Kaza,
qadaa,
qaza,
qazaa, or
caza (
qaḍāʾ [qɑd̪ˁɑː], plural أقضية
aqḍiyah [ɑqd̪ˁijɑ];
Ottoman TurkishOttoman Turkish is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Arabic and Persian languages and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
pronunciation [kazaː]), literally "
jurisdictionJurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.Alternatively, jurisdiction is the authority given...
", is a term for a subnational entity in the Arab world and formerly throughout the
Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...
.
The Ottoman pronunciation gives the usual English forms,
kaza or
caza.
In the Ottoman Empire, it was an administrative district subject to the jurisdiction of a judge (
qaziQadi is a judge ruling in accordance with the sharia, Islamic religious law. Because Islam makes no distinction between religious and secular domains, qadis traditionally have jurisdiction over all legal matters involving Muslims...
) and governed by a
kaymakamA kaymakam is the title used for the governor of a provincial district in the Republic of Turkey and in Lebanon; additionally, it was a title used for roughly the same official position in the Ottoman Empire.-Etymology:The modern Turkish term kaymakam or kaimakam originally comes from two Arabic...
.
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Kaza,
qadaa,
qaza,
qazaa, or
caza (
qaḍāʾ [qɑd̪ˁɑː], plural أقضية
aqḍiyah [ɑqd̪ˁijɑ];
Ottoman TurkishOttoman Turkish is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire. It contains extensive borrowings from Arabic and Persian languages and was written in a variant of the Perso-Arabic script...
pronunciation [kazaː]), literally "
jurisdictionJurisdiction is the practical authority granted to a formally constituted legal body or to a political leader to deal with and make pronouncements on legal matters and, by implication, to administer justice within a defined area of responsibility.Alternatively, jurisdiction is the authority given...
", is a term for a subnational entity in the Arab world and formerly throughout the
Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299 to November 1, 1922 The Ottoman Empire or Ottoman State (Ottoman Turkish: دَوْلَتِ عَلِیَّهِ عُثْمَانِیَّه Dawlet-il ʿAliyyat-il ʿOs̠māniyye, Modern Turkish:...
.
The Ottoman pronunciation gives the usual English forms,
kaza or
caza.
In the Ottoman Empire, it was an administrative district subject to the jurisdiction of a judge (
qaziQadi is a judge ruling in accordance with the sharia, Islamic religious law. Because Islam makes no distinction between religious and secular domains, qadis traditionally have jurisdiction over all legal matters involving Muslims...
) and governed by a
kaymakamA kaymakam is the title used for the governor of a provincial district in the Republic of Turkey and in Lebanon; additionally, it was a title used for roughly the same official position in the Ottoman Empire.-Etymology:The modern Turkish term kaymakam or kaimakam originally comes from two Arabic...
. It was a subdivision of a
sanjakSanjaks were administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire. Sanjak, and the variant spellings sandjak, sanjaq, and sinjaq, are English transliterations of the Turkish word sancak, meaning district, banner, or flag...
and corresponded roughly to a city with its surrounding villages.
The early Republic of Turkey continued to use the term
kaza, but renamed them to
ilçeThe 81 provinces of Turkey are divided into 957 districts . In the early Turkish Republic and in the Ottoman Empire, the corresponding unit was the kaza....
in the 1920s.
The qadaa is used for:
- The Districts of Lebanon
The governorates of Lebanon are divided into 25 districts . The Beirut Governorate is not subdivided. Beirut Governorate*BeirutMount Lebanon Governorate*Baabda...
- The Districts of Iraq
Below the 18 governorates, Iraq is divided into 111 districts .The district usually bears the same name as the district capital. The districts are also separated into sub-districts....
- The District of Kuwait
- The District of Kailar
- Subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire
The subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire were administrative divisions of the state organisation of the Ottoman Empire based on military administration but with civil executive functions as well. Outside this system were various types of vassal and tributary states. There were two main eras of...
- Kaza, Spiti
The town of Kaza, Kaze or Kaja is the subdivisional headquarters of the remote Spiti Valley valley in the Lahul and Spiti district of the state of Himachal Pradesh in the Western Himalayas of India...
, in Himachel Pradesh, India.