Again about the periferic Andalousian qadiship in Almoravid period. Reflections about the judicial organization in Guadix

Abstract

This article focuses on two aspects. On the one hand, makes a brief from Arab sources to follow the political developments in the town and its role in the judicial and administrative changes that took place in the Almoravid period, overall. The article extends a little more in this section, including Nasrid period, because of the prominence that Guadix gained, often in periods of crisis and political instability in the most part of Andalusian history. On the other hand, it analyzes the composition of the qadiship of this town in the Almoravid period. It is noteworthy that information concerning to the city is visible only in the sources when the city starred a political or military fact. It is clear too, that the status of Guadix as a "border" city with a great political instability explains the absence of data about his judicial administration during the Taifa period. The political stability that had the province of Granada in the Almoravid period, including Guadix, made this kind of administration possible and feasible. Guadix became important in the Almoravid period, something that is reflected not only in the allocation to the city as a qadiship dependent of the management of Granada, but also in the dispute between families of Granada to grab his qadiship.