A kazasker ,qadi 'asker, kadi 'asker or kadi

Qadi

Qadi is a judge ruling in accordance with Islamic religious law appointed by the ruler of a Muslim country. Because Islam makes no distinction between religious and secular domains, qadis traditionally have jurisdiction over all legal matters involving Muslims...

-ul asker

Asker

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("judge of the army") was a chief judge in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who were later tried only by their own officers. Two qadi 'askers were appointed, called Rumeli

Rumelia

Rumelia was an historical region comprising the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Europe...

 Qadi'askeri and Anadolu

Anatolia

Anatolia is a geographic and historical term denoting the westernmost protrusion of Asia, comprising the majority of the Republic of Turkey...

 Qadi'askeri, having their jurisdiction respectively over the European and the Asiatic part of the Empire. They were subordinated to the Sheikh ul-Islam

Sheikh ul-Islam

Shaykh al-Islām is a title of superior authority in the issues of Islam....

, and had no jurisdiction over the city of Istanbul

Istanbul

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. Moreover, they attended the meetings at the Divan

Divan

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