- A
muḥtasib (Arabic: محتسب, from the root حسبة ḥisbah, or "accountability") was "a
holder of the
office of al-hisbah in
classical Islamic administrations"...
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typically shared in
common certain institutions, such as the
position of the
muḥtasib, and
certain architectural forms, such as
roofed streets and courtyard...
- an
inspector of "markets and morals", the
holder of
which was
called a
muhtasib. He was
appointed by the
caliph to
oversee the
order in
market places,...
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Islamic law such as
those of the qadi (judge),
mufti (jurisconsult), and
muhtasib (censor and
market supervisor) were well-established in the
Mughal Empire...
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emigrated from
Medina along with his
family and
brother Abdullah Khashoggi,
muhtasib official,
during the
siege of
Medina in 1918,
settling in Damascus, where...
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inspectors called muhtasib, who
checked to see that the
medicines were
mixed properly, not
diluted and kept in
clean jars. Work done by the
muhtasib was carefully...
- as imam
under the name an-Nasir Muhammad. However, he was just an imam
muhtasib,
meaning that he was only
qualified to
protect the community, but not to...
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needs locally, such as by
hiring watchmen. In addition,
officials called muhtasibs were
responsible for
supervising bazaars and
economic activity in general...
- time,
Baghdad became a hub for
merchants and craftsmen.
Officials called "
Muhtasib"
monitored trade to
prevent fraud.
Baghdad surp****ed Ctesiphon, the former...
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founding figure al-Qasim ar-R****i (d. 860).
Since the
violent death of al-
Muhtasib al-Mujahid
Hamzah in 1066, no new imam had been
appointed in the Zaydiyyah...
