Mughal Administration c10.s3.1

c10.s3.1

Every provincial capital had its *qāzi*, appointed by the Supreme *Qāzi* of the Empire (the *Qāzi-ul-quzāt*) ; but there were no lower or primary courts under the former, and therefore no provincial court of appeal. A *qāzi* was also posted to every town and most of the villages with a Muhammadan population and large enough to be classed as *qasbas*. The other villages had no *qāzi* of their own, but any plaintiff living in them, if he was sufficiently rich and enterprising, could carry his suit to the *qazi* of the neighbouring town in whose jurisdiction they lay.