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The Investigation Of Grievances (Al- Nazar Fi Al -Mazalim ) It's Rises , Development , And Jurisdiction A Study In The History Of Islamic Institution

UAEU Law Journal

During the late Umayyad period the (Caliph) had established a special procedure to deal with the complaints which had been presented to him, and in consequence had created the institution of (Al-Nazar fi Al-Mazalim), or the investigation of grievances. It had been developed into one of the most important office in the state.

There are some questions which had been raised in the literature on the subject by various authors regarding it's nature and origins. This articale tries to answer some of these questions by examining the rise of this institution and it's developments, and determine it's origins and judicial …