functioning of the whole legal procedure is shrouded in obscurity. The present paper makes an attempt to elucidate an aspect of the historical development of this Turco-Mongolian institution in Ilkhanid Iran, one of the Chingisid uluses, namely what were the preconditions and prescriptions of being appointed to the rank of a Mongol judge? The focal point will be the three charters of appointment (or yarlik samples) presented by Muḥammad ibn Hindūshāh Nakhchivānī (ca. 679/1280 – after 768/1366), in his Dastūr al-kātib fī tacyīn al-marātib (“Guidelines of the Secretary for Defining the Echelons”), a manual of Ilkhanid and Jalayirid administration, accomplished in the 1360s.

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Part II: The Mongol World
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 26 , Issue 1-2 , January 2016 , pp. 157 - 169
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2016 

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