Isa ibn Miskin al-Ifriqi

Isa ibn Miskin studied in Kairouan under Imam Sahnun and traveled to Egypt and the Hijaz. Appointed chief judge by Aghlabid Emir Ibrahim II, Isa accepted only on condition that he could judge princes and peasants with absolute equality without royal interference.

He refused any salary from the royal treasury, living solely on the modest produce of his small family olive grove. In court, he famously required royal plaintiffs to stand side-by-side with impoverished commoners, becoming North Africa's immortal symbol of judicial rectitude.