Arabic term meaning 'court' or 'courthouse' in a Muslim context
For the term for Indian subdivisions, see
Mahakuma.
Mahkama (Arabic:مَحْكَمَةmaḥkama), also speltMahkamat, is theArabic term[1] for anIslamicsharia court. The Arabic word (seeمحكمة) has been adopted with adaptations in the widerMuslim world (seeat Wiktionary), with derivatives inPersian,Turkish,Hindi and/orUrdu,Indonesian and/orMalay, etc.[1] The spellingsmakhama, ormahkamah also do occur.[2][3]
- Mahkama Building (Jerusalem) orTankiziyya, built in 1328–1330 duringMamluk rule, it housed various institutions: amadrasa (school), a school specialised inhadith studies, aSufikhanka, and at the end ofOttoman rule and in the first years ofBritish Mandate, asharia court.
- Mahkamat al-Pasha or Mahkama du Pacha, administrative building raised in 1941–1942 inCasablanca,Morocco in a traditional Andalusian style. It was designed to contain the residence of the pasha, a reception hall, a courthouse, and a jail.
- Hākim (حاكم), meaning judge or ruler
- Mahakuma, term for subdivisions in India, deriving from the Arabic term
- ^abRajki, András (2005).Arabic Dictionary with Etymologies, entry "mahhkama". Accessed 5 Sep 2018.
- ^Crabitès, Pierre."The Courts of Egypt", inAmerican Bar Association Journal, vol. 11, no. 8, 1925, pp. 485–91.JSTOR 25709330.
- ^Turner, Bertram."Technologies of truth finding", inCahiers d'anthropoligie sociale 2016/1 No. 13, pp. 60–77 (65),ISBN 9782851973832, Edition de l'Herne. Accessed 2 May 2024.
