Note 306 — JUDAR[257] AND HIS BRETHREN. (continued 2)
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
The Chief Mufti or Doctor of the Law, an appointment first made by the Osmanli Mohammed II., when he captured Constantinople in A.D. 1453. Before that time the functions were discharged by the Kázi al-Kuzát (Kazi-in-Chief), the Chancellor.