kadi
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kadis
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The kadi pakora finds large vegetable dumplings submerged in a yellow, yogurt-based curry that provides no clue as to the serious pepper kick that lies within.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 5, 2018
At the instigation of the kadi, the pasha informed the Rabbi of Jerusalem that the Jews would be held responsible for the restoration of the weapon.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Paul Radin
The following anecdote of the kadi Shuraih, who was famous not only for his "great skill in distinguishing right from wrong" but also for his humour, is very pleasing.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
On these things coming to the knowledge of the kadi, he fled out of the land, and even quitted the dominions of the emperor, and so escaped the punishment he had so justly merited.
Illegality was, however, checked to some extent by the generally wise and just influence of the chief justice, or kadi, whose probity often formed the best feature of the Arab government in Egypt.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
A few steps beyond we reach the famous Puerta de la Justicia, so called because within it the Moorish sultans or their kadis administered justice—or it may have been merely law.
From Southern Spain by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Calvert
With the faith of Islam he had long been familiar, and of the corrupt and tyrannical form of government of Mulai el Hassan and his kaids and kadis he had an intimate knowledge.
From The Blind Mother and The Last Confession by Sir Hall Caine
Their kadis are all suns, and yet they are in the dark.
From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas
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