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Ṣāḥib al-Madīna
(1,470 words)
(a.), an administrative function found in mediaeval Islamic Spain. Documentation for this is almost exclusively found in regard to al-Andalus. The Granadan jurist Ibn Sahl [
q.v.], in his
al-Aḥkām al-kubrā , mentions it amongst the six traditional functions (
k̲h̲uṭṭa or “magistratures”) which gave their holders the right to pronounce judgements (the
ḳāḍī , the
ṣāḥib al-s̲h̲urṭa , the
s.
al-maẓālim , the
ṣ. al-radd , the
ṣ. al-madīna and the
ṣ. al-sūḳ ). According to the Valencian Ibn al-Abbār [
q.v.], there existed until the 7th/13th century two distinct magistratures, se. the
ṣāḥib al-…
al-Ṣaḳāliba
(9,736 words)
, sing. Ṣaḳlabī, Ṣiḳlabī, the designation in mediaeval Islamic sources for the Slavs and other fair-haired, ruddy-complexioned peoples of Northern Europe (see A.Z. Velidi Togan,
Die Schwerter der Germanen , 19-38). 1. The Ṣaḳāliba of Northern and Eastern Europe. The actual name was a borrowing from Middle Greek Σλάβος, “Slav.” this, in turn, is to be connected with the self-designation of the Slavs,
Slověne (cf. the Rus’ usage
Slověne,
Slovyane ,
Sloven’ski̊y yazi̊k “Slavs”, “Slavic nation” in the
Povest’ vremyanni̊k̲h̲ let , in
PSRL, i, 5-6, 28, Mod. Russ.
Slavyane , Ukr.
Slov’yani̊ …