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Bukhara’s seven qadis: a millennium-old school of justice and legal thought
The lives and scholarly legacy of the jurists who lived in Bukhara centuries ago and combined the principles of justice with knowledge — scholars remembered in history as “al-udat al-sab’a,” or the “Seven qadis” — are among the important sources for understanding how legal thought developed in Transoxiana. Their scholarly lineage also demonstrates the close intellectual ties that connected Bukhara with such ancient centers of learning as Ustrushana, Samarkand, and Fergana.
